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Seven Mile Market Specials in Effect Sun., May 18 -May 23, 2025
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Baltimore, MD - July 30, 2025 - This past Shabbos, the Baltimore community was privileged to host one of the great Torah leaders and halachic authorities of our generation, HaGaon HaRav Asher Weiss, shlit”a. From his arrival on Erev Shabbos through Sunday morning, Rav Weiss inspired hundreds across our community with his Torah, his warmth, and his unmistakable love for Klal Yisroel.Over the course of the weekend, Rav Weiss delivered eight drashos and shiurim across multiple neighborhoods and venues.
The Rav began Friday morning by meeting with Baltimore’s Vaad HaRabbonim, followed by a gathering of leaders from the city’s schools and communal organizations. On Friday night, the Rav delivered a stirring address following Kabbolas Shabbos at Kol Torah.
Shabbos morning fea...
Israel sent a message to Hamas that if it doesn’t accept the proposal on the table for a ceasefire and hostage release deal in the coming days, Israel will start to annex territory around Gaza’s perimeter, senior Israeli officials tell Channel 13.
The report of the warning comes as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is meeting with his small group of top aides and ministers to discuss ongoing attempts to make some progress toward a hostage release and ceasefire deal with Hamas.
Israel sent a document with its red lines around IDF troop deployments and prisoner releases to Hamas through the mediating countries, according to Channel 12.
Israel says in the document that it will not leave the Phildelphi corridor or the buffer zone around the Gaza border, will not allow the o...
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the Israel Prison Service: "What we have here is not just justice or deterrence, but considerable intelligence and assets that we have used to rescue our hostages. We will achieve the absolute victory while freeing our hostages. This is an effort from which we will not relent." Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, today (Wednesday, 30 July 2025), visited the Israel Prison Service (IPS) in appreciation for the activity of its guards and wardens both in time of routine and especially since the outbreak of the war.Also participating in the visit were National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, IPS Commissioner Kobi Yaakobi and members of the IPS senior command, as well as officers and guards.The Prime Minister was briefed on IPS acti...
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Avigayil is just a few months old and already battling a rare aggressive cancer
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Towson, MD - July 30, 2025 - The Baltimore County Department of Aging (BCDA) was recently honored with two national Achievement Awards from the National Association of Counties (NACo). These awards recognize the innovative and impactful programming being provided by the department that supports older adults in living healthier, more connected lives. “This national recognition reflects the outstanding work happening right here in Baltimore County,” said County Executive Katherine Klausmeier. “Our Department of Aging continues to lead with programs that are not only innovative but rooted in the needs of our residents. These awards are a testament to the dedication of our team and community partners who make Baltimore County a place where older adults can thrive.&rdquo...
Baltimore, MD - July 30, 2025 - Last week, Mayor Brandon M. Scott announced the launch of the Baltimore City Infrastructure Academy (BCIA). Led by the Mayor's Office of Infrastructure Development (MOID), the BCIA is a collaboration between city agencies that will streamline employee workforce development by consolidating training currently facilitated by various operational agencies. This includes programs like DGS’s Fleet Academy and DPW’s B’more WISE programs.
Baltimore City faces a critical need to grow and sustain a skilled infrastructure workforce. The BCIA was developed through a comprehensive review of existing curriculum, challenges, and vacancies. The coordination under the BCIA streamlines and standardizes the available opportunities for City employe...
Several Arab nations, including Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Egypt, are demanding that Hamas lay down its arms and agree to a two-state solution as the terror group's war with Israel rages.
The entire Arab League, the European Union and 17 other countries backed the "New York Declaration" Tuesday, during a conference co-chaired by France and Saudi Arabia.
The declaration calls for the unification of Gaza and the West Bank under the Palestinian Authority's control and "the end of armed group control and the dismantlement of their military capabilities," likely referring to Hamas and other Palestinian terror groups.
Baltimore, MD - July 30, 2025 - On Tuesday, July 29, 2025, Dan Berkovitz, Commander of Jewish War Veterans (JWV) Post 167 in Owings Mills, had the honor of joining Scott Schlesinger—Commander of the JWV Department of the Mid-Atlantic Area & Israel—and Rabbi Chesky Tenenbaum, Director of the Jewish Uniformed Service Association of Maryland-Chabad, in meeting with Maryland Governor Wes Moore to recognize and celebrate the distinguished service of Carroll County Commissioner Ed Rothstein.
Commissioner Rothstein is a Jewish Retired Army Colonel and a proud member of JWV Post 167 (Owings Mills), as he prepares to assume the leadership of the Maryland Department of Veterans and Military Families (formerly the Maryland Department of Veterans Affairs). Secretary Rothstein&rs...
Annapolis, MD - July 30, 2025 - A newly released audit suggests the State of Maryland may have issued certain professional licenses to unqualified applicants.
The state audit specifically reviewed the work of Maryland's Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing (DOPL) between April 1, 2021 and January 15, 2025.
