Baltimore, MD – Sept. 14, 2025 – BJL regrets to inform the community of the petira of HaRav Dovid Kamenetsky, zt’l, husband of Mrs. Esther Kamenetsky, son of Moreinu HaRav HaGaon Shmuel Kamenetsky, shlita; brother of Rebetzin Ettil (HaRav Tzvi, shlita) Berkowitz and other siblings.
The levayah will take place Sunday morning at 11:00 a.m. at Chanichei Hayeshivos in Har Nof with kevurah in Har Hamenuchos.
Rebetzin Berkowitz will be sitting shiva at 109 5th Street, Lakewood, NJ 08701 until Thursday and will return to conclude the shiva on Friday from 10:00AM-1:30PM at 441 Yeshiva Lane Apt 1A, Baltimore, MD 21208
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Baltimore, MD - Sept 8, 2025 - On Sunday night, hundreds from the Baltimore community, including rabbinic and community leaders, gathered at Talmudical Academy to pay tribute to Larry Katz, zatzal. Special Guest Speaker Rabbi Chaim Dovid Zwiebel, Executive Vice President of Agudath Israel of America, spoke of Larry’s impact on the national scene, his dedication to the klal, and the respect and deference leading roshei yeshiva gave to his judgment on communal matters, particularly regarding accreditation of yeshivos. Due to their trust and appreciation for his unwavering honesty, he was called upon to help mediate situations beyond Baltimore’s confines.
R’ Yehuda Lefkovitz, longtime president of TA, spoke of Larry’s leadership in guiding TA through many challenges, ...
Jerusalem, Israel - Sept. 13, 2025 - The Olam HaTorah — especially the American and English yeshivos in Eretz Yisroel — is deeply saddened by the news on Motzei Shabbos of the petirah of the Rosh Yeshivah of Yeshivas Beis Yisroel, Hagaon HaGadol Harav Daniel Lehrfield, zatzal.
The Rosh Yeshivah was the rebbi of thousands of talmidim, including many Ner Yaakov talmidim and rabbeim, who were privileged with the special opportunity to further grow in their aliyah and become bnei Torah of the highest caliber under the hashpa’ah of Rav Daniel’s gadlus. His breadth in all areas of Torah — lomdus, bekiyus, and halacha — together with his legendary hasmada, served as a model for every talmid who merited to enter the unique Beis Yisroel atmosphere.
His petirah ...
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Baltimore, MD - Sept. 9, 2025 - BGCubed welcomes all women and girls to an inspiring pre–Rosh Hashana evening with Rabbi Joey Haber. Admission is $10 per person, and everyone will receive this year’s new Shabbos zmanim magnets! Doors open at 6:45, and Rabbi Haber will begin promptly at 7:00 iyH. We look forward to sharing this meaningful evening together.
Baltimore, MD - Sept. 11, 2025 - This past Sunday, the greater Ranchleigh community gathered for a beautiful and uplifting Hachnasas Sefer Torah.
The new Torah, commissioned by Dr. & Mrs. Moshe Silver in honor of their family and to mark Dr. Silver’s second siyum of Shas, was donated to Mercaz Torah U’Tefillah. A lively procession accompanied the Torah from the Silver home and down Baythorne Road to the shul, led by a chariot-style truck and children holding torches, with joyous music and dancing led by the renowned Dushinsky Zemiros Group of Eretz Yisroel.
The celebration culminated as the members of Kollel Zichron Yehoshua Heschel of Zidichov each holding Sifrei Torah from the shul, warmly welcomed the new Sefer Torah to its home.
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blamed Hamas for blocking ceasefire attempts in Gaza, specifically Hamas leaders living abroad, in a post on X/Twitter.
"The Hamas terrorists chiefs living in Qatar don't care about the people in Gaza," Netanyahu wrote.
"They blocked all ceasefire attempts in order to endlessly drag out the war. Getting rid of them would rid the main obstacle to releasing all our hostages and ending the war."
Reports by numerous Israeli media outlets state that the prime minister's social media post largely implies that the Israeli strike in Doha to take out top-ranking Hamas officials had failed.
