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Baltimore, MD – Feb, 2026 - Are you nervous about Kashering for Pesach; unsure you will get it done properly? Are you afraid the water will ruin your cabinets and create a mess in your kitchen? Are you moving into a new house and need the kitchen kashered; stress-free? Click here: https://t.ly/UknmP For the last seven years, The Kashering Konnection, has been servicing the Baltimore and DC communities. Coordinated through Star-K Kashrus Administrator Rabbi Sholom Tendler, experienced, professional Mashgichim are available to come to your home and ensure an easy, mess-free and 100% properly-done Kashering of your kitchen and appliances. From ovens to stoves, counters to sinks, The Kashering Konnection can help you prepare for Pesach in an easy and affordable w...
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לְהַעֲלוֹת נֵר תָּמִיד
In the Mishkan, the charge was not merely to keep the lamp lit, but לְהַעֲלוֹת נֵר — to tend the flame so it would rise and shine with strength and clarity. A living light requires care and constancy.
Shearith Israel stands in that tradition. Built on Torah and sustained by devoted members, our light continues to grow through vibrant tefillah, limud haTorah, and communal dedication.
This year’s campaign honors those who embody that mission.
Rabbi and Mrs. Ben Zion Malin are recognized for years of devoted service, with Rabbi Malin faithfully ensuring that our minyanim ran seamlessly day after day.
Mr. and Mrs. Shmuel Leshnoff are honored for Shmuel’s outstanding young leadership on behalf of our community and ma...
Detroit, MI – Feb. 25, 2026 – A Monday night flight from Israel bound for JFK Airport was diverted to Detroit due to severe weather in New York, leaving approximately 150 Jewish passengers stranded overnight without access to kosher food.
Upon learning of the diversion, Daniel Greenbaum, owner of Metropolitan Dry Cleaners, coordinated an emergency effort to provide food and assistance to the passengers.
“As soon as I heard about the flight, I knew something had to be done,” Greenbaum said. “Knowing that so many Jews would arrive without access to kosher food was a serious concern. As a community, we step up for one another.”
Greenbaum contacted Brian and Rivka Jacobs, owners of Jerusalem Pizza—the only kosher pizza establishment in Detroit&mdash...
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Baltimore, MD – Feb. 23, 2026 – BJL regrets to inform the community of the petira of Dorothy Hettleman, a’h, wife of the late Eugene Hettleman, z’l, mother of Stuart Hettleman, Bruce Hettleman, Leslie Silverberg, Karen Katz, and the late Mark Hettleman, z’l.The Levayah will be held 10:00 AM Tuesday morning, Feb. 24, 2026 at Levinson'sThe Kevurah will take United Hebrew Cemetery, 3901 Washington Blvd, Halethorpe, MD 21227.
Shiva will be observed at 6300 Red Cedar Place, Apt 209, Baltimore, MD 21209. (Heather Ridge Apartments) Code for complex is 1234, code for front door of building is 209111. Please park in Visitor Spots ONLYMinyanim: Shacharis: Wednesday through Monday: 8:00am Mincha/Maariv: 5:40pm Mincha Erev Shabbos: 3:...
Glen Avenue Neighborhood Association Honors Chaverim of Baltimore at Annual Meeting
Baltimore, MD – Feb. 25, 2026 (BJL) This evening, the Glen Avenue Neighborhood Association held its annual meeting at the JCC, where Chaverim of Baltimore was presented with a community service award in recognition of its ongoing dedication to the greater Baltimore area.
The award was given in appreciation of Chaverim’s wide-ranging community involvement, spanning countless calls for assistance — from jump-starting stranded vehicles and removing fallen trees blocking major roadways, to more unusual acts of kindness, such as helping a homeowner locate a piece of lost jewelry that had gone missing in a pile of leaves while raking.
The award was accepted on behalf of Chaverim by its ...
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Baltimore, MD - Feb. 22, 2026 - Every single day at Tashbar begins with a smile and a child who feels he belongs. With over 60 boys in our school, in small, warm classes, our boys daven, learn, build, create, and lead. Every day brings a breakthrough. Every day builds confidence. Every day reveals new strengths. They feel capable. Trusted. Connected — to Torah, to their teachers, and to themselves. This is what happens when education is personal and joyful. Your partnership helps ensure that the smiles, breakthroughs, and meaningful moments that define Tashbar continue—again and again, Every Single Day.
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Baltimore, MD - Feb. 25, 2026 - BJL wishes a hearty Mazel Tov to Yitz Topper and Michali Simon on their engagement.
