Wind Advisory Issued For MD After Snowstorm + New Travel Guidance
“We are urging motorists to avoid nonessential travel tonight and tomorrow morning,” the State Highway Administration advised Sunday. While the snowfall may have ended in much of Maryland, the potential for severe weather has not. Freezing rain and strong winds are in the forecast, continuing to complicate travel, according to forecasters. The National Weather Service […]
Mazel Tov to Devorah Schapiro (Baltimore) and Shloimy Blau (Brooklyn) on their Engagement
Baltimore, MD – Jan. 16, 2022 – BJL wishes a hearty Mazel Tov to Devorah Schapiro (Baltimore) and Shloimy Blau (Brooklyn) on their engagement. ×™×””ר שיזכו ×œ×‘× ×•×ª בית × ×מן בישר×ל. ×מן!
Report: Netanyahu Decides To Move Forward With Plea Bargain
In a meeting held on Sunday night between opposition leader MK Benjamin Netanyahu and his family and Netanyahu’s lawyers, it was decided to move towards a plea bargain, Channel 12 News reported. According to the report, sources close to Netanyahu expressed concern about the harsh public criticism being leveled at Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit, and also over […]
'Corrupt' FBI Should Be 'Eliminated' For Statement On Texas Reform Temple Hostage Taker: Critics
Critics are slamming the FBI as ‘solely focused on destroying the domestic enemies of the Democratic Party’ The FBI is facing backlash on social media after an official said that the Texas temple hostage taker’s demands were “not specifically related to the Jewish community.” “The FBI is now an organization solely focused on destroying the domestic […]
Sivan Rahav-Meir / The Daily Portion, Beshalach / What's Your Song?
There’s almost always a song that’s playing in our heads. “Shabbat Shira,” as this past Shabbat has been designated, draws attention to the songs that accompany our lives. The soundtrack we play can strengthen or weaken us, elevate us or bring us down.This past Shabbat, as part of the Beshalach Torah portion, we read the […]
Sivan Rahav-Meir / The Daily Portion, Beshalach / Shabbat
In this week’s Torah portion we receive one of the greatest gifts in human history: Shabbat. What’s the secret of Shabbat that makes it such a precious gift? Shabbat gave a framework to time. During the French revolution, the government decided to dispense with all religious associations and so the days of the week were […]
Statement of Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America Leadership on Resolution of Hostage Crisis at Texas Synagogue
The leadership of the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America (Orthodox Union) is deeply grateful for the resolution of the crisis situation at Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas. We are grateful first to the Almighty who provided strength and courage to the hostages and wisdom and patience to the law enforcement officers who […]
Bennett Invites Texas Governor to Visit Israel
Israeli Prime Minister thanks governor for ‘determined and professional action’ of law enforcement Israel’s Prime Minister Naftali Bennett spoke with Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Sunday night about the hostage situation at a synagogue in the US state that ended with all four captives released and the gunman dead. Bennett thanked Abbott “for the determined […]
Israel's Knesset Advance Bill To Renew 'Citizenship Law'
The bill will now be submitted to the Knesset, where it must pass three more votes before becoming law The Israeli government gave initial approval Sunday to a bill that would ban Palestinians who marry Israelis from obtaining permits to live with their spouses in Israel, several months after an earlier ban expired following a […]
Sefer Torah Hidden From Nazis Returns To Shul In Germany That Survived Kristallnacht
Four Sefer Torah fragments rescued from a shul that was on fire during Kristallnacht 83 years ago have finally been returned to the shul in eastern Germany, reported The Jewish Chronicle. When a fire broke out in the shul in Gorlitz during Kristallnacht on Nov. 9, 1938, an unknown person shoved the Torah parchments into the […]