DOPL regulates licenses for 25 occupations and professions including 1- Real Estate, 2 - Home Improvement, 3- Plumbing, 4- Electricians, 5- Stationary Engineers, 6 - Elevator Safety, 7 - Heating/Ventilation/Air Conditioning & Refrigeration, and 8 - Real Estate Appraisers/Appraisal Management Companies/ & Home Inspectors.
The report found DOPL used a third-party vendor to verify whether applicants met standard educational and work experience requ...
Annapolis, MD - July 30, 2025 - A big fair housing ruling out of Maryland's Supreme Court.
The State's High Court on Monday ruled landlords cannot disqualify tenant applicants based solely on their source of income, specifically those with government funded housing vouchers.
In deciding the case of Katrina Hare v.s. David S. Brown Enterprises, the court cited a 2020 state law called "The Housing Opportunities Made Equal (HOME) Act."
Essentially the law prohibits property owners from considering someone's source of income when determining who they rent or sell a home to.
Its primary purpose was to prevent discrimination against residents who are provided with government vouchers that pay for a majority or all housing costs.
In this particular situat...
Baltimore, MD - July 30, 2025 - The Baltimore City Department of Transportation announced Tuesday that new automated traffic enforcement cameras will be activated next month in a continued effort to enhance roadway safety—particularly around schools and along truck-restricted routes.
Beginning on or about August 11, speed enforcement cameras will be installed in two additional school zones:
The 200–400 blocks of E. 29th Street, near Barclay Elementary School
The 3200–3600 blocks of Pulaski Highway, near Highlandtown Elementary/Middle School
These cameras will operate Monday through Friday from 6:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. year-round, targeting drivers who exceed the posted speed limit by 12 mph or more.
Violations carry a $40 fine, though no points will be added ...
During the Global Parliamentary Summit today (Wednesday), hosted at the United Nations headquarters in Geneva by the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), Speaker of the Knesset Amir Ohana addressed dozens of parliamentary leaders from around the world. The Iranian, Yemeni, and Palestinian Authority stormed out of the summit when Ohana got up to speak.
Ohana harshly criticized Western recognition of a Palestinian state, saying: “Rewarding Hamas with statehood will not bring stability, partnership, or peace. It will only lead to more bloodshed of Israelis and Jews. If you want to establish what you call a Palestinian state - establish it in London, Paris, in your own countries - which are increasingly resembling the Middle East.”
At the height of his speech, Ohana displayed an iPad...
The U.S. economy returned to growth in the second quarter after contracting in the first, largely due to trade swings.
The Commerce Department said U.S. gross domestic product—the value of all goods and services produced across the economy—rose at a seasonally and inflation adjusted 3.0% annual rate in the second quarter.
The reading exceeded the 2.3% growth that economists surveyed by The Wall Street Journal expected.
It followed a first quarter where GDP shrank at a 0.5% annual rate as businesses loaded up on imports to get ahead of the Trump administration’s anticipated tariffs.
Consumer spending increased at a 1.4% pace, picking up from the first quarter as a steady labor market underpinned households’ spending power. But consumer spending was offset ...
Israel is not responsible to provide aid to Gaza, US Senator Tom Cotton has clarified.
"Obviously their generals and their political leadership understand the security situation at each particular distribution site better than I do, or better than a Palestinian American would," Sen. Cotton said.
"But I do trust them to do everything they can to try to alleviate any Hamas-imposed suffering on Gazans."
He stressed, "I just want to point out to you what an unusual, I would say singular standard that the world seems to impose on Israel yet again. Israel was viciously attacked on October 7, without provocation. People were slaughtered, children were killed, women were raped, and yet the world expects Israel to provide food to the people from the land that launched that attack."
"Correct me ...
The US Justice Department alleged on Tuesday that the University of California, Los Angeles, failed to prevent a hostile environment for its Jewish and Israeli students since the start of October 2023.
According to the Justice Department, UCLA "violated the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by acting with deliberate indifference in creating a hostile educational environment for Jewish and Israeli students."
Baltimore, MD – July 29, 2025 - BJL wishes a hearty Mazel Tov to Aryeh and Chana Vegh on the birth of a daughter.
יה"ר שיזכו לגדל בתם לתורה, לחופה, ולמעשים טובים. אמן!
Baltimore, MD - July 29, 2025 - Our committee has been very busy these last few weeks getting in touch with our mills to see what the forecasts are for the Chodosh harvest for wheat, barley and oats. As we know, this has been a year of unusual weather. Very rainy in some (maybe most) places and very dry in others. This seems to be creating a difficult scenario for crop forecasts and large discrepancies amongst farmers and mills. Some crops in drier places will be earlier than usual. In places that have seen lots of rain, it will be later.
Here is where things stand now.
Pasta Products, Semolina & Durum Flour – Chodosh may enter the mills very soon. This means Chodosh pasta products, semolina and durum flour may be on retail shelves in 2-3 weeks from now. Exact dates TBD, b...