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Annapolis, MD - Aug. 6, 2024 - Gov. Wes Moore on Tuesday issued a state of preparedness declaration as remnants of Tropical Storm Debby are expected to bring multiple days of heavy rainfall and storms to Maryland.
Debby brought prolonged downpours and flooding to the southeastern United States on Tuesday and is expected to hover over the Atlantic Ocean for the next few days, then boomerang back onto the mainland, leading to potentially record-setting rainfall.
The storm is forecast to move relatively slowly across some of America's most historic Southern cities in Georgia and South Carolina before moving northeastward across eastern North Carolina and Virginia later this week, the National Weather Service said in its latest forecast.
While the storm's track rem...
Baltimore, MD - Aug. 6, 2024 – 5:26 PM - The traffic light at the intersection of Park Heights and Seven Mile Lane is facing the wrong way. Also, a disabled vehicle is blocking traffic in the right southbound lane at the intersection causing delaysApproach the intersection cautiously.
Baltimore, MD - Aug. 6, 2024 - On July 22, the bochurim of Mesivta Kesser Torah celebrated their year of growth with a Grand Siyum on masechtos Rosh ha’Shanah, Sukkah, Brachos, and Kiddushin. During this annual event, bochurim are joined by their fathers, rebbeim, and hanhala as they participate in the siyum.After Mincha, each bochur had the opportunity to learn b’chavrusa with his father and grandfather. The nachas felt by each father as he learned with his son and saw him as a burgeoning Ben Torah and Talmid Chacham was palpable. All attendees then headed to the yeshiva’s dining room for a siyum, speeches, and leibedic dancing.A hallmark of this siyum is that each talmid is made to feel as if he is the center of the yeshiva. Every rebbe sha...
Baltimore, MD – Aug. 6, 2024 - (Baltimore Sun) Several Baltimore City Council members and union leaders demanded improved safety measures and investigative hearings following the death of sanitation worker Ronald Silver II, who succumbed to hyperthermia while on duty during extreme heat. Councilmen Zeke Cohen, Isaac Schleifer, and Antonio Glover called for reforms, including hiring more staff for the Department of Public Works (DPW) and dedicating an investigator to workplace safety. They emphasized the need for better treatment of DPW workers and proposed visits to DPW work sites over the next year.Union leaders from AFSCME and the City Union of Baltimore outlined additional demands, including a prevention plan for heat-related illnesses, union involvement in injury investigat...
A Pakistani man with ties to the Iranian government sought to carry out a political assassination in the United States, a case that was investigated weeks before a gunman tried to kill former President Trump at a Pennsylvania campaign rally.
Asif Merchant, 46, traveled to New York City and worked with a hit man to carry out the assassinations in late August or early September, federal prosecutors said in a court complaint. The complaint says the plot was intended to target high-ranking U.S. officials, potentially including Trump.
"Fortunately, the assassins Merchant allegedly tried to hire were undercover FBI Agents," said Acting Assistant Director Christie Curtis of the FBI New York Field Office. "This case underscores the dedication and formidable efforts of our agents, analysts ...
Jerusalem, Israel - Aug. 6, 2024 - During the Nine Days in 1991, an Israeli adult Yom Iyun intensive learning program was started on the grounds of the Har Etzion Yeshiva in Alon Shvut.
Multiple Tanakh sessions were given in Hebrew to people who traveled from near and far to learn Chumash from learned Rabbis and exceptional female educators.
In 2009 an English track was added to the complicated schedules that usually covered four weekdays. During Covid, the entire program had to go online.
This year despite the war and difficulty traveling there were approximately 5,000 participants. For the first time, there was an in-person schedule for Russian speakers with 660 participants. Also, for the first year a French schedule is online.
The annual problem is to deci...
Baltimore, MD - Aug. 6, 2024 - The National Weather Service issued a flash flood warning for eastern Baltimore County on Tuesday afternoon due to a severe thunderstorm. The warning is in effect until 5:30 p.m. Doppler radar detected thunderstorms producing heavy rain, with 2 to 3 inches already fallen and an additional 1 to 3 inches possible. Flash flooding may occur in small creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets, underpasses, and other poor drainage and low-lying areas.
The Hamas terrorist organization announced Tuesday evening that Yahya Sinwar, the terrorist organization's leader in the Gaza Strip, will replace Ismail Haniyeh as the leader of the organization's political bureau following Haniyeh's assassination in Tehran last week.
Sinwar is one of the masterminds behind the massacre of October 7, 2023, in which 1,200 Israelis were murdered and 250 were taken hostage into Gaza, where 115 remain in captivity 10 months later.
Red alert sirens were activated in many localities in southern Israel shortly after the announcement was made, including in Sderot and Ashkelon.
The IDF announced that following the sirens that sounded a short while ago in southern Israel, approximately three launches were identified crossing from northern Gaza. One...
The Jewish Chronicle revealed new details of how the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh last week was carried out.
Contrary to a previous report by the New York Times that the bomb that killed Haniyeh was planted in his room two months before the assassiantion, the Chronicle reported that the bomb was planted the same day it was detonated by two members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' al-Mahdi security unit, the unit that was tasked with securing the building and the guests staying there, who were recruited by the Mossad.
According to the report, Iranian investigators learned this after observing security footage of the pair entering and then leaving the room. The two were reportedly promised a large sum of money and an immediate eva...
A U.S. district judge denied Harvard’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed by six Jewish students alleging that the University failed to address “severe and pervasive” campus antisemitism.
