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Baltimore, MD - Jan. 23, 2025 - Now in our sixth year, Tashbar is an innovative trendsetting Torah school in the heart of the Baltimore community that has benefitted dozens of students to date.
Tashbar is truly a second home to our over 50 boys, who benefit daily from a stellar team of experienced Mechanchim and support staff who double as caring mentors.
Our tracked K-8 model allows children to join a class best suited to them and excel at their own pace. Tracks are on par with and correspond to mainstream grade levels. Learning is both traditional and experiential, harnessing innate childhood creativity, imagination, and thoughtfulness allowing for an immersive experience replete with development of real-world skills.
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Baltimore, MD - Jan 23, 2025 - Explore the latest issue of Baltimore Jewish Home.Click on the graphic below:
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Baltimore, MD - Jan. 16, 2025 - The Reisterstown Road Plaza (RRP) is stepping into a bold new chapter, embracing change while honoring its roots as a community gathering place. With the removal of the iconic “drum” that has long defined its entrance, this milestone marks the beginning of a comprehensive transformation aimed at reimagining the space. “We are excited to welcome in a new era with a fresh new look and feel,” a representative of Tide Realty Capital, the Plaza’s new local owner, told BJL.The upcoming facade overhaul is just the first step in a broader effort to revitalize the Plaza, creating a more welcoming, modern, and community-oriented town center. The redesign seeks to foster deeper community engagement, offering updated spaces for l...
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Hello,
My name is Bracha, and I'm the mother of Shira - a sweet and brave little Israeli girl.
Shira is suffering from a serious medical condition, and we need urgent treatment to help her recover.
As her mother, I’m doing everything I can, but our situation is very difficult, and we have large expenses for treatments and medications that we cannot afford on our own.
With a heavy heart, I am reaching out to ask for your help.
Every donation, no matter how small, brings us one step closer to providing Shira with the care she desperately needs.
It’s not easy to ask, but Shira needs this so much, and I don’t know what to do without your help.
With endless gratitude,
Bracha
Donate now: https://thechesedfund.com/lemaanachenu/shira-s?aff=...
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Baltimore, MD - Jan. 20, 2025 - Seven Mile Market invites family and friends to join us again this year to celebrate 36 wonderful years of serving the greater Baltimore community! Our Customer Appreciation Event will be January 26 from 1:00-4:00 p.m. (times are approximate). The event promises to be bigger and better than ever, with many familiar vendors returning and new ones joining!
There will be Food Sampling by A&B, Golden Taste with Sara Lasry, iKonic, Kayco, Klein’s Ice Cream, Meal Mart, Mehadrin Dairy & Ice Cream, Natural & Kosher, Norman’s, Pure Bakes by Danielle, Reisman’s, Schtark Cheese, Shefa Dips, Sprinkles Ice Cream, and Stern’s. There will be steep sale pricing on many items storewide throughout the week. All iKippahs will be...
Hamas on Friday afternoon handed over to the mediators the list of four hostages who will be released on Saturday afternoon.
The names will be published once the families of the hostages are formally notified.
The Prime Minister’s Office said in an official statement, "The list of hostages to be released has been received through the mediators. Israel's response will be provided later."
Diplomatic officials in Israel stated that the list provided by Hamas does not meet the agreement that was signed between the sides.
As a result, Israel held consultations following the list of hostages that was transferred by Hamas.
Later on Friday evening, Israel informed the mediators that it is preparing to receive the four hostages on the list, despite the fact that Hamas is violating t...
President Donald Trump confirmed on Friday that he has terminated the security detail provided to Dr. Anthony Fauci at the taxpayer's expense.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) requested security for Fauci in 2020 to protect him from threats he received as the top health official and public spokesperson during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Trump earlier revoked the security clearances of 51 intelligence officials who had wrongly claimed that Hunter Biden's laptop had "all the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation," as well as the details provided to former national security advisor John Bolton and ex-CIA Director Mike Pompeo.
Baltimore, MD – Jan. 24, 2025 - On Sunday January 19, close to 400 Bais Yaakov High School grandparents and 300 granddaughters braved the predicted snowfall and came together for a delicious brunch and a visit to Exhibit. The goal of this special event was to host our high school grandparents and for them to spend quality time with their granddaughters while touring Exhibit.
At the brunch, Rabbi Aaron Gross, Director of Development, welcomed the grandparents as our honored guests and thanked the volunteers and office staff who worked on putting the beautiful event and program together. Rabbi Yechezkel Zweig, High School Principal, then introduced Exhibit and recognized the inspired staff leaders behind Exhibit. Rabbi Zweig commented on the grandeur of Exhibit as a reflection of the ...
Jerusalem, Israel - Jan. 24, 2025 - Merav Berger, whose daughter Agam is expected to be released Shabbat from Hamas captivity, has asked Israeli media not to desecrate Shabbat by covering her daughter's release.
Agam Berger was kidnapped from the Nahal Oz military post during the October 7 massacre.
"We are waiting with bated breath for our daughters," she said. "We also know that it will apparently happen on Shabbat, and not for no reason, either: Our enemies apparently intended that. To me it is important, and I have spent no small amount of time on this in recent days, how I will do it without desecrating Shabbat."
