Growing Vaccine Hesitancy Fuels Measles, Chickenpox Resurgence In U.S.
A rapidly growing measles outbreak in Columbus, Ohio – largely involving unvaccinated children – is fueling concerns among health officials that more parent resistance to routine childhood immunizations will intensify a resurgence of vaccine-preventable diseases. Most of the 81 children infected so far are old enough to get the shots, but their parents chose not […]
Flight Cancellations Continue In U.S.; Southwest Airlines Drops More Than Half Its Scheduled Trips
The holiday hangover is particularly bad for U.S. air carriers as severe weather disruptions have continued to lead to thousands of flights being canceled around the country. By Monday afternoon, nearly 3,000 flights into and out of the U.S. had already been canceled and almost 5,000 had been delayed. Southwest Airlines accounted for more than […]
BGE Says Power Restoration Should Be Complete By Monday Night After Last Week's Winter Storm
When Friday's winter storm rolled through Maryland, it took down plenty of trees with it, which, in turn, knocked out power to thousands through Monday. Baltimore Gas and Electric told 11 News its crews are on track to restore service to those still without power by the end of Monday. BGE brought in an additional 200 contractors […]
Fire Union: Metro Subway Train Partially Derails In Northwest Baltimore
A subway train partially derailed above ground in northwest Baltimore, according to the Baltimore Firefighters IAFF Local 734. The fire union said the train partially derailed near the Rogers Avenue station and that paramedics were treating injured passengers. Additionally, the Maryland Transit Administration suspended Metro train service at the Mondawmin station, citing police activity at […]
Emergency End-of-Year Campaign for Former Baltimorean, Brother of Cathy Dinovitz & Arlene Gittleson, Rabbi Dovid Frid, Father with ALS
Please include Rav Dovid in your “end of the year” charity. Hi, I'm Rochel Frid. My husband, Rav Dovid Frid, has been struggling with ALS for the last twelve years. We didn't know then how the journey would unfold, but looking back we see threads of Emunah, Hashgacha Pratit and unending kindness woven through the […]
The Rabbi Yonah Sklare Podcast – Vayigash: Do We All Believe in the Same Hashem? (Audio)
Baltimore, MD – Dec. 26, 2022 – Each person’s conception of Hashem is as unique as that individual. This is underscored by a pauk in our parsha as well as from a broader study of the Avos, who each forge a different relationship with Hashem and a differingnotion of the Divine. We will also discover […]
Daily Dvar Halacha – Dec 26 – 2 Teves – Be Careful With The Leftover Oil And Wicks (Video)
CJV Responds to 330 Rabbis Banning Religious Members of Knesset
Baltimore, MD, Dec. 26, 2022 — Coalition for Jewish Values responded today to the pledge of 330 non-Orthodox rabbis to ban democratically elected Orthodox Jewish Members of Israel’s Knesset from speaking in their Temples, and to lobby their communities to do the same. CJV pointed to an obvious, anti-Jewish double standard displayed by all signatories to […]
BJL Traffic Alert – Major Backup on 95 North
Baltimore, MD – Dec. 26, 2022 – 1:40PM – There is currently a major backup on 95 Northbound in Delaware beginning at the Delaware rest stop.
Eleven F-35 fighters grounded after US crash
Israel grounded 11 of its F-35A stealth fighters on Sunday after an F-35B US fighter crashed earlier this month in Texas. The F-35 is reportedly one of the IDF’s key components to its stealth attacks against enemy advanced weapons in a variety of countries. An IDF statement said that the grounding decision was made after […]
