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February 13 at 12:15 pm
The USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier was involved in a collision Wednesday with a merchant vessel near Port Said, Egypt, in the Mediterranean Sea, the Navy announced.
"The collision did not endanger the Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) as there are no reports of flooding or injuries," it added in a statement.
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February 13 at 11:40 am
The Senate on Thursday confirmed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Health and Human Services (HHS) secretary in President Donald Trump's cabinet.
The Republican-controlled Senate voted nearly entirely along party lines to confirm Kennedy. The final showdown over his controversial nomination was set in motion hours earlier, after another party line vote on Wednesday afternoon which started the clock ticking toward the confirmation roll call.
Kennedy, the well-known vaccine skeptic and environmental crusader who ran for the White House in 2024 before ending his bid and endorsing Trump, needed a simple majority to be confirmed by the Senate.
Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky was the only Republican to vote against Kennedy's nomination. McConnell, the former longtime GOP Senate leader,...
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February 13 at 10:55 am
Baltimore, MD - Feb. 5, 2025 - TU B'Shvat (15 Shvat) 5785 will occur on Wed. Night Feb. 12-Thurs. Feb. 13, 2025.
Refer to the STAR-K Guide for Checking Fruits below for guidance on how to check various produce grown and purchased in the United States. (Checking procedures in other countries may differ.)
Click on the image to download a PDF of this chart.
Click here to download STAR-K's full guide to checking for bugs.
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February 13 at 10:51 am
Baltimore, MD - Feb. 13, 2025 - What an amazing Wednesday night! Ahavas Chaim lit up the community with an uplifting and inspiring Tu B’Shvat Peiros Tisch, featuring Rav Amrom Yungreis, shlita, Rav of the Chassidish Kollel. His profound insights about recognizing the niflaos haBorei in everyday life and his vibrant spirit brought a new level of joy and connection as we celebrated the beauty of Tu B’Shvat.
Special thanks to Eli Lax and Yankel Kohn, and to everyone who joined us! Looking forward to many more evenings filled with inspiration and spiritual growth!
Baltimore, MD - Feb. 13, 2025 - Explore the latest issue of Baltimore Jewish Home.
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February 13 at 12:05 am
Baltimore, MD – Feb. 2025 - 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...
Baltimore, MD – Feb. 12, 2025 - BJL wishes a hearty Mazel Tov to Eli Weiss (Queens) & Ariella Zyskind (Baltimore) on their engagement!
Mazel Tov to Mr. & Mrs. Dovi & Etti Zyskind
יה"ר שיזכו לבנות בית נאמן בישראל. אמן!
Baltimore, MD – Feb. 12, 2025 - BJL wishes a hearty Mazel Tov to Ephraim & Shoshana Schecter on the birth of a son.
Mazel Tov to grandparents: Chaim & Lisa Schecter and Meir Nosson & Sharon Prengler
יה"ר שיזכו לגדל בנם לתורה, לחופה, ולמעשים טובים. אמן!
Baltimore, MD - Feb. 11, 2025 - Attention employers and job seekers: MacherUSA.com has expanded to include Baltimore job listings on its platform. You can find local job openings listed under Baltimore in its dropdown menu.MacherUSA.com was already operating in the tristate area as a popular job board when Career360 reached out to MacherUSA to ask to include Baltimore on their site. What developed was a partnership between MacherUSA and Career360. Now that Baltimore is one of the locations on the site, employers are encouraged to post their job openings to attract local community talent. The listing fee is waived for Baltimore employers through Summer 2025.“As a career coach, I saw the need for Baltimore to have a centralized website to connect job seekers with local employers. I hop...
Baltimore, MD - Feb. 12, 2025 - Tonight marks the 13th Yahrtzeit of Harav Yosef Tendler, zt”l.Harav Yaakov Hopfer, shlita, will be delivering divrei hisorirus tomorrow, Thursday February 13th, in the Mechina, l’iluy nishmaso.A recording will be shared on the Ner Yisroel website when available.Click here for Shiurim from Harav Yosef Tendler, zt”l
Washngton, D.C. - Feb. 12, 2025 - US intelligence agencies concluded during the final days of the Biden administration that Israel is considering significant strikes on Iranian nuclear sites this year, officials familiar with the report told The Wall Street Journal on Wednesday.
According to the report, another intelligence assessment written in the early days of the Trump administration also determined that Israel is considering strikes against Iran's nuclear facilities.
US military officials said that American support, including arms, is essential for Israel to carry out such attacks.
