The Antisemitism Awareness Act (AAA) was reintroduced to the House on Wednesday by Democratic and Republican representatives after the bill failed to appear before the Senate last year.
The bill, if passed, would require that the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights consider the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s (IHRA) definition of antisemitism when investigating complaints that Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 had been violated federally funded programs.
The AAA, sponsored by New York Republican Congressman Mike Lawler, was first introduced on October 26, 2023, weeks after the Hamas-led massacres in southern Israel triggered a global torrent of antisemitic incidents.
It initially passed the house by a vote o...
Amid the ongoing hostage deal and the return of hostages to their families, a daily Tehillim vigil has begun today (Sunday) at the Kotel. As part of this initiative, all chapters of Tehillim are recited daily, mentioning each hostage by name, with deep intention and devotion, praying for the safe return of every last one of them.This important initiative is being held in collaboration with the Hostage Families Headquarters and with the participation of the organizations Kisufim and Ayelet HaShachar, both of which have been working tirelessly for the hostages and their families since Simchat Torah, October 7, 2023.The first Tehillim vigil took place today at the Western Wall Plaza, in the presence of the rabbi of the Kotel and holy sites, Rabbi Shmuel Rabinowitz, who led a special prayer fo...
In an interview on the BBC's Sunday Morning News with Laura Kuenssberg, Israeli President Isaac Herzog fiercely criticized the BBC for its continued false equivalence between the treatment of convicted Hamas terrorists and innocent Israeli hostages abducted into Gaza. The President called on the BBC to end this misleading narrative, emphasizing that Israel is a democracy that abides by the rule of law, while Hamas engages in barbaric terrorist acts."I absolutely reject that, and I think that this equality that the BBC is always trying to make is outrageous and preposterous, absolutely not true. We are a democracy. We abide by the rule of law. All prisoners in Israel get whatever is necessary as prisoners under the law, under the supervision of the court, even a Supreme Court justice r...
CNN has come under heavy criticism for its reporting on the condition of three Israeli hostages released on Saturday, Ohad Ben Ami, Eli Sharabi, and Or Levy, comparing their condition to that of Palestinian security prisoners released by Israel.
Much of Israel and its global allies expressed shock at the sight of the three hostages, now classified by Israel as being in serious condition, and the significant weight loss they experienced after 15 months in captivity.
The men, civilians taken from their homes and a music festival in southern Israel on October 7, were released on Saturday as part of a ceasefire deal with the Hamas terror organization - an organization described by CNN as “militants.”
CNN's focus
Describing the three men as &ldquo...
Annapolis, MD - Feb. 8, 2025 - Numerous lawmakers in Maryland, including leaders in the General Assembly, are proposing different pieces of legislation aimed to address the state's growing energy crisis.
On Monday, Senate President Bill Ferguson and House Speaker Adrienne Jones, and other lawmakers, unveiled a package of legislation aimed at reducing the price of energy for residents across the state, while increasing the amount of energy generated in the state of Maryland. This as the demand from data centers and electrification increase, at the same time power plants like Brandon Shores are expected to retire in the near future. Currently Maryland imports about 40 percent of it's energy from other states.
“We recognize that renewable energy is the future but we al...
Baltimore, MD - Feb. 8, 2025 - President Donald Trump on Friday announced his plans to remove several board members of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, including Orioles owner David Rubenstein as chairman.
In his post on Truth Social, Trump announced that he would install himself as Rubenstein’s successor.
“At my direction, we are going to make the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., GREAT AGAIN,” Trump wrote. “I have decided to immediately terminate multiple individuals from the Board of Trustees, including the Chairman, who do not share our Vision for a Golden Age in Arts and Culture. We will soon announce a new Board, with an amazing Chairman, DONALD J. TRUMP.”
Rubenstein, who officially purchased the Orioles in Marc...
Annapolis, MD - Feb. 8, 2025 - Arguing there are downsides to downsizing, in Governor Wes Moore’s first State of the State address he pledged to fill vacancies and grow state government.
“Building a workforce of dedicated public servants saves us the expense of costly contractors and external vendors, and if properly managed, delivers us better results. Spending $100 million on inefficiencies and patch work politics is not the way to run a government,” Moore said.
A promise he’s already followed through on. On Tuesday, FOX45 reported on data sourced from the Maryland Department of Labor’s website, showing under Governor Wes Moore’s administration, the state’s workforce grew by more than 5,000 employees. Comparatively, during former Gov...
It’s been nearly two weeks since Baltimore Police responded to reports of an 81-year-old man carjacked and robbed at gunpoint in east Baltimore.
Last week Baltimore Police released images of the believed suspects, but so far, no arrests have been made.
While carjackings were down 15% across the City compared to the first 25 days of 2024, in the eastern district the crime had spiked 300%.
According to the latest online data provided by BPD, from January 1, 2025, through January 25, 2025, there were at least eight carjackings in the eastern district. That’s at least three carjackings a day.
FOX45 News sent Baltimore Police the following questions:
What's behind the spike in carjackings in the eastern district?
Are any of these cases related?
Have any arrests been ma...
Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar posted a video accusing Hamas of starving the hostages released today, claiming they looked dangerously emaciated while the Hamas forces appeared well-fed.
''For over a year, the international community has danced to the tune of the false propaganda of so-called starvation in Gaza but the images we saw today don't lie - Hamas terrorists and other Gaza residents look perfectly fine.''
''The Israeli hostages look like Holocaust survivors. Today, we saw that the only starvation is the starvation of Israeli hostages,'' he accused.
''Hamas is committing crimes against humanity, against civilian hostages, and this Hamas Nazi evil must be eliminated,'' Sa'ar concluded.