Mazel tov to the Topper and Simon Families.
Drive through any Israeli city and you’ll find streets named for rabbis and religious leaders, alongside politicians, biblical figures, poets, and friends of Israel - essentially anyone who has shaped the Jewish story. Only recently, however, have a handful of Israeli cities - including Rishon Lezion, Gedera, Dimona, Beitar Illit, and Kfar Saba - begun naming streets for one of the most influential Jewish leaders of the twentieth century: Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the Lubavitcher Rebbe.
For decades he guided Israeli leaders, inspired soldiers and citizens alike, and transformed Jewish identity around the world. His portrait hangs in gas stations, army bases, and tefillin stands across the country - symbols of a movement that has become part of Israel’s spiritual landsc...
Washington, D.C. - Feb. 25, 2026 - President Donald Trump on Tuesday hailed the first year of his presidency as a “turnaround for the ages,” touting his policies and assailing Democrats in the longest State of the Union speech by any president.
Trump sought to use the address to project a sense of a strong and growing country, bashing President Joe Biden and saying the country is “bigger, better, richer and stronger than ever before.”
But in a sign of extraordinary partisan tensions, many Democratic lawmakers, including both of Maryland’s senators and several members of its House delegation, boycotted the speech in protest of Trump’s policies. Sen. Chris Van Hollen and Rep. April McClain Delaney (D-6th) attended an alternative rally on the Nation...
Baltimore, MD - Feb. 25, 2026 - Rabbi Yoni Sonnenblick of Congregation Ohel Torah Leads the Invocation at Monday Night’s Baltimore City Council Meeting
In memory of my beloved mother, whose yahrtzeit is 8 Adar. May her neshama have an aliyah
The parshiyos we are reading now and in the coming few weeks are sometimes difficult to relate to. What does the clothing of the kohein gadol in this parshah, or the details of the mishkan and korbonos in the other parshiyos, have to do with our situation? What should we learn from them? Rabbi Mordechai Miller in his Sabbath Shiurim has a beautiful dvar Torah on this parsha, which deals with our own lives and with Purim as well. Rabbi Miller’s prose is beautiful, and I have included some of it here, so it is not all mine.
A main subject of the parsha is the ceremonial garments of the kohein gadol, which were royal in their splendor (l’chavod u’l’...
Baltimore, MD - Feb. 24, 2026 - This morning, I met with the Director of Baltimore City Department of Transportation regarding the alarming number of traffic signals currently out across Baltimore City.
DOT operates with a $236 million budget and more than 1,000 employees, yet maintains only a skeleton crew dedicated to traffic signal maintenance. At a time when the agency prioritized hiring additional ticketing and enforcement personnel, it is clear that resources were misallocated.
What we urgently need is more maintenance staff focused on keeping our infrastructure operational.
The frequency and prolonged duration of traffic light outages across our city are not inconveniences; they are public safety emergencies. When signals are down at major intersect...
How to Lead When Hashem Is Silent
Throughout Tanach, Hashem uses prophecy to guide Jewish leaders. Hashem’s clear guidance meant that leadership generally consisted of merely transmitting His directives to the people and inspiring them to follow.
Today, without prophecy, we lack this clarity. This reality demands a different kind of leadership. Without Hashem’s explicit guidance, leaders must discern His will from the signs He leaves us in the Torah, history, and current events.
Megillat Esther, a book that lacks prophecy (and even the mention of G-d’s name), presents models of such leadership. Though left to their own devices to determine a course of action, Mordechai and Esther succeed in saving the Jewish people from annihilation. They offer powerful models of...
Baltimore, MD – Feb. 24, 2026 - 6:07PM (BJL) Two left lanes on the inner loop of 695 are closed past Security Boulevard (Exit 17). Major delays reported.
New educational tagging program helps residents recycle correctly and keeps contamination out of the recycling stream
Baltimore, MD - Feb. 24, 2026 - The Baltimore City Department of Public Works (DPW) is launching its new OOPS Tag Recycling Initiative, a citywide program designed to reduce contamination in recycling bins, improve recycling efficiency, and strengthen Baltimore’s environmental sustainability efforts.
Baltimore residents care deeply about their neighborhoods and the environment. However, confusion about what can and cannot be recycled has led to increased contamination in the City’s recycling stream. When non-recyclable items or food residue are placed in recycling bins, entire truckloads of materials may become unusable, increasing processing costs and re...
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