The 25-page ruling on Tuesday will allow the lawsuit against Harvard to proceed to discovery, dragging out the case for months if not years. The process will also likely force the University to provide greater evidence that it has taken measures to protect Jewish students on its campus.
U.S. District Judge Richard G. Stearns wrote in the ruling that “in many instances” Harvard did not respond to “an eruption of antisemitism” on campus, citing its failure to take disciplinary measures against “offending students and faculty.”
“In other...
Baltimore, MD – Aug. 6, 2024 - BJL wishes a hearty Mazel Tov to Ariel & Eliana Woodland on the birth of a son.
Mazel Tov to the grandparents Dr. Arie Michelsohn and Mrs. Adina Michelsohn
יה"ר שיזכו לגדל בנם לתורה, לחופה, ולמעשים טובים. אמן!
A Tisha b'Av Kinah for October 7th by Rabbi Moshe Hauer "Tisha b’Av is a day when we mourn the range of tragedies that have marked Jewish history, beginning with the destruction of both batei mikdash. Many of these calamities from throughout the ages are represented in the book of Tisha b’Av kinos that we read in our shuls. While we are generally extremely cautious about adding contemporary prayers, the kinos are an exception, such that most shuls include a kina commemorating the Holocaust. In this spirit, there have been efforts to write kinos for this Tisha b’Av that reflect on the profound tragedy of October 7 and its aftermath. While all of us will have these events on our mind during Tisha b’Av, some shuls and individuals will seek to express those thought...
Baltimore County, MD - Aug. 6, 2024 - Please see the following update my office received this week about the Reisterstown Road water main line project (from I-695 to Irving Place), per the the Baltimore County Department of Public Works and Transportation: “The crews are currently testing the cathodic protection system and continuing water main abandonments. Curb and sidewalk repairs will begin this week, and paving restoration is scheduled for the week of Aug. 12, specifically between I-695 and Old Court Road.” -Baltimore County Council Chairman Izzy Patoka
Baltimore, MD – Aug. 6, 2024 - BJL wishes a hearty Mazel Tov to Mr. and Mrs. Dovid Weinberger on the birth of a daughter.
יה"ר שיזכו לגדל בתם לתורה, לחופה, ולמעשים טובים. אמן!
Overnight, Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant spoke with U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin.Minister Gallant briefed the Secretary on security developments and discussed IDF readiness to defend Israel in cooperation with the international coalition led by the United States.Minister Gallant was briefed by the Secretary on the Iranian proxy attack on U.S. troops stationed in the region. Minister Gallant strongly condemned the attack and agreed with the Secretary that this event reflects Iran’s destabilizing role in the region.Minister Gallant expressed his appreciation to the Secretary for his leadership and commitment to Israel’s security.Minister Gallant further stressed the importance of continuing efforts to achieve an agreement for the release of hostages, and the window o...
Iranian officials quoted by The New York Times on Monday, including a member of the Revolutionary Guards Corps, confirmed that Russia has begun delivering advanced air defense and radar equipment to Iran, after officials in Tehran asked the Kremlin for the arms.
The comments followed a report in Iranian media that Iran has requested advanced air-defense systems from Russia as it prepares for a possible war with Israel.
The New York Times report came after top Russian security official Sergei Shoigu arrived in Tehran on Monday to meet with senior officials.
According to Iranian media, Shoigu, who in the past served as Russia’s Defense Minister, met with Iran’s new president, Masoud Pezeshkian, and with the commander of the Iranian armed forces, Brig. Gen. Moham...
US House Speaker Mike Johnson called on the Biden Administration to act against Iran after multiple American servicemen were injured in a rocket attack on a military base in Iraq.
"After repeated attacks on American troops in the region, and while Israel is under threat from Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iran, the U.S. cannot hesitate to defend our servicemembers and our ally," Johnson said.
"Any attack by Iran against Israel or American interests would be unjustified and met with decisive force. America and our allies and partners in the region should work together to strongly counter Iran and its terror proxies to send a clear message against these malign activities.
"We know the current Iranian aggression, backed by Chinese and Russian interests, comes after a months-long pressure campaign a...
Russian President Vladimir Putin asked Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to to exercise restraint as it responds to the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran, two senior sources in Tehran stated.
According to the report, Putin asked the Iranian leader to avoid causing harm to civilians.
Over the weekend, Iran began moving moving missile launchers and conducting military drills, US officials told the Wall Street Journal.
According to the officials, such activities could indicate that Iran is preparing to attack Israel in the coming days.
The WSJ also noted that the Biden administration is concerned that an Iranian attack may be accompanied by an attack by Hezbollah and other Iranian proxies, in an attempt to overwhelm Israel's defenses.
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An Israeli woman suffered light injuries in a stabbing attack at the "tunnel checkpoint" near Jerusalem.
The terrorist was neutralized, and later reports said that he had been eliminated.
He was later identified as Mohammed Rizak Hamash, a 27-year-old resident of Dheisha near Bethlehem.
MDA Paramedic Nur Hajajra and Medicycle Unit EMT Yaakov Grinwald: "We arrived on scene and found the casualty fully conscious with a minor injury. We provided medical treatment and evacuated her to hospital in a MICU, fully conscious and in mild condition."
Yoni Ohayon, a United Hatzalah volunteer EMT, reported: "I was traveling on the Tunnels Road when I received a report from United Hatzalah's dispatch center about an attack at the Tunnels Checkpoint. I quickly arrived at the scene and provided i...
