The Political-Security Cabinet approved in a telephone vote this evening (Thursday) the proposal of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich to extend by one year the indemnity for Israeli banks to contract with banks in the Palestinian Authority - in order to prevent the PA's collapse.
Sources close to Minister Smotrich revealed that he agreed to the extension following a commitment given from the Biden Administration not to pass a resolution in the Security Council recognizing a Palestinian state and to impose an American veto on any such resolution if it is raised in the council.
Smotrich recently ordered the automatic signing of the indemnities for Israeli banks that transfer money to Palestinian Authority banks, which until his term was granted au...
PINNED
Scroll for more news
Baltimore, MD - Nov. 27, 2024 - Tomorrow, Thursday, 27 Marcheshvan, Nov. 28, is Yom Kippur Koton and is a special opportunity to daven on behalf of Achainu B'nei Yisroel in Eretz Yisroel and worldwide.
Please note the following Yom Kippur Koton/Mincha Minyanim in town:
(If you know of any others, please let us know so we may add them to this list.)
Khal Ahavas Yisrael Tzemach Tzedek (KAYTT) Rabbi Dovid Heber - 12:55PM -The Ezras Noshim will be open for women. ArtScroll Yom Kippur Koton booklets will be available.
Community Kollel - 2:45PM
Agudah of Park Heights - Rabbi Moshe Heinemann - 3:50PM (Upstairs 3rd floor)
Bais HaKnesses Ohr HaChaim - Rabbi Zvi Weiss - 3:50PM (Please text 410-458-9522 if you will be fasting)...
Baltimore, MD – Nov. 28, 2024 - 12:43PM - Ramps from 695 to I-83 North are extremely backed up due to a rollover accident. Expect significant slowing on 695 in the area.
Jerusalem, Israel - Nov. 28, 2024 - Wednesday night November 27, NGO Monitor, a Jerusalem-based independent research organization, held an event at the Menachem Begin Heritage Center in Jerusalem, Israel. The event brought together hundreds of people interested in tackling the growing threats posed by groups fueling terrorism, anti-Israel sentiments, and rising antisemitic activities around the world.
The evening featured a panel with best-selling author, acclaimed journalist, and prominent NGO Monitor’s International Advisory Board member Douglas Murray, Professor Gerald Steinberg, Founder and President of NGO Monitor, and Olga Deutsch, Vice President of NGO Monitor.
The panel discussed the strategies to be employed to halt the influence of organizations and individual...
The settlement of the Gaza Strip should be the response to the October 7 massacre and the ICC arrest warrants, United Torah Judaism head MK Yitzhak Goldknopf said during a visit to the Gaza border area on Thursday, Israeli media reported.
"The settlement here is the response to the horrible massacre and the response to the International Court in the Hague," the MK said.
Goldknopf was reportedly accompanied by Daniella Weiss, a right-wing activist who advocates for the settlement of Gaza.
Before the ceasefire came into effect on Tuesday, IAF fighter jets, under the direction of the Intelligence Directorate, struck Hezbollah's largest precision-guided missile production site in Bekaa's Janta area. The 1.4-kilometer-long underground infrastructure was used to produce surface-to-surface missiles and components of different weapons and store a range of precision weapons designated to be used in attacks on Israel.
The site was located in an underground compound near the Syrian border. Due to its proximity, the site was a central point through which thousands of weapons components and even terrorist operatives were smuggled between Syria and Lebanon. In the hours preceding the strike on the site, several strikes were conducted in the area to eliminate terrorists and di...
The IDF foiled an attempt by Hezbollah to develop chemical weapons several weeks ago, Channel 12 reported on Wednesday.
The report did not mention any details about the weapons or where they were being developed.
According to the unsourced report, the weapons were meant to be used by Hezbollah's elite Radwan Force during an invasion of Israeli territory. The report notes that while the terror organization was only at the beginning of the development process, Israel is tracking the development of the threat.
A report earlier in the day by Makor Rishon said that soldiers in Lebanon have come across gas tanks, coveralls, and gas masks while searching Hezbollah positions.
The report quotes IDF soldiers who claimed to have been briefed by members of the Home Front Command abo...
During a family trip near an archaeological site in Hod Hasharon, 12-year-old Dafna Filshteiner found an ancient scarab. * The discovery will be presented to the public at the Jay and Jeanie Schottenstein National Campus for the Archaeology of Israel
Dafna Filshteiner, age 12, was recently hiking below the ancient site of Tel Qana in Hod Hasharon, when suddenly, to her surprise, she discovered an unusual find a beetle-like stone used as an Egyptian amulet about 3,500 years ago. “I was looking down at the ground to find porcupine needles and smooth pebbles,” she says. “And suddenly I picked up an interesting stone. I showed it to my mother, and she said it was just an ordinary stone or a bead. But then I saw a decoration and stubbornly insisted it was more than that, so...
The Palestinian Arab Telegram channel "khalelnews," which has over 100,000 followers, published a post on Thursday calling for the murder of former MK Yehuda Glick.
The post, which comes mostly due to Glick's activism for Jewish rights on the Temple Mount, includes a clear mention of the previous attempt on his life about a decade ago: "This criminal's aggression must end with a gunshot like that of the hero Muataz Hijazi."
Glick stated that he submitted a complaint to the police about the post. "I hope the suspects are caught immediately. We can not be silent in the face of this incitement. These threats will never break my spirit to continue working for Jewish rights on the Temple Mount."
A video posted on the channel describes Glick's activism as "offensive t...
