Former Trump Advisor Blames Jews For Their Own Deportations To Auschwitz
The Auschwitz Museum has slammed comments made by former Trump adviser who blamed Jews for their own deportations at the hands of the Nazis. In a recent speech, Michael Flynn, a Christian nationalist, suggested mothers were complicit in handing over their young children to go on trains to Auschwitz. He said “Any mother who would […]
Entire Police Force of Minnesota Town Steps Down, Leaving Chief Without Any Officers
City officials in Goodhue met Monday night to discuss their next steps after the city’s entire police force resigned. It was standing room only Monday night at Goodhue City Hall, as city council members held a special meeting to discuss the seven resignation letters they were handed last week from Police Chief Josh Smith, an […]
The Mystery of the Table and the Knife: Unveiling Minhagim in the Shadow of the Bais Hamikdash
In Devarim 27:5 the posuk says one should not raise a knife on the stones in the Bais Hamikdash. Shulchan Aruch OrachChaim 180 says that our minhag is to cover the knife while bentching. The Bais Yosef brings down two reasons for this. The first reason is that a table is domeh to a mizbeach and since regarding the mizbeach we are told do not raise a knife, we remove it during bentching. The Torah Temima asks the following question: why are we allowed to have honey or yeast on the […]
US Senator Feinstein Sues Over Financial Abuse In Husband's Estate
US Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein has filed a lawsuit alleging financial elder abuse and breach of trust by the trustees of her late husband’s estate, with the legal filing seeking their removal over the alleged wrongdoing. The lawsuit was filed on Aug. 8 in the California Superior Court in the County of San Francisco by the […]
Fitch Warns It May Be Forced To Downgrade Dozens Of Banks, Including JPMorgan Chase
A Fitch Ratings analyst warned that the U.S. banking industry has inched closer to another source of turbulence — the risk of sweeping rating downgrades on dozens of U.S. banks that could even include the likes of JPMorgan Chase. The ratings agency cut its assessment of the industry’s health in June, a move that analyst Chris Wolfe said went largely unnoticed because it didn’t […]
Bayis Sheini Era Shul Discovered In Russia
The remnants of a Second Temple era synagogue have been uncovered in Russia, according to a Tuesday archaeological news release. The remains of a synagogue from the time of the Second Temple were discovered in the ancient Grecian city of Phanagoria, located in what is today Southwestern Russia between the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea. The […]
Mazel Tov to Avromi Greenberger (Lakewood) & Hadassah Sauer (Baltimore) on their engagement!
Baltimore, MD – Aug. 15, 2023 – BJL wishes a hearty Mazel Tov to Avromi Greenberger (Lakewood) & Hadassah Sauer (Baltimore) on their engagement. Mazel Tov to Mrs. Toby Sauer and Rabbi and Mrs. Shlomo Greenberger and Grandparents Mrs. & Mrs. Moshe Sauer ×™×””ר שיזכו ×œ×‘× ×•×ª בית × ×מן בישר×ל. ×מן!
Mazel Tov To Ari & Orah Schreiber On The Birth Of A Son
Baltimore, MD – Aug. 15, 2023 – BJL wishes a hearty Mazel Tov to Ari & Orah Schreiber on the birth of a son. ×™×””ר שיזכו לגדל ×‘× × ×œ×ª×•×¨×”, לחופה, ×•×œ×ž×¢×©×™× ×˜×•×‘×™×. ×מן!
Mazel Tov Doniel and Yael Sait on the birth of a daughter
Baltimore, MD – Aug. 15, 2023 – BJL wishes a hearty Mazel Tov to Doniel and Yael Sait on the birth of a daughter. Mazel tov to the grandparents Dov and Tayna Goldstein, the great grandparents Fred and Rena Levi, and the great, great-grandmother Mrs. Charlotte Levi. ×™×””ר שיזכו לגדל ×‘×ª× ×œ×ª×•×¨×”, לחופה, ×•×œ×ž×¢×©×™× ×˜×•×‘×™×. ×מן!
Shekel Slides To Lowest Rate In Three Years Against US Dollar
The shekel continued to slide against the US dollar on Tuesday, trading at NIS 3.763, its lowest rate since March 2020. At one point, the shekel reached NIS 3.77 per dollar, before recovering slightly. The closing exchange rate was still a one percent rise over Monday’s rate. The Israeli currency also slid against the euro, […]
