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Baltimore, MD - March 13, 2025 - The 613 Seconds you look forward to each week in the BJH—now a podcast!The 613 Seconds Podcast, powered by the Jewish Life Network, brings the most engaging voices in Baltimore’s Jewish community to your ears. Each episode features insightful, unscripted conversations with influential personalities, offering wisdom, inspiration, and a deeper connection to the people shaping our world.
Episode 1: Bridging the Gap – A Conversation with Rabbi Menachem GoldbergerIn our very first episode of the 613 Seconds Podcast, host Aaron Friedman sits down with Rabbi Menachem Goldberger, the esteemed Rav of Kehilas Tiferes Yisroel- or as many know it, “Rabbi Goldberger’s Shul.”As the kehilla celebrates 39 years in Baltimore, Rabbi Goldb...
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๐ฅA Father's Strength - Stand with Rabbi Dovid Frid this Purim!Open your ๐heart and make a donation – Help Rabbi Frid, Father with ALS get the LIFE SAVING support he needs ๐
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For ten+ long years, Rabbi Dovid Frid has been trapped in his own body, completely bedridden, unable to move, unable to speak—only his eyes remain his voice.
Yet, through the unimaginable pain, the isolation, the relentless challenges, he has never given up.
He watches his children grow, unable to hold them. He listens to their voices, unable to answer back. He sees his devoted wife, Rochel, carrying the weight of the world on her shoulders—managing the home, the endless medical needs, the unbearable financial burden.
Still, he holds on.
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Search Begins for Successor to Lead Maryland Health System
Baltimore, March 16, 2025 – Neil Meltzer, president and CEO of LifeBridge Health, has announced his plan to retire following more than 12 years at the helm of one of Maryland’s leading health systems and more than 37 years of dedicated service to the organization. The LifeBridge Health Board of Directors is launching a national search for Meltzer’s successor to ensure a smooth leadership transition. Meltzer will continue to serve as president and CEO until his successor assumes the role.
“LifeBridge Health is more than a workplace—it’s a community of passionate healthcare professionals dedicated to delivering high-quality, compassionate care,” says Meltzer. “Leading this incredible ...
Jerusalem, Israel - March 16, 2025 - President Isaac Herzog hosted a meal to break the Ramadan fast (Iftar) at the Beit Hanasi on Sunday, 16 Adar, March 16, attended by leaders and public figures from Arab society in Israel. The custom of the Israeli President began with Moshe Katsav, who had many friends in the Arab Israeli community. Israel Police and Israel Defense Force officers were represented.
The President and his wife, Michal, came out to greet the guests before dinner.
After the elegant and elaborate dinner was served in the main diplomatic reception room, after sunset to break the fast, he began, "Michal and I are happy and excited to host you today at the traditional Iftar dinner in the President's Residence. This is one of the most impo...
A pot of unclaimed refunds for tax year 2021 totaling over $21 million awaits thousands of Maryland residents, according to an announcement Tuesday from the Internal Revenue Service.
The IRS estimates that $21,766,300 in refunds remain unclaimed by 22,900 Maryland taxpayers who have not filed their Form 1040 federal income tax return for the 2021 tax year.
The IRS estimates the median refund amount for these residents is $837, though the final amount will vary. According to the federal agency, the estimate does not include the Recovery Rebate Credit or other applicable credits.
Under federal law, taxpayers usually have three years to file and claim their tax refunds. If they don’t file within that period, the money becomes the property of the U.S. Treasury.
For th...
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday night said he would propose to the cabinet to fire Shin Bet Director Ronen Bar around 18 months before his term expires.
Netanyahu moves as Bar is probing several top aides of Netanyahu who are involved in "Qatargate," a saga in which they allegedly were paid by Qatar at the same time as handling sensitive hostage negotiations policy for the prime minister also connected to Qatar.
Normally, the police investigate alleged crimes, but given the national security dimensions, the Shin Bet has taken the lead.
