National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir was injured in a car crash while leaving the scene of the attack in Ramle. He is being taken for examination in a hospital.
An 18-year-old girl was severely injured today (Friday) in a stabbing attack in the city of Ramla.
MDA teams provided her with first aid at the scene and evacuated her to the Asaf Harofeh Hospital with a stab wound on her upper body. The terrorist who carried out the stabbing was eliminated by an armed civilian a short while later. A helicopter is searching the area due to concerns of additional terrorists.
According to one report, the injured woman managed to say that an Arab stabbed her before she lost consciousness.
MDA Medicycle Unit EMT Mendy Amitai recounted :"We arrived rapidly at the scene and found an 18-year-old conscious female with a stab wound to her upper body. We dressed the injury and stopped the bleeding, and she was evacuated in an MDA MICU to hospital, conscious and i...
The United States will not impose sanctions on the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) units accused of "gross human rights violations" against Palestinians in the West Bank, reported ABC News.
The outlet obtained a note written by the U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken to the U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson, where America's top diplomat said that Washington "will not delay the delivery of any U.S. assistance and Israel will be able to receive the full amount appropriated by Congress."
The U.S. President Joe Biden's administration determined the crimes Israeli battalions committed prior to the October 7 attack.
The officials argue that its process of reviewing human rights violations has been fair and that Israel was not given preferential treatment, noted ABC News.
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Baltimore, MD – Apr. 26, 2024 - 9:15AM - Smith Ave. is shut down at the corner of Baythorne due to a crash involving a school bus.
Israel's negotiating teams on the issue of the hostages in Gaza presented today (Thursday) several outlines to the members of the Security Cabinet.
According to one of the outlines, Israel will demand the release of 20 hostages, including women, female soldiers, the elderly and patients with serious medical conditions, and in return, Israel will agree to the return of residents to the northern Gaza Strip, Channel 12 News reported.
According to the report, Israel will not announce the end of the war as part of the plan. It was also reported that the price for the deal that Israel will pay will be very heavy, but at this stage, no further details can be published.
New Hope party chairman MK Gideon Sa'ar said in response to the reported outline, "We had to repeat for th...
Baltimore, MD – Apr. 2024 - Every Shabbos table offers every Jewish family an incredible opportunity by which they can share their joy for Shabbos, for Yiddishkeit and for HaShem with their children. Unfortunately, our schedules are hectic and many people don’t have the time to prepare themselves to utilize the Shabbos table to its fullest. Therefore, we at ACHIM created TableTalk as a pre-packaged talking points pamphlet which is attractive, fun and has something for everyone. Limited copies are distributed to many shuls on a weekly basis but they are snatched up very quickly. Get yours ASAP or click on the graphic below and print your own.What’s in it and what’s all the excitement about?TableTalk features:• Weekly halachic dilemma creating l...
Mass arrests, outrage and turmoil rippled across U.S. college campuses as authorities clamped down on a growing number of anti-Israel demonstrations.
Students at Emory University, Northwestern University, Cornell University, George Washington University, Princeton University and the City College of New York set up solidarity encampments on Thursday morning, the latest to join a fast-growing list of prestigious institutions.
Students are calling for an end both to the Israel-Hamas war and their universities' investment in companies that profit from it or, more broadly, do business with Israel.
Dozens of protesters have been arrested since Wednesday night, including at the University of Southern California, the University of Texas at Austin and Emerson College.
As more arrests w...
More than two centuries of Egyptian persecution and oppression had shuttered the Jewish imagination. We couldn’t imagine anything beyond the squalor and misery of our endless nightmare. To liberate our imaginations in the buildup to our redemption, Hashem instructed the Jewish slaves to tell the epic story of the Exodus to their children and grandchildren. This announcement was a revelation. Slaves do not typically raise families. Children of slaves belong to their owners and can be sold away as chattel. Furthermore, adult slaves can be ripped away from their children, sold, and relocated, never to be heard from again. To the Jewish slaves the prospect of children, let alone grandchildren, was unfathomable.
Hearing that they would one day tell their story to future generations unsha...
Baltimore, MD - Apr. 25, 2024 - The Captain of the Port established a fourth channel, the Fort McHenry Limited Access Channel, which will run the length of the northeast side of the federal channel, and provide additional access to commercially essential traffic.
The limited access deep draft channel has a controlling depth of a minimum of 35 feet, a 300-foot horizontal clearance, and a vertical clearance of 214 feet. Additional restrictions for transits are outlined in MSIB 043-24, including weather limitations which may impact the transit window.
Starting Monday, April 29, operations to remove the M/V DALI will require suspension of transits through the Fort McHenry Limited Access Channel. Once deemed safe, the channel will reopen for commercial traffic.
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The current lack of moral clarity is painful. The world – including some of our best friends and many of our own people – cannot seem to see why this nation is different than those it is fighting for its very survival. It is the perfect time for Pesach, the festival of ma nishtana, of noticing distinctions and underscoring differences to achieve moral clarity. The name itself – Pesach, Passover – implies differentiation as it recalls the divine providence exercised at that midnight moment when the plague struck only the Egyptian dwellings and passed over the Jewish homes in between. G-D needed to not only get the right address but also correctly identify the firstborn within the Egyptian families. According to the Talmud (Bava Metzia 61b), this is the reason t...
“Hashkafah”
In Tanach, the root “shakaf” means “to look” (Bereishit 19:28, Shemot 14:24) or “to be seen” (Melachim I 6:4, Shir HaShirim 6:10). Recently, the term “hashkafah” has been used to refer to our outlook on life.
