Baltimore, MD - June 10, 2025 - People in East Baltimore stood in solidarity over the weekend in efforts to block immigration officials during an attempted arrest of two people during a traffic stop.
Some Highlandtown residents are re-evaluating each day any potential risks, whether it’s worth leaving the house, when it comes to recent immigration arrests.
According to witnesses, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in an unmarked car stopped a red truck Sunday near the corner of East Baltimore and Ellwood streets in Highlandtown. Witnesses said they heard one of the agents say they’d break a window if the car’s occupants didn’t get out.
“This looks like the beginning of a police state when you have people wearing masks tell you that you are unde...
Baltimore, MD – June 10, 2025 - 11:11AM: The Traffic lights at Park Heights and Clarks Lane have been restored to full operation.
Directed by IDF and ISA intelligence, IDF troops continue their operational activity against the terrorist organizations throughout the Gaza Strip.
During the troop's activity, they identified two terrorists who were disguised as women, carrying bags from a military structure used by the Hamas terrorist organization to advance terror attacks against Israeli civilians.
Following the identification, the IDF struck and eliminated the terrorists.
In addition, IDF troops located weapons, including launcher barrels that were used by Hamas and posed a threat to IDF troops and Israeli civilians.
Over the past day, the IAF struck dozens of terror targets in the Gaza Strip including terrorists, military structures, tunnels, weapons storage facilities, and structures used by Hamas.
New details have been cleared for publication today (Tuesday) about the Israeli Navy’s attack on the port of Hodeidah in Yemen. The strike, which occurred at 07:00 this morning, saw Israeli missile boats target key infrastructure within the port.
The operation involved long-range, precision-guided missiles launched from Sa'ar-6 corvettes, marking an unprecedented level of inter-service coordination. The attack was carried out in cooperation between the Navy, the Intelligence Directorate, the Operations Directorate, and the Air Force. Two highly accurate missiles hit the port’s pier infrastructure, while the ships maintained a safe distance offshore.
The attack was described as an operation characterized by exceptional depth and precision. The strike is part of an ongoing...
Baltimore, MD – June 10, 2025 - BJL wishes a hearty Mazel Tov to Yaakov and Rivky Litke on the birth of a daughter.
יה"ר שיזכו לגדל בתם לתורה, לחופה, ולמעשים טובים. אמן!
Baltimore, MD – June 10, 2025 – 9:47AM -(BJL) The traffic lights at the intersection of Park Heights Avenue and Clarks Lane are completely out in all four directions. Drivers are urged to treat the intersection as a four-way stop and proceed with extreme caution until repairs are made.Reminder: The law in Maryland requires drivers approaching a non-functioning traffic control signal to stop at a clearly marked stop line, before entering any crosswalk, or before entering the intersection. Drivers must yield to any vehicle or pedestrian in the intersection and remain stopped until it is safe to continue through the intersection.If two vehicles approach an intersection without a traffic control device or with a non-functioning traffic control signal from different road...
Keeping His Light Alive
One year ago, on the ninth of the Hebrew month of Sivan, 21-year-old IDF soldier Sgt. Eliyahu Moshe Zimbalist was killed in Gaza. He had made aliyah with his family from Silver Spring, Maryland, lived in Beit Shemesh, and studied at Yeshivat Shaalvim.
During the shiva, Noa and a close friend went to comfort Eli Moshe’s family. They left deeply moved by the family's strength, faith and dignity. On the way home, the two friends couldn't stop thinking about how to continue spreading Eli Moshe’s light in the world. And then a simple but deeply meaningful idea took shape: they would try to make a match between people they knew. They started thinking of names and sharing ideas. Noa mentioned her cousin, and her friend had a brilliant suggestion. Su...
Baltimore, MD – June 10, 2025 - BJL wishes a hearty Mazel Tov Mr. and Mrs. Elazar Isbee on the birth of a son.
Mazel Tov grandparents Mr. & Mrs. Nechemia Isbee
Mazel Tov to great-grandmother Mrs. Aviva Isbee
יה"ר שיזכו לגדל בנם לתורה, לחופה, ולמעשים טובים. אמן!
US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Monday dismissed an expert panel of vaccine advisers that has historically guided the federal government’s vaccine recommendations, saying the group is “plagued with conflicts of interest.”
