Mazel Tov to Zari Segal and Feige Hoffman on their Engagement
Baltimore, MD – October 21, 2026 – BJL wishes a hearty Mazel Tov to Feige Hoffman on her engagement to Zari Segal. Mazel Tov to the parents Dovid and Hadara Segal and Mordechai and Leah Hoffman. יה״ר שיזכו לבנות בית נאמן בישראל. אמן.
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Rav Sholom Kamenetsky, shlita, Inspires Educators with Foundational Message for Today’s Classroom
Over 165 administrators, principals, rabbeim, moros, and educators representing almost every Jewish day school in the Baltimore community gathered on Monday evening for Inspired Education, featuring Rav Sholom Kamenetsky, Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivas Philadelphia. Presented by JES in partnership with the Association of Jewish Day Schools, the event presented an opportunity for educators and school […]
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JD Vance Declines to Endorse Netanyahu After Trump Backs Israeli Prime Minister
Vice President JD Vance declined to endorse Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s reelection bid, taking a different approach from President Donald Trump, who publicly backed Netanyahu ahead of Israel’s October 27 election. Trump announced his “Complete and Total Endorsement” of Netanyahu on Truth Social on Sunday, praising him as a “Great Warrior Prime Minister” and […]
IDF Eliminates Hamas Terrorist Involved in Shani Louk Abduction
The IDF and Shin Bet announced that Tamer Muhammad Ibrahim al-Sabbagh, a Hamas terrorist involved in taking Shani Louk’s body into Gaza on October 7, 2023, was killed in an airstrike in Jabalia, northern Gaza, on Monday. Al-Sabbagh was the last remaining member of the cell identified in footage of Louk’s abduction. Three other members […]
Dozens of Chabad Yeshiva Bochurim Detained at Ben Gurion Airport
Dozens of Chabad yeshiva bochurim returning to Israel from New York were detained by Israeli Military Police at Ben Gurion Airport on Tuesday morning over suspected draft evasion. The students had spent the past year studying at Chabad’s world headquarters at 770 Eastern Parkway in Brooklyn as part of the annual kvutza program. Approximately 80 […]
Agra D’Pirka’s Successful $600k CauseMatch Campaign: My Personal Reflections
Baltimore, MD – October 20, 2026 – Outnumbered. That’s how I felt when I covered Baltimore’s inaugural Agra D’Pirka event on September 1, 2018, at Khal Ahavas Yisroel Tzemach Tzedek (KAYTT). It was a sea of men, of all ages, stages, professions, and hashkafos, and me. That feeling only intensified when my coverage of subsequent […]
Wounded IDF Soldier Completes World’s Most Demanding Ironman Competition in Hawaii with Custom Prosthesis
NEW YORK – Nearly three years after being severely wounded in combat in Gaza and losing his right leg above the knee, Boris Baruch Shtonda, 29, of Tel Aviv, completed the Ironman World Championship in Kona, Hawaii, on Oct. 10. Shtonda competed using a specialized running prosthesis custom-fitted for the race, marking another milestone in […]