As opposed to the term “machshavah,” which refers to philosophical studies (such as metaphysics), hashkafah refers to how we understand our world's workings and how we are meant to live within it.
Hashkafah has become an area of significant interest. Unlike the Rishonim, whose philosophical discussions focused mainly on issues of machshavah, recent generations have concentrated more on understanding the nature and goals of our existence.
The Central Agreed Tenets
Often, people use hashkafah...
Towson, MD - Apr. 25, 2024 - On Thursday, April 25, 31-year-old Dazhon Darien was arrested on charges of stalking, theft, disruption of school operations, and retaliation against a witness. The charges stem from an investigation detectives with the Baltimore County Police Department launched on January 17, 2024, in reference to a voice recording that was being circulated on social media. At the time, it was alleged the voice on the audio file was that of Pikesville High School Principal Eric Eiswert.
Based on an extensive investigation, detectives now have conclusive evidence the recording was not authentic. As part of their investigation, detectives requested a forensic analyst contracted with the FBI to analyze the recording. The results from that analysis indicated the re...
Jerusalem, Israel - Apr. 25, 2024 - An estimated 30,000 people participated in the traditional large Birkat Cohanim at the Kotel on Thursday morning. Despite the intense heat forecasted, people arrived and stood in the sun when unable to find a shaded spot.
The Kessim, Ethiopian religious leaders stood under their colorful umbrellas, the men and women around dressed in white for the holiday.
The security was obviously at entrance points, but the crowd came and went all day without reported incidents. Interestingly, numerous families were in Israel from the US for the first time on Pesach this year, not deterred by the ongoing war situation.
This year, at the end of Musaf, a special prayer was said in the presence of thousands of worshippers, for the...
Baltimore, MD - Apr. 25, 2024 - Seven Mile Market will be open this Motzaei Shabbos, Apr. 27, from 9:30PM - 11:15PM.
Baltimore, MD - Apr. 25, 2024 - The Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration will begin a long-term left lane closure on a section of northbound MD 140 (Reisterstown Road) in Owings Mills on Monday, April 29, for BGE’s electric reliability upgrade project.
The closure, which will be between Rosewood Lane and the intersection with Garrison Forest Plaza driveway (opposite the ramps to/from Owings Mills Boulevard), will be effect until early July, weather permitting.
Starting Monday, at 9 a.m., BGE’s contractor will begin the project by temporarily removing a portion of the concrete median, closing one northbound left turn lane and installing temporary concrete barriers. Crews will also shift travel lanes along northbound MD 140 in the projec...
A senior Biden Administration official blamed Yahya Sinwar, the leader of the Hamas terrorist organization in the Gaza Strip, for the failure to reach and agreement to free the hostages Hamas has held in Gaza for more than 200 days since the massacre of October 7.
"It’s really down to one guy to accept the deal," the official told reporters, referring to Sinwar.
"Now if there are adjustments here and there that need to be made, of course we’re very much open to that and we would support that because we want to bring these people home,” the official said.
“There is a deal on the table that would bring a ceasefire immediately to Gaza, simply with the release of women, wounded, elderly and sick hostages, that is ready to go. And we have worked it out in meticulous d...
Baltimore, MD - Apr. 25, 2024 - The State Board voted unanimously on April 24, 2024, to appoint Dr. Carey M. Wright as the Maryland State Superintendent of Schools for the term to begin July 1, 2024. Since October 23, 2023, Dr. Wright has served as the Interim State Superintendent of Schools.
The selection of Dr. Wright follows an extensive nationwide search process that began in October 2023. The State Board worked with the firm Hazard Young, Attea and Associates (HYA) to conduct the search for the next State Superintendent.
“During our search process, stakeholders told us Maryland needs an experienced school leader with a clear track record of improving outcomes for children and an understanding of public education in Maryland,” said Search Committee Chair an...
Baltimore, MD - Apr. 25, 2024 - Baltimore County Police arrested Pikesville High School's former athletic director Thursday morning and charged him with allegedly using artificial intelligence to impersonate Principal Eric Eiswert, leading the public to believe Eiswert made racist and antisemitic comments behind closed doors, WJZ media partner the Baltimore Banner reports.
Dazhon Darien was charged with disrupting school activities. Investigators determined that he had faked his voice and circulated the audio on social media in January, according to the Baltimore County State's Attorney's Office Darien's nickname, DJ, was among the names mentioned in the audio clips he allegedly faked.
Eiswert's voice, which police and AI experts...
The IDF’s Nahal Brigade has been withdrawn from the Gaza Strip for it to prepare with the rest of the 162nd Division for future operations, including Israel’s looming offensive in Rafah.
In the past three months, Nahal had operated in the Netzarim corridor, which crosses Gaza from the Be’eri area in southern Israel to the Strip’s coast.
The corridor, built around a road south of Gaza City, enables the IDF to carry out raids in northern and central Gaza while allowing Israel to control access to the north for Palestinians seeking to return after fleeing south. It also enables Israel to coordinate deliveries of humanitarian aid directly to northern Gaza.
The IDF says the road is 6.8 kilometers long and takes just seven minutes to cross it.
In the corridor,...
Baltimore, MD - Apr. 25, 2024 - An Annual Tradition: Matzoh Baking Erev Pesach 5784/2024 at Arugas Habosem (Rabbi Shaya Taub)
