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September 10 at 12:19 pm
The What
Earlier pieces in this series explained how we view the world and ourselves. Though these topics are a critical part of our foundational perspective, they are more about the big picture and less about the details of our mission.
We saw that the world and man were created for the glory of G-d’s name, but how do we glorify His Name? Our world is the corridor where we gain entry to the next one, but what actions here earn us entry into the next world?
We saw that Hashem created us with the ability (and free choice) to accomplish and grow, but what are we meant to achieve? In what ways are we meant to grow?
Mitzvot
The first answer to this question is obviously mitzvah observance. When Hashem created the first man, He immediately began issuing directives — He ...
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September 10 at 12:09 pm
Baltimore, MD – Sept. 8, 2024 - BJL wishes a hearty Mazel Tov to Baruch Leib & Nechama Gross on the birth of a son.
Mazel Tov to the grandparents Fishel and Saralee Gross and Yaakov and Jodi Herber.
Mazel Tov to the Great Grandmothers: Mesdames Rena Schoenfeld, Raiselle Snow and Beverly Gross
יה"ר שיזכו לגדל בנם לתורה, לחופה, ולמעשים טובים. אמן!
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September 10 at 11:48 am
Washington D.C. — The Hamilton Lincoln Law Institute (HLLI) filed a lawsuit yesterday afternoon, September 9, concerning the April 15, 2024 blockade of the main entrance into O’Hare International Airport in Chicago, which snarled traffic for three hours and trapped innocent travelers in their cars
HLLI’s client was among the victims. He missed his flight, spent most of his day rerouting, and then missed a work function that night at his destination. Other travelers were forced to abandon taxis and rideshares, and trudged more than a mile to the airport.
The client brings his complaint as a class action on behalf of thousands of others falsely imprisoned in their cars or otherwise displaced by the blockade. The case defends the rights of citizens unlawfully impeded by an...
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September 10 at 11:04 am
IDF Col. (Res.) Golan Vach was seriously injured Tuesday morning when a tunnel shaft collapsed on him in central Gaza.
Col. Vach was rescued from the tunnel and taken to the hospital in stable condition. His family was informed of his injuries.
Col. Vach served as commander of search and rescue operations in southern Israel following the Hamas massacre of October 7. He also commanded multiple search and rescue units abroad in recent years, including the IDF search and rescue unit in Turkey following the massive earthquake of February 2023 and the Israeli search and rescue unit in Miami following the 2021 Surfside building collapse.
He fought in Gaza alongside IDF soldier Yossi Hershkovitz, who fell in battle. Vach told them that during the activity in the G...
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September 10 at 11:03 am
A high-ranking leader within the United States Secret Service (USSS) has been asked to retire, Fox News Digital has learned.
Michael Plati, the office of protective operations assistant director, has been asked to retire from his position, and he is ending his tenure with the service in the coming days.
The decision is reportedly linked with the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania — a security failure that has sent shock waves through all levels of the agency.
The USSS is preparing to brief Congress in the coming days about lessons learned from the July 13 attempt on Trump's life.
Plati was asked to step down by senior leadership, including Acting Director Ronald Rowe.
Fox News Digital has reached o...
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September 10 at 10:15 am
We need your help!
The first step in our community’s current struggle to obtain tuition and other educational relief for our families is scheduled for this Wednesday, September 11, when the House Ways and Means Committee will consider a multi-billion-dollar tax credit proposal entitled the “Educational Choice for Children Act (ECCA)” (H.R. 9462). This bill has gained momentum in Congress and is the fastest and surest way to bring school choice to all 50 states.
We need you to urge your representatives to support the bill.
ECCA offers one critical form of “school choice” – methods that lessen the financial burden on parents and provide broader options for parents to choose schools best suited for their children, whether they b...
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September 10 at 10:05 am
Baltimore, MD – Sept. 10, 2024 – 10:03 AM - Due to a multi-car accident, I-695 Northbound near Exit 19 (Owings Mills/Reisterstown Rd) is significantly backed up.
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September 10 at 8:27 am
Baltimore, MD – Sept. 10, 2024 – 8:25AM - An accident on Northern Parkway at 83 on-ramps has traffic backed up on both sides of Northern Parkway and will impact anyone getting on or off 83.
Traffic lights are out on Northern Parkway at Falls Road and Kelly at Falls Road.
Reminder: The rule for when traffic lights are out is to come to a stop at the light and to treat the intersection or roadway as a regular stop. If it is a four-way intersection, treat it like a four-way stop. If it is a two- or three-way intersection, treat it as a two- or three-way stop, respectively. The same right-of-way rules also apply, such as allowing vehicles in or at the stop first to proceed first and allowing the vehicle on the right to proceed if two vehicles arrive at the stop at the same time.
Baltimore, MD - Sept. 9, 2024 - The excitement was palpable this past Friday afternoon, as Kehillas Derech Chaim prepared to move into their brand-new building on Pimlico Road. Balloon pillars and a personal cake for each family to take home for Shabbos were neatly waiting at the entrance for the influx of eager men, women and children to come. Rabbi Pinchas Gross, the Rav of the shul, along with the entire kehilla and all the local Rabbanim of Baltimore, danced the sifrei Torah down the block and into the majestic Aron Kodesh inside the shul. Sincere joy and passion radiated from the hearts and faces of every man, woman and child as they escorted the sifrei Torah to their new shared home.
After ten years of growth and development into the beautiful kehilla of over 200 families, B'H,...
“Calls for a negotiated ceasefire with Hamas are not only immoral – they’re dangerous.”