President Isaac Herzog:This is what a crime against humanity looks like!The whole world must look directly at Ohad, Or, and Eli—returning after 491 days of [Gehinom], starved, emaciated and pained—being exploited in a cynical and cruel spectacle by vile murderers. We take solace in the fact that they are being returned alive to the arms of their loved ones.Since her release from captivity, Raz, Ohad’s wife, along with their three brave daughters—Yulie, Ella, and Natalie—have led a determined struggle in Israel and around the world for his return. Or and his wife Einav came to celebrate at the Nova festival. Hamas terrorists murdered Einav and abducted Or to Gaza. Their son, Almog—"Mogi"—only three years old, was cared for by their loving fami...
Tel Aviv, Israel - Feb. 8, 2025 - Eli Sharabi, Ohad Ben-Ami, and Or Levy were released Saturday morning from Hamas captivity. The three looked gaunt and are in poor physical health, but were forced to thank their captors for "treating" them.
Eli Sharabi, who turns 53 next week, was kidnapped from his home in Kibbutz Be'eri on the morning of October 7th. He lost his entire immediate family in the massacre: His wife Leanne and two daughters Yahel and Noya were murdered by Hamas terrorists. His brother, Yossi Sharabi, was also kidnapped on October 7th, and was declared dead during his time in captivity, after he was accidentally killed when the IDF struck the building he was being held in. His body is still held in Gaza.
Eli's brother Sharon Sharabi told Kan News: "Eli i...
Baltimore, MD – Feb. 7, 2025 - BJL wishes a hearty Mazel Tov to Jacob and Kaila Schonland on the birth of a daughter.
Mazel Tov to grandparents Addison & Stephanie Schonland and Andrew & Lenie Singer
יה"ר שיזכו לגדל בתם לתורה, לחופה, ולמעשים טובים. אמן
The US poured "hundreds of millions of dollars" into Hamas, Republican Senator Ted Cruz told The Daily Caller following news of the Trump administration's pause on foreign aid. The Trump administration had paused the foreign funds to review if aid allocation was aligned with his foreign policy.
“They secretly poured literally uncountable hundreds of millions of dollars toward Hamas, including tens of millions of cash they could never account for,” Cruz said.
"Throughout the Biden admin, they knew the money they were pouring into Gaza would benefit Hamas," the Texas senator wrote in a post to X/Twitter. "They did it anyway."
The Daily Caller reported that over $1.3 billion in US taxpayer funds during the Biden presidency ended up funding gr...
Baltimore, MD - Feb. 7, 2025 - Former Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake has been ordered to repay a $2 million business loan, according to court documents.
The court order comes after the lender, Old National Bank, sued the former mayor who was listed as a guarantor with Gulf Coast Technology Corporation, the consulting company that received the loan, according to The Baltimore Banner.
The loan was issued in November 2023 under a contract in which Rawlings-Blake said she would repay the loan if the consulting company did not.
Court documents showed that the company at one point agreed to repay the loan in $28,000 monthly payments with a 3% interest rate, The Banner reported.
According to the latest court order, issued on Jan. 22, 2025, Rawlings-Blake must repay...
Baltimore, MD – Feb. 4, 2025 - BJL regrets to inform the community of the petira of R’ Ephraim Rubin, z’l, father of Yechiel (Rochelle) Rubin, Brenda (Moshe) Sherman, Rochell (Dovid) Hoffman, and Moshe Meir (Shoshana) Rubin Shiva, through Wednesday morning, will be observed at 3404 Fallstaff Rd. Baltimore, MD, 21215 beginning with Mincha on friday at 2:00PMMinyanim:Friday Mincha 2:00pmMaariv Motzei Shabbos 6:30pmSunday Shachris 8:00amWeekday Mincha / Maariv 5:15pmWeekday Shachris 7:00amBila HaMaves LaNetzach…
Baltimore, MD – Feb. 7, 2025 - BJL wishes a hearty Mazel Tov to Mr. and Mrs. Yonatan Ziegler on the birth of a son.
יה"ר שיזכו לגדל בנם לתורה, לחופה, ולמעשים טובים. אמן
A Hezbollah field commander, Abbas Haidar, was killed on Friday morning along with several members of his family, in an explosion in Tayr Harfa, located in southern Lebanon.
Avichay Adraee, head of the Arab media division of the IDF Spokesperson's Unit, stated that according to information available to the IDF, they were killed as a result of an explosion of an IED belonging to Hezbollah.
The explosive was intended to be used against Israel, but it detonated, killing the Hezbollah field commander and his family members, said Adraee.
"I remind the Lebanese that Hezbollah's weapons are a double-edged sword, endangering mainly the residents of Lebanon and even Hezbollah members themselves. Stay away from Hezbollah's weapons!" Adraee added.
The IAF early Friday morning, with...
After 491 days in captivity, Hamas will free hostages Or Levy, Eli Sharabi and Ohad Ben Ami from captivity on Saturday, it was cleared for publication on Friday evening.
Levy, 34, was kidnapped from the Nova Music Festival on October 7, 2023. His wife who was with him was murdered. Their three-year-old son is waiting for his father to return home.
Sharabi, 52, was kidnapped from Kibbutz Be’eri on October 7, 2023. His wife and two daughters were murdered during the Hamas massacre. Sharabi’s brother, Yossi, was also kidnapped by Hamas and it was later announced that he was murdered while in captivity. Hamas continues to hold Yossi’s body.
Ben Ami, 56, was taken from Kibbutz Be’eri on October 7, 2023, together with his wife, Raz, who was freed in...