Prior reports that Hamas officials likely survived
This comes two days after an Israeli official told The Jerusalem Post of the ...
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian will participate in the summit of Islamic and Arab leaders to be held early next week in Doha, the capital of Qatar. The summit will focus on the recent Israeli strike in the city, which targeted a gathering of senior Hamas officials.
In his Friday sermon in Tehran, Ayatollah Seyyed Ahmad Khatami warned the governments of Egypt, Jordan, Bahrain, and Saudi Arabia that Israel may carry out additional attacks if it gains support or strengthens its power in the region. He stressed that the proper way to confront Israel is “through force, not through diplomacy.”
Khatami claimed that Israel is pursuing a policy aimed at establishing a “Greater Israel” stretching from the Nile River to the Euphrates, accusing it of seeking to take over...
Baltimore, MD – Sept. 13, 2025 – (WMAR2News) Demolition work is underway on three vacant buildings along North Howard Street in downtown Baltimore after they were heavily damaged in last week’s fire.
The project has forced the closure of a section of North Howard Street and suspended Maryland Transit Administration light rail service through the downtown corridor. Shuttle buses are replacing trains between Glen Burnie/Cromwell and Timonium Fairgrounds, running directly to the Convention Center stop.
City officials warn that the closures are expected to last up to nine days, with delays anticipated for both drivers and transit riders. The impact is expected to be especially heavy during Sunday’s Ravens game, when traffic near Light Street and Howard Street is proje...
Baltimore, MD – Sept. 13, 2025 - BJL wishes a hearty Mazel Tov to Yisrael Meir Krug and Chaya Tova Kosoy on their engagement!
Mazel Tov to Gedalia & Chana Kosoy
יה"ר שיזכו לבנות בית נאמן בישראל. אמן!
Baltimore, MD – Sept. 12, 2025 - BJL wishes a hearty Mazel Tov to Avigdor and Ahuva Neuberger on the birth of a son.
Mazel Tov grandparents Meir & Racheli Neuberger and Daniel & Yael Alyeshmerni
יה"ר שיזכו לגדל בנם לתורה, לחופה, ולמעשים טובים. אמן!
Baltimore, MD – Sept. 12, 2025 - BJL wishes a hearty Mazel Tov to Rabbi & Mrs. Akiva Meister on the birth of a son.
Mazel Tov grandparents Rabbi & Mrs. Dovid Meister.
יה"ר שיזכו לגדל בנם לתורה, לחופה, ולמעשים טובים. אמן!
In Sefer Dvarim, we are treated to one of several places where Hashem uses a particular term of endearment for B’nei Yisroel, referring to us as the “Am Segulah”, a treasured nation (Vaeschanan, 7:6, Re’ei,14:2 and Ki Savo 26:18). There are a myriad of other places where B’nei Yisroel are referred to as the “Am Hanivchar” – the “chosen people” (Vaeschanan, 4:37), Hashem’s “children” (Re’eh, 14:1-2) and even Hashem’s “first born” (Shemos, 4:22),. What is the meaning of this special status?
Contemporary scientists would scream that there are no superior genome by race, class or ethnicity – and they may be right. But consider, Since the dawn of the 20th century,...
Chicago, IL - Sept. 12, 2025 - This morning, while carrying out an enforcement operation targeting a criminal illegal alien, the alien resisted arrest, attempted to flee the scene and dragged a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer a significant distance with his car.
The officer sustained multiple injuries and is in stable condition. The illegal alien was pronounced dead.
“We are praying for the speedy recovery of our law enforcement officer. He followed his training, used appropriate force, and properly enforced the law to protect the public and law enforcement,” said Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin. “Viral social media videos and activists encouraging illegal aliens to resist law enforcement not only spread misinf...
Baltimore, MD – Sept. 12, 2025 - (BJL) An individual has been spotted in the Strathmore and Woodcrest area, following an Amazon truck and stealing just delivered packages off porches.