It was unclear if Netanyahu will be able to fire Bar given that either Attorney-General Gali Baharav-Miara or the High Court of Justice could rule that he has a conflict of interest in seeking to fire a law enforc...
Jerusalem, Israel - March 16, 2025 - Approximately 70,000 people participated today (Sunday, March 16) in the Jerusalem Marching Together Giant Puppet Parade. Over the past two days, around 150,000 people celebrated Purim in Jerusalem, Israel.
This year, with Shushan Purim on Shabbat, the Megillah was read Thursday night and Friday morning. Sunday was for celebrating with mishloach manot and Purim seuda, costumes galore, and parties.
Leading the parade after the Police marching band, was the Mayor of Jerusalem, Moshe Lion, with freed hostage Karina Araiev; Dany Algart, the brother of Itzik Elgarat, who was murdered in captivity in Gaza; Yoav Engel, the father of Ofir Engel, who returned from Hamas captivity; Shlomi Hajaj, the uncle of hostage Rom Beroslavs...
The Houthis claimed on Sunday that they targeted the aircraft carrier USS Harry Truman and other vessels in the northern Red Sea with 18 ballistic and cruise missiles and a drone. Military spokesperson Yahya Saree said that the US-led attacks against the Houthis on Saturday comprised of more than 47 airstrikes on seven governorates, with the death toll expected to rise.
"The Yemeni Armed Forces will not hesitate to target all American warships in the Red Sea and in the Arabian Sea in retaliation to the aggression against our country," Saree said, vowing the Houthis "will continue to impose a naval blockade on the Israeli enemy and ban its ships in the declared zone of โโoperations until aid and basic needs are delivered to the Gaza Strip."
Israel demanded that Hamas return 11 live hostages, including American hostage Edan Alexander, in exchange for a continuation of the Gaza ceasefire, The Prime Minister's Office announced late Saturday night.
An unidentified source told Qatari-owned news outlet Al Jazeera that the annex that Hamas submitted in response would amend the January 17 ceasefire and would not begin the second phase of negotiations.
The annex that Hamas submitted reportedly included a number of demands, including a complete Israeli withdrawal from Philadelphi; continued rehabilitation efforts for Gazan infrastructure in areas including communications, electricity, water, sanitation, and roads; more humanitarian aid to the enclave, including the continued operation of UN agencies; and a pause on all military ...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Sunday that the United States would conduct "unrelenting" strikes against the Houthis in Yemen until the militant group ceases their military actions targeting US assets and global shipping.
Speaking on Fox News on Sunday, hours after the Trump administration launched strikes against the Iran-backed Yemeni terror group, Hegseth said the campaign was a response to the scores of attacks the Houthis have launched on ships since November 2023 and served as a warning to Iran to stop backing the group.
"This will continue until you say 'We're done shooting at ships. We're done shooting at assets,'" Hegseth said, adding that the US had no interest in the Yemeni Civil War.
“We don’t want a long, lim...
IDF Brigadier General (Res.) Erez Wiener from the Southern Command lost classified and highly sensitive documents in a parking lot of an office tower in Ramat Gan, while on his way to a civilian meeting
A civilian who passed by picked up the documents and handed them over to a security guard in the building, who reported the incident to the police and IDF.
The IDF confirmed that the sensitive documents should not have been taken out the military base and the brigadier general is currently being investigated by the Information Security Department. Military sources stressed that he has not been suspended from his position at this stage.
Military sources clarified that "after concluding the investigation, appropriate steps will be taken."
The president of El Salvador announced his country has accepted hundreds of Venezuelan gang members who were illegally living in the United States, as a U.S. judge moved to block deportations of illegal immigrants under a wartime law invoked by President Donald Trump.
"Today, the first 238 members of the Venezuelan criminal organization, Tren de Aragua, arrived in our country. They were immediately transferred to CECOT, the Terrorism Confinement Center, for a period of one year (renewable)," El Salvador President Nayib Bukele posted to X on Sunday morning, accompanied by video footage of planes on a tarmac.