She added that after speaking to rabbis, including a key rabbi in the military rabbinate, and decided to wait for her daughter Agam with as little Shabbat desecration...
Baltimore, MD - Jan. 24, 2025 - The bitter cold weather and Baltimore's older infrastructure just don't mix.
In the last week, the city's Department of Public Works has responded to more than 130 water main breaks due to the cold and counting.
Mayor Brandon Scott said the city prepped for this and built up contracting crews to be at the ready.
Currently, there are 32 crews working 16-hour days.
"The pipes freeze and then they thaw out, and it's really the change in temperatures that causes the pipes to expand and contract, and when that happens they're more susceptible to breaking," DPW engineer Cherod Hicks said.
For the first time in seven years, DPW's command center is up and running.
"2018 was a record-setting year for water main breaks, but this y...
BALTIMORE, MD (January 23, 2025) — Interim Health Commissioner Mary Beth Haller has extended the Code Blue Extreme Cold Alert through Friday morning, January 24. This alert has been extended due to forecasted wind chills expected to dip into the teens through Friday morning. These extreme cold conditions could pose significant health risks to residents within the City of Baltimore.
A Code Blue Extreme Cold alert is declared when forecasted temperatures – including wind chill – are expected to fall below 13 degrees, or when conditions are severe enough to create a significant risk to someone’s health. The alert means there’s an increased risk of cold-related injuries, including frostbite and hypothermia, and in extreme cases, the potential for fata...
A pair of lawmakers are proposing an increase to Maryland's minimum wage, phasing in a raise from $15 an hour to $20 an hour over two years.
"The minimum wage in Maryland is not enough to meet the cost of living. All working people deserve to be able to earn enough where they work to be able to feed their families and afford a place to live," said Delegate Adrian Boafo, a Democrat from Montgomery County.
Delegate Adrian Boafo claimed that if Governor Wes Moore's bill to accelerate the minimum wage to $15 an hour during his first year in office tied the wage to inflation like the governor proposed, the minimum wage would be much higher than it currently is.
"If we would have done that, we would have been at about $23, $24 an hour what we're saying is let...
Baltimore, MD – Jan. 23, 2025 - BJL wishes a hearty Mazel Tov to Shalom Sukol (Silver Spring) & Ilana Falick (Baltimore) on their engagement!
Mazel Tov to Parents Amy and Todd Sukol and Tracey Gordon
יה"ר שיזכו לבנות בית נאמן בישראל. אמן!
Baltimore, MD – Jan. 23, 2025 - BJL regrets to inform the community of the petira of Mrs. Gowar Miriam Mahpari, a'h, mother of Mrs. Esther Koshkarman.
The Levayah and Shiva will take place in Eretz Yisrael
Bila HaMaves LaNetzach…
The Senate on Thursday confirmed John Ratcliffe as CIA director, giving President Donald Trump the second member of his new Cabinet.
Ratcliffe was director of national intelligence during Trump’s first term and is the first person to have held that position and the top post at the CIA, the nation’s premier spy agency. The Texas Republican is a former federal prosecutor who emerged as a fierce Trump defender while serving as a congressman during Trump’s first impeachment.
The vote was 74-25.
At his Senate hearing last week, Ratcliffe said the CIA must do better when it comes to using technology such as artificial intelligence to confront adversaries including Russia and China. He said the United States needed to improve its intell...
Jerusalem, Israel - Jan. 23, 2025 - On October 7, 2023, Erez Crossing on the border of Gaza and Israel was overrun by Hamas terrorists. After breaking through the barrier fence, wave after wave of heavily armed terrorists invaded Israel killing anyone in their way.
Roey Weiser, z'l, Hy"d, fell defending with his Golani soldiers at the Erez Army Base, as their ammunition ran out. Roey was one of the first of the 841 IDF soldiers to fall in the Iron Swords War which began on Shabbat, Simchat Torah morning.
For Yeshiva Week, January 19 - 23, 2025, with many English-speaking Americans arriving in Israel, the Gevura Forum hosted daily sessions with immediate family members speaking about their fallen heroes.
The Gevura Forum represents around 300 bereave...
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday mandating the release of records related to the assassinations of former President John F. Kennedy, civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. and former Sen. Robert F. Kennedy.
The attorney general and national intelligence director, in coordination with the council to the president and assistant for national security affairs, must present a plan for the records pertaining to former President Kennedy’s assassination to be released by Feb. 7.
A plan for the release of records regarding the killings of King Jr. and former Sen. Kennedy must be presented by March 9.
The president said any continued withholding and redaction of the documents for former President Kennedy is “not consistent with the public interest,” ...
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu came to the defense of billionaire and US Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) Elon Musk on Thursday after the latter was accused of making a Nazi salute.
"Elon Musk is being falsely smeared," Netanyahu declared in a post on X.
He added: "Elon is a great friend of Israel. He visited Israel after the October 7 massacre in which Hamas terrorists committed the worst atrocity against the Jewish people since the Holocaust. He has since repeatedly and forcefully supported Israel’s right to defend itself against genocidal terrorists and regimes who seek to annihilate the one and only Jewish state.
"I thank him for this."
The X, Tesla, and Space-X CEO came under fire earlier in the week when during an address after President Donald Trump's ina...