This is the stark warning delivered by SA Chief Rabbi Warren Goldstein, following recent pressure on Israel from Western countries – including Israel’s closest ally, the US – to finalize a deal with the Gaza-based, Iranian-backed terror group.
“By demanding a negotiated ceasefire instead of surrender,” says Goldstein, “the world sends Hamas – and all Jihadi terrorists – a dangerous message: no matter what you do, no matter what evil you perpetrate, you will always be able to extract compromises and concessions. Your violence, intimidation, and terror works.”
This, he believes, dramatically increases the risk of a terror att...
Baltimore, MD - Sept. 9, 2024 - 3:03PM - Roadwork on Smith between Cherokee and Greenspring is causing a backup both directions
Former head of the National Security Council and Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security (JISS) fellow Yaakov Amidror spoke on the state of affairs in the fight against Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon in a recent interview with Radio 103FM.
"The intense phase of the fighting is behind us, and now we must ensure that Hamas does not rebuild itself as a major threat," he said.
"The IDF must maintain operational flexibility and be able to act in accordance with the needs on the ground," Amidror added.
Concerning the October 7 failures, Amidror stated, "There is no direct connection between the failure that day and what the IDF is doing now. Most of the officers and fighters in Gaza today are not responsible for the failure of October 7," he noted, adding ...
CEO of the World Betar Movement, Yigal Brand, called on Monday for Jews in New York and the general US to be protected.
In his remarks, Brand joined similar calls made by members of the Betar movement, warning Jews not to visit New York City amid the rise in antisemitism in the city.
“The situation is dire, and we call on the authorities in New York to free the hands of the police and allow it to act with decisiveness against the criminals and put them on trial,” Brand said.
He added that the World Betar Movement would continue to operate independently to protect New York Jews and the broader American Jewish community.
Antisemitic incidents recorded in New York
In August, the New York City Police Department reported 19 antisemitic incidents, compared to the ...
American Jews plan to vote for Vice President Kamala Harris by a wide margin, according to a new survey by a Jewish Democratic group.
The survey also found that 87% of American Jewish voters support the Biden administration’s efforts to reach a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas War that would release the Israeli hostages held in Gaza.
The survey, released Monday by the Jewish Democratic Council of America, shows 68% of Jewish voters planning to vote for Harris, the Democratic nominee, and 25% planning to vote for Donald Trump, the former president and Republican nominee.
The survey indicates that a volatile season of campaigning, including heated exchanges over which party is worse for American Jews, has hardly budged the Jewish electorate. It also suggests that extensi...
Baltimore, MD - Sept. 9, 2024 - Maryland has earned the title of the second-happiest state in the nation. The state’s unemployment rate stands at just 2.9%, among the lowest in the U.S., in addition to a high percentage of households earning over $75,000 per year.
The state excels in social and emotional well-being with its residents less likely to express work-related stress on social media. That's because Marylanders are mostly content, ranking third in the country for residents who report liking what they do and feeling motivated to achieve their goals. This sense of purpose and fulfillment is a key contributor to the state’s high happiness ranking.
When surveyed about life satisfaction, Maryland residents reported the second-lowest percentage of people experien...
Baltimore, MD - Sept. 9, 2024 - The City of Baltimore has reached an $80 million settlement with Teva Pharmaceuticals, one of the defendants in the city’s ongoing lawsuit against drug manufacturers and distributors accused of contributing to the opioid crisis.
The settlement brings the total amount the city has won from opioid companies to more than $322 million, Mayor Brandon M. Scott announced. Baltimore’s lawsuit against the remaining companies is set to go to trial next week.
“This settlement marks another major victory for the City of Baltimore and further validates our decision to carry on in the fight to hold these companies accountable,” Scott said in a statement.
The city opted out of previous global settlements with Teva and other major opioid com...
Baltimore, MD - Sept. 9, 2024 - Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS), the largest school system in the state of Maryland, is now taking a hard look at weapons detectors in schools.
Former Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD) Police Chief Marcus Jones, who is now in charge of security and compliance for the school system, said they are in the early stages of looking at different available products.
A 15-year-old was charged last year for bringing a handgun into Richard Montgomery High School. School leaders said weapons detectors could be added in the near future.
In the past week, two students and two teachers were killed in a school shooting at a high school in Georgia, and a student was gunned down at Joppatown High School in Baltimore by a classmate. Las...
Baltimore, MD - Sept. 9, 2024 - About three months after Big Lots noted "substantial doubt about the Company's ability to continue" in a U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) filing, the company said on Monday it has secured $707.5 million to support its operations and sell its business to private equity firm Nexus Capital.
This comes as the company has initiated bankruptcy proceedings under Chapter 11. Big Lots listed its assets and liabilities in the range of $1 billion to $10 billion, according to a filing with bankruptcy court in Delaware, which showed creditors in the range of 5,001-10,000.
Big Lots cited troubles that began during the COVID-19 pandemic, and "macroeconomic factors such as high inflation and interest rates that are beyond its control....
Baltimore, MD - Sept. 9, 2024 - 12:51PM - An accident has closed Greenspring Avenue between Hunt and The Quarry
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September 9 at 12:42 pm
Kate Middleton has completed her chemotherapy treatment for cancer.
The mother of three took to social media on Monday to share the update on her health.
"As the summer comes to an end, I cannot tell you what a relief it is to have finally completed my chemotherapy treatment," the 42-year-old wrote. "The last nine months have been incredibly tough for us as a family. Life as you know it can change in an instant and we have had to find a way to navigate the stormy waters and road unknown."
"The cancer journey is complex, scary and unpredictable for everyone, especially those closest to you," she shared. "With humility, it also brings you face to face with your own vulnerabilities in a way you have never considered before, and with that, a new perspective on everything. This time has abov...