The entirety of the 17-member Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, which advises the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on the vaccine schedule and required coverage of immunizations, will be retired and replaced with new members, Kennedy announced in a Wall Street Journal op-ed. The HHS secretary has authority to appoint and dismiss ACIP members, who typically serve four-year cycles. But removing the entire panel prematurely is unprecedented.
Kennedy said that a number of the panel’s membe...
Israel continued Tuesday morning the deportation process of anti-Israel activists who took part in the provocative Gaza-bound flotilla.
Leading the flotilla was climate activist Greta Thunberg, who was placed on an El Al flight to Paris.
Germany’s Ambassador to Israel reported that a German national who participated in the flotilla met with consular officials overnight and consulted with legal advisors.
France's Foreign Ministry stated that six French citizens involved in the flotilla met with the consul in Israel. One agreed to deportation and was flown back to France, while the remaining five refused and were transferred to a detention facility pending legal proceedings that will conclude with their removal from the country.
Among those refusing to leave is French Member o...
Border Police officers arrested dozens of illegal residents around the outskirts of Jerusalem over the weekend, Israel Police announced on Monday.
In addition to the illegal resident arrests, several drivers were also arrested on suspicion of assisting the residents.
IDF surveillance operators identified several suspects through a water culvert beneath the separation fence and into a mini-bus along Route 443, a highway that goes from Jerusalem towards Modi'in.
Border Police officers were notified and dispatched to stop the vehicle. The officers arrested 16 illegal residents as well as the driver. The group was detained and transferred for further questioning by the Border Police Jerusalem Perimeter Investigation Unit.
A Border Police officer conducting operatio...
Chicago, IL - June 9, 2025 - Please be advised that McCormick Tartar Sauce is sold on many online stores, including Amazon and Walmart, with the cRc Kosher logo appearing on the image, but it is not currently certified by cRc Kosher. Corrective action has been taken.
We were frustratingly so close—just days away—from entering the Land of Israel and launching the golden age of Jewish history. We stood merely a three-day journey from our destiny before everything unraveled.
Though we stumbled in several areas, one of the central failures was our misuse of language. Petty complaints and grumbling about desert conditions escalated into slander against Moshe Rabeinu, which soon deteriorated into defamation of Eretz Yisrael itself. We must speak not with moral integrity but with ideological clarity.
This past week, two public statements by Torah personalities were deeply unsettling. To write about the sanctity of language while fueling further division would be both hypocritical and counterproductive. For this reason, I will not mention names, ...
Today is a dark day in New York State, as the Senate voted, 35 to 27, to pass the Medical Aid in Dying Act (S.138) to legalize physician-assisted suicide. The Assembly passed the same bill in April; it now goes to Governor Kathy Hochul for signature.
The bill would allow physicians, at the request of patients, to write prescriptions for lethal drugs for patients who are believed by two physicians as having less than six months left to live.
As an Orthodox Jewish organization, Agudath Israel of America is guided by the timeless principle that life is sacred. Our tradition teaches that every human being is created in the image of G-d, and that every moment of life has infinite value. Society legalizing coordinated killing, even in the difficult situation where the victim is in ...
In Shemos, Perek Chof Heh, posuk yud daled, the Torah tells us that one must not take out the “badim” (poles) of the Aron.
The Rambam in Sefer Hamitzvos, asseh lamed daled says the Kohanim were given the mitzvah to carry the Aron from place to place. The Leviim did this mitzvah during the time spent in the midbar since there were so few Kohanim at the time; however, once the Kohanim multiplied, the mitzvah was given to the Kohanim.
The Ramban in his glosses in Shoresh Shlishi questions the Rambam’s statement and says that we have a steadfast rule that no part of the Torah ever chang...
Baltimore, MD - June 9, 2025 - Every Sunday morning for the past 18 months, Baltimoreans have marched in solidarity with the hostages held in Gaza, and with the hostages' families.Following last week’s attack on a similar event in Boulder, the march that took place in Baltimore this past Sunday was not simply about showing solidarity with the hostages, but also about not cowering to terror.
In an inspiring demonstration of Jewish pride and determination, over 400 people from across the spectrum of our community assembled on Sunday at Har Sinai-Oheb Shalom for Baltimore’s weekly walk for the hostages. People of all ages, along with rabbis, community leaders, and local politicians, joined together to publicly and loudly proclaim that the Baltimore Jewish community will...