The report follows comments from US President Donald Trump in recent days that he would rather reach a deal with Iran on its nuclear program than have Israel attack Iran&rs...
Baltimore, MD - Feb. 12, 2025 - It may be Valentine's week, but forget the romance.
Instead, how about a "bromance?"
A tow truck driver and a rabbi have become fast friends after a chance encounter in the snow.
At AAA's Fleet Garage in Woodlawn, Rabbi Avi Sharfman meets up with roadside technician Jerome Belton, someone he considers a good friend.
"I would say it's a lot more than that. I would say brothers," Sharfman told 11 News.
Watching the two, it's hard to believe that just a few weeks ago, they were strangers.
Sharfman, a chaplain for LifeBridge Health, was on his way to provide angel services in January for a dying man in hospice when his car went into a snowbank. He called AAA for help.
"AAA shows up, and it's Jerome. Jerome gets out of th...
Baltimore, MD – Feb. 12, 2025 - BJL wishes a hearty Mazel Tov to Yair & Sarah Klein on the birth of a son.
Mazel Tov to grandfathers Isaac (Chavi, a’h) Klein and Akevy (Chavi, a'h) Greenblatt
יה"ר שיזכו לגדל בנם לתורה, לחופה, ולמעשים טובים. אמן!
Baltimore, MD - Feb. 12, 2025 - Watch Rabbi Shmuel Silber - A Time to Uproot: Reflections on Demolition
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Baltimore, MD - Feb. 12, 2025 - The Maryland Realtors said a new survey showed housing affordability is the No. 1 concern for people in the state, surpassing taxes and crime for the first time in history.
The state’s shortage of affordable housing units has nearly doubled in the last five years, according to Maryland Realtors president Cherly Abrams Davis, who puts the blame on local governments.
“Even after 2024’s landmark legislation, some local governments continue to drag their feet to open housing opportunities in their communities,” Davis said.
Realtors are pushing for alternative housing options like “Accessory Dwelling Units,” which are independent units built on existing properties like guest houses.
Davis said their survey found 8...
Senior Hamas spokesperson Sami Abu Zuhri spoke to Al Jazeera on Wednesday evening and stated that Hamas is "committed" to implementing the previously agreed schedule of the hostage deal and that they will not release "all" Israeli hostages on Saturday.
Abu Zuhri's comments likely came as part of a larger statement to Al Jazeera regarding Hamas's views towards the potential breakdown of the ceasefire agreement.
Earlier on Wednesday, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz warned that if Hamas does not release the Israeli hostages by Saturday, all hell will break loose.
This referenced US President Donald Trump when he said, "If all the Gaza hostages aren't returned by Saturday at 12 p.m., I would say cancel the ceasefire. Let all hell break loose; Israel can ov...
Hamas has reportedly instructed senior figures in the terror group to stop using cell phones amid concerns that the fragile ceasefire with Israel could fall apart, bringing with it a return of Israel’s military offensive.
Sources in Hamas told the London-based Asharq Al-Awsat outlet on Tuesday that the group’s military wing and senior leadership have instructed all senior political and military figures to stop using their phones, as many had returned to using the devices after the ceasefire began last month.
According to the sources, several senior officials have already stopped using their phones over fears of attempts by the IDF to track them via the devices and assassinate them.
The three-stage ceasefire agreement, reached last month, halted some 15 months of fighting tri...
Schools in Sderot will resume operations on March 3, the Education Ministry announced on Monday, a week after the southern city’s mayor joined his local counterparts in a protest demanding official confirmation from the government that residents who were evacuated from their homes due to the war in Gaza can safely go home.
The city of approximately 30,000 has been largely evacuated for over four months, due to the ongoing Israel-Hamas war, with residents living in hotels or other temporary conditions elsewhere in the country, mostly in Eilat.
The decision was made in conjunction with the Sderot municipality and with the approval of the Home Front Command, the ministry said in a statement. Residents who do not wish to return can remain outside the city until July with state support,...
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February 12 at 12:48 pm
Two Australian healthcare workers are being investigated after threatening to kill an Israeli man on camera, claiming they had previously killed Jews in their care.
The man and woman, who said they were doctors, spoke with the man via Chatrouletka, a website where strangers are matched internationally to have conversations.
After the Israeli man revealed his nationality, the female worker said "it's Palentine's country, not your country you piece of s---," according to the video.
As the Israeli man asked for peace, the conversation escalated, and the woman said "when the time comes, I want you to remember my face, so you can understand that you will die the most disgusting death."
The pair went on to say they would not treat the man and would kill him if he cam...