"On this occasion, the U.S. has also sent us 23 MS-13 members wanted by Salvadoran justice, including two ringleaders. One of them is a member of the criminal or...
Baltimore, MD – March 16, 2025 - BJL wishes a hearty Mazel Tov to Aharon Israel and Bracha Dixler on their engagement!
Mazel Tov to Rabbi & Mrs. Yaakov Israel and Mr. & Mrs. Mordechai Dixler
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Baltimore, MD – March 15, 2025 - BJL wishes a hearty Mazel Tov to Moshe Massre and Yocheved Levine on their engagement!
Mazel Tov to Mr. & Mrs. David Massre, Mr. & Mrs. Pinchas Levine and Mrs. Chaya Rochel Levine
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Baltimore, MD - March 15, 2025 - Social security workers are fighting to keep their jobs.
Friday night, dozens of people rallied in front of the Social Security building in Baltimore either a message for President Donald Trump and Elon Musk - keep your hands off our jobs.
In the past, President Trump has vowed not to touch social security but DOGE recently set its sights on the agency.
One social security employee at the rally didn't want to show her face or reveal her name in fear of losing her job, but she told WMAR-2 News if they are let go, things won't look too good for the millions of people relying on social security especially if they try to file a claim.
"They don't have a choice but to wait longer. It's already a long wait we've been understaffe...
Nasruddin Amer, deputy head of the Houthi media office, stressed on Saturday that US strikes on the Yemen-based Houthi rebels will not deter them.
“Sanaa will remain Gaza’s shield and support and will not abandon it no matter the challenges,” he stated in a post on social media.
Meanwhile, a US official told the Reuters news agency that the US campaign of strikes against the Houthis could “last days and maybe weeks”.
The US earlier on Saturday launched several strikes which targeted Houthi defense capabilities, as well as missile and drone systems.
Later, Yemen's Health Ministry said that according to initial reports, the US strike in Sanaa left 13 people dead and nine others injured.
US President Donald Trump confirmed, "Today, I...
The IAF on Saturday struck a terrorist cell in the Beit Lahia area, among them was a terrorist who infiltrated Israeli territory during the October 7th massacre, said the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit.
The terrorists who were struck were operating a drone intended to carry out terrorist attacks against IDF troops operating in the Gaza Strip.
“Based on intelligence regarding the terrorist activity in the area, it can be determined that the drone was consistently used by the Islamic Jihad terrorist organization, as well as during its activities today,” said the IDF.
A number of terrorists were eliminated in the strike, including terrorists who operated under the cover of journalists, among them:
Mostafa Mohammed Shaaban Hamad, a Hamas terrorist who infiltrated Israel during t...
The United States struck Houthi targets in Yemen on Saturday evening in a message to Iran, at a time when the administration is proposing to open negotiations on its nuclear program, a US official told The Jerusalem Post.
The strikes will last "days, possible weeks" an official told Reuters.
At least nine were killed and nine injured in the strikes, a spokesperson for the Houthi-run health ministry said on X.
The air and naval strikes hit the Houthis’ radars, air defenses, and missile and drone systems, The New York Times reported.
US President Donald Trump wrote on his Truth Social account that “today, I have ordered the United States military to launch decisive and powerful military action against the Houthi terrorists in Yemen. They hav...
President Donald Trump invoked the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 Saturday to target the designated foreign terrorist organization Tren de Aragua (TdA) just hours after a federal judge in Washington, D.C., ruled the law could not be used to deport five Venezuelans.
The wartime law, which allows deportation of natives and citizens of an enemy nation without a hearing, has been invoked three times, during the War of 1812, World War I and World War II.
All Venezuelan citizens 14 years or older who are members of TdA, are within the U.S. and are not naturalized or lawful permanent residents of the U.S. may be apprehended, restrained, secured and removed as "alien enemies," according to a proclamation.
Hours before the act was signed, a lawsuit was filed by the Amer...
