Baltimore Jewish Community Member Appointed to High-Profile Police Accountability Board
<p><span style="font-size: large; font-family: times new roman, times;" _mce_style="font-size: large; font-family: times new roman, times;"><strong>Baltimore, MD – Nov. 17, 2022 </strong>- Avi Wolasky has been confirmed by the City Council's Rules and Oversight committee, chaired by Councilman Schleifer, to be a member of the high-profile Police Accountability Board. The Police Accountability Board is made up […]
Israel: Average Apartment Price Reaches Nearly $600 Thousand
<p class="content-excerpt">Over the last 12 months, apartment prices in Israel increased by almost 20%</p> <div class="components"> <p>Rising interest rates failed to lower real estate prices in Israel. Young families have not given up on buying a home, even though the price of an average apartment in the country reached a record 1.92 million shekels ($552,000) […]
Facebook Still Banning Trump — For Now — Despite Campaign
<p class="Component-root-0-2-64 p Component-p-0-2-55">Donald Trump may be running for president, but he still can’t use Facebook.</p> <p class="Component-root-0-2-64 p Component-p-0-2-55">The social media platform has no plans to reinstate Trump’s account following the former president’s announcement that <a class="paragraph-link" href="https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-2024-updates-cd5339d48064a149527e8f9a1aa7614e" _mce_href="https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-2024-updates-cd5339d48064a149527e8f9a1aa7614e">he will seek a second term</a> in the White House, the company confirmed Wednesday. Trump was <a class="paragraph-link" href="https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-donald-trump-us-news-elections-presidential-elections-f343d50d78b48691b847467da8cb9519" […]
Watch Rabbi Shmuel Silber's Virtual Drasha – Chayei Sarah- When The Going Gets Tought (Video)
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Maryland’s Gas Utility Customers Should Prepare For Gas Utility Rates To Spiral Upward
<p>Gas rates will rise to unsustainable levels as Maryland meets climate goals, a new OPC report finds.</p> <p>Maryland’s gas utility customers should prepare for gas utility rates to spiral upward, doubling or tripling 2021 levels by 2035, and, by 2050, potentially reaching levels more than 10 times higher, according to a study released today by […]
Target Blames Criminal Networks For Up To $600M In Lost Profits
<p>Target is the latest big retailer that is blaming shoplifting for putting a big hit on its profits. The company said its gross margin rate dropped from 28 percent in last year's 3rd quarter to 24.7 percent this year. Along with shoplifting, referred to as shrink in the industry, the company blamed higher markdown rates […]
End of An Era: Pelosi Steps Down as House Democratic Leader
<p>The <a class="person-popover__link" href="https://thehill.com/people/nancy-pelosi/" _mce_href="https://thehill.com/people/nancy-pelosi/">Nancy Pelosi </a>era has come to an end.</p> <p>After leading the Democrats for the last two decades, the House Speaker announced Thursday that she will step down next year from her spot at the top of the party, closing a momentous run for the most powerful woman in U.S. history while clearing the […]
Zelensky To Netanyahu: 'Time For Mediation Is Gone'
<p>Ukraine's Ambassador to Israel Yevgen Korniychuk said on Thursday that President Volodymyr Zelensky told Israel's prime minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu that his services as mediator were not needed.</p> <p>"[Zelensky] said 'we are not expecting anyone to be intermediaries now as the time for mediation is gone,'" Korniychuk told "The Rundown" host Calev Ben-David in a wide-ranging […]
Kosherfest 2022: Much Innovation and “A Real Selling Show” (Photos)
<p><span style="font-size: large; font-family: times new roman, times;" _mce_style="font-size: large; font-family: times new roman, times;">Secaucus, NJ – With nearly 3500 trade visitors and 200 exhibitors, including 90 who exhibited for the first time in the 33-year history of Kosherfest several labeled it “a real selling show.” The two-day event, November 7-8 at the Meadowlands Convention […]
Reserve Now for This Sunday, Nov. 20 @ 7PM: Voice of the Heart, Honoring Cantor Avraham Albrecht
<p><span style="font-size: large;" _mce_style="font-size: large;"><strong>Baltimore, MD – Nov. 16, 2022</strong> – ðŸÅŊ¤ ðŸÅŊÂļ</span> <span style="font-family: times new roman, times; font-size: large;" _mce_style="font-family: times new roman, times; font-size: large;">Cantori, a musical trio will be holding a debut concert in honor of Cantor Albrecht’s upcoming retirement this Sunday, November 20th at Beth Tfiloh. Cantori features the musical talents […]