Everyone has their favorite Chabad story. Here is mine.
A friend once approached a Chabad shaliach (emissary) who would stand at the entrance to the subway station each and every Friday morning, asking people if they were Jewish and offering to help them lay tefillin. It was exceptionally rare for anyone to stop and accept his offer and my friend wanted to understand how the shaliach kept at it week after week, despite his repeated failure. The shaliach’s response was quintessentially Chabad: “My success rate is 100%. Every Jew that walks by me is reminded that he or she is a Jew.”
Chabad’s dedicated emissaries can be found in every corner of the globe, creating Jewish presence and outposts of Jewish life and caring, reminding Jews of who they are. Accordin...
Baltimore, MD – Nov. 27, 2024 - BJL regrets to inform the community of the petira of Peri Grinberg (Weber), a'h, sister of Mrs. Sora Back.
Shiva will be observed in Baltimore at 2526 Summerson Road, Baltimore, MD, 21209, on Friday, Nov. 29 from 9AM until 2PM and מוצאי שבת from 7PM until 10PM..
Bila HaMaves LaNetzach…
Several of US President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominees and appointees have been targeted by bomb threats and swatting attacks, Trump’s transition team announced Wednesday, according to The Associated Press.
The FBI confirmed it is investigating the incidents.
“Last night and this morning, several of President Trump’s Cabinet nominees and Administration appointees were targeted in violent, unAmerican threats to their lives and those who live with them,” Trump transition spokesperson Karoline Leavitt said in a statement.
Leavitt described the attacks as including bomb threats and swatting, a tactic in which false emergency reports are made to prompt an armed law enforcement response against a victim. This method has gained notoriety in recent year...
US President Joe Biden emphasized to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a phone call on Tuesday that, following the ceasefire agreement in Lebanon, the priority should now shift to securing the release of hostages and achieving a ceasefire in Gaza, two US officials told Barak Ravid of Axios on Wednesday.
Currently, 101 hostages remain in Hamas captivity in Gaza, including seven American citizens.
US officials told Axios that Biden is committed to pushing for a hostage release deal until his final day in office, even if President-elect Donald Trump ultimately receives credit for any agreement.
“Biden thinks that doing nothing and telling the hostage families to wait until Jan. 20 would be crazy,” one of Biden's aides told the news website.
...
President-elect Donald Trump said Mexico has agreed to stop the flow of migrants north into the U.S.
In a post Wednesday evening on Truth Social, Mr. Trump said he had just spoken with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo and had “a wonderful conversation.”
“She has agreed to stop Migration through Mexico, and into the United States, effectively closing our Southern Border. We also talked about what can be done to stop the massive drug inflow into the United States, and also, U.S. consumption of these drugs. It was a very productive conversation!” he wrote.
In a later post, he said the Mexican government “will stop people from going to our Southern Border, effective immediately.”
He then broke into all capital letters t...
Baltimore, MD – Nov. 27, 2024 - BJL wishes a hearty Mazel Tov to Avrumi & Mindy Weiner on the birth of a son.
יה"ר שיזכו לגדל בנם לתורה, לחופה, ולמעשים טובים. אמן!
Baltimore, MD - Nov. 27, 2024 - The partnership between federal and local leaders has been on full display recently, especially with the news of the largest takedown in recent years resulting in indictments connected to four criminal drug trafficking organizations, and the two top prosecutors say their teamwork is here to stay.
Baltimore City State’s Attorney Ivan Bates and U.S. Attorney for Maryland Erek Barron said their united front is not just for appearances, noting the 6-month long wiretap investigation leading to 39 state indictments involving four different crime rings didn’t just materialize from nothing.
“Things like this didn’t happen before because there was no partnership,” Bates said. “Having that partnership -- I don’t ha...
Baltimore, MD - Nov. 27, 2024 - The Maryland Department of Transportation Motor Vehicle Administration, the Governors Highway Safety Association and Lyft have teamed up to offer $20 rideshare credits this holiday season.
Starting at 4 p.m. this afternoon, Marylanders can claim the credit to use Lyft for a safe ride option.
To claim the $20 credit, users should open the Lyft app, go to the “Payment” menu, and enter the code ‘MAKEAPLAN2024’ in the “Add Lyft Pass” section, which will then automatically apply to the user’s account.
It must be redeemed within 24 hours.
This credit comes in response to concerns about the over 11,300 DUI arrests in Maryland this year, with 132 people dead and over 2,400 injured due to impaired driving in 2023 in...
Baltimore, MD - Nov. 27, 2024 - Gift packages sold by Tsar Nicoulai Caviar and marked "Blini" are mislabeled with the STAR-D symbol. The packages contain STAR-D certified Blini (Russian-style pancakes) along with jars of NON-KOSHER certified caviar and crème fraiche.
Consumers should be aware that the STAR-D label on the box does not apply to the non-kosher products. Corrective action is being taken.
Photo Credit: Shimon Herzog/Brooklyn, NY
IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi this evening (Wednesday) spoke about the ceasefire agreement with Lebanon that went into effect this morning.
"The activity in Lebanon was very determined, and the enforcement of the ceasefire agreement will be even more determined. With determination, according to the guidelines approved yesterday by the Minister of Defense, the Prime Minister, and the Cabinet, Hezbollah operatives who approach our troops, the border area, and the villages within the area we have marked – will be struck," Halevi said.
He added, "We do not intend to spend months in war, displace people from their homes, and not return them now safely. There are ground troops, troops from the Ground Forces and the Northern Command, they are the first to encounter those returning to th...