Baltimore, MD - Sept. 12, 2025 - A troubling audit of State Highway Administration finances could draw the scrutiny of a legislative oversight panel in Annapolis later this year, lawmakers said Thursday.
State Highway Administration officials “knowingly charged” nearly $360 million in unauthorized expenses to federal fund projects in an attempt to hide a deficit in the state’s Transportation Trust Fund, according to a report released Thursday by the Office of Legislative Audits.
The audit looked at the period between Nov. 1, 2020, and Oct. 31, 2024, based on a complaint to the office’s fraud, waste and abuse hotline reporting a recent “rapid increase in the federal funds receivable balance.”
It found that expenditures for more than 500 projects with $...
Baltimore, MD – Sept. 12, 2025 – BJL regrets to inform the community of the petira of Judith S. Stein, a’h, mother of Paul Stein, Robert (Edie) Stein, Michelle (Michael) Stein Glick, and sister of Jay (Roni) Schulhof.
The levaya was in Pittsburgh earlier today.
Shiva will be observed at the Imperial House, 5600 Munhall Rd, Apartment 412 in Pittsburgh, PA.
Sunday & Monday
Selichos and Shacharis: 7:30 am
Visitation: 1:00 - 4:00 pm and 6:30 - 9:30 pm
Mincha/Maariv: 7:15 pm
Tuesday:
Selichos and Shacharis: 7:30 am
The remainder of shiva will be observed outside of Pittsburgh with more information to follow
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Annapolis, MD - Sept. 12, 2025 - A midshipman was shot during a lockdown Thursday evening at the U.S. Naval Academy, the congresswoman representing Annapolis confirmed.
Reports of an active shooter on the Annapolis campus, known as the Yard, sent the school into lockdown at 5:07 p.m. There was no active shooter at the Academy, but the incident sparked a wave of misinformation and sent security on a sweep.
U.S. Rep. Sarah Elfreth (D-District 3) said Friday morning that the midshipman was shot in the shoulder while law enforcement searched every building at the Academy.
A Maryland State Police Aviation command helicopter flew the injured midshipman to the University of Maryland R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore, Elfreth said. He is expecte...
Annapolis, MD - Sept. 12, 2025 - Maryland political leaders from both sides of the aisle were united Wednesday in their call for an end to political violence, after the fatal shooting of high-profile conservative political activist Charlie Kirk during an event at a Utah college campus.
“Today, Maryland, the country, and the world saw yet another act of heinous political violence on American soil,” Gov. Wes Moore (D) said in a written statement Wednesday evening.
“Political violence is unacceptable. We will not tolerate it – not now, not ever,” his statement said. “In the wake of today’s events, we share a collective responsibility to condemn this tragedy in the strongest possible terms and be bold in our commitment to greater unity and ...
The Baal HaTanya – Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi, the “Alter Rebbe” – was the regular Torah reader in the city of Liozna. One year, on Shabbos of Parshas Ki Savo, he was out of town and someone else read the Torah in his place. The Alter Rebbe’s son – DovBer, who would later become the “Mitteler Rebbe” – was at shul that week (he was almost bar mitzvah aged) and he began feeling anguish and pain due to the curses that were read in the Tochacha (section of admonition). His heartache was so strong that even a few weeks later, his father doubted that DovBer would be able to fast on Yom Kippur.When they asked the Mitteler Rebbe, “Don’t you hear this parsha every year?” he replied: “When father reads, one hears no curs...
As soon as the nation entered the Land, they were instructed to assemble by two mountains. The Levites would stand in the valley between them, first facing Mount Grizim where six of the tribes stood, pronouncing twelve blessings upon those who adhere to the law enumerated. They would then turn to the six other tribes situated on Mount Avel and utter the twelve curses that would befall those who failed to follow these precepts.
The Torah goes on to list the twelve curses and their associated sins.
Starting with accursing those who conceal molten images, the Torah goes on to list, degrading parents; moving property boundaries; misleading the blind; bestiality; laying with one's father's wife; laying with one's sister, daughter of his father or mother; laying with a mother-in...
