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December 11, 2024 at 10:25 am
Baltimore, MD - Dec. 11, 2024 - The Baltimore County Council held a hearing Tuesday where more than 70 residents, former Baltimore County officials and state lawmakers provided feedback on what they want to see in the next County Executive.
With the County Council chambers packed with people, the hearing lasted for hours.
As current Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski heads to Congress, his resignation will take effect on January 3, 2025. Now, the Baltimore County Council is tasked with appointing his replacement. Currently, the 10 candidates who have applied for the job include Tara E. Ebersole, Jim Brochin, Barry F. Williams, Paul Drutz-Hannahs, Katherine A. Klausmeier, Aris Melissaratos, Gregory A. Dennis, Yara A. Cheikh, George Perdikakis, Sr., Willi...
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December 11, 2024 at 10:19 am
The defense establishment is worried about a domino effect from the collapse of the Assad regime in Syria leading to the deterioration in stability of the Palestinian Authority or even its collapse.
Galei Tzahal military correspondent Doron Kadosh reported that the defense establishment was closely monitoring the PA's stability and pointed to a few indicators that need to be monitored.
The defense establishment points out the unusual clashes and exchanges of fire in recent days between the PA security forces and the militants from terror organizations in Jenin and Tulkarm. At this stage, the incidents are limited to northern Samaria, but there is concern that they will spread to other locations.
In addition, incitement on social media is growing, as Hamas tries to call on the ...
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December 11, 2024 at 9:57 am
Baltimore, MD – Dec. 2024 - Every Shabbos table offers every Jewish family an incredible opportunity by which they can share their joy for Shabbos, for Yiddishkeit and for HaShem with their children. Unfortunately, our schedules are hectic and many people don’t have the time to prepare themselves to utilize the Shabbos table to its fullest. Therefore, we at ACHIM created TableTalk as a pre-packaged talking points pamphlet which is attractive, fun and has something for everyone. Limited copies are distributed to many shuls on a weekly basis but they are snatched up very quickly. Get yours ASAP or click on the graphic below and print your own.What’s in it and what’s all the excitement about?TableTalk features:• Weekly halachic dilemma creating l...
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December 11, 2024 at 7:38 am
White House National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby says there is no update on the efforts to secure a hostage release and ceasefire deal in Gaza.
"We are not on the verge of signing an agreement," Kirby emphasized at the beginning of his remarks, but added: "But we are working on it very diligently. There's still a lot of work to do. Hamas continues to be ‘the main stumbling block,’ but we are putting a lot of pressure on it."
Regarding the fall of the Assad regime in Syria, he said, "Hamas should now feel isolated, following the ceasefire deal in Lebanon, and its leaders should agree to a deal to end the war. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said that, even in exchange for the release of all remaining hostages, Israel will not agree to end the war perman...
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December 11, 2024 at 7:35 am
Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on Wednesday blamed Israel and the United States for the fall of the Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria, accusing the countries of planning the dictator’s collapse, and vowing that the so-called Axis of Resistance, of which Assad’s government was a part, will only grow stronger moving forward.
“There should be no doubt that what happened in Syria was plotted in the command rooms of the United States and Israel. We have evidence for this,” the Shiite cleric said, in remarks quoted by state media.
The remarks, delivered to a crowd of supporters, were Khamenei’s first public comments on Syria since the dramatic toppling of the Assad regime on Sunday by a jihadist-led coalition of rebel groups, following a two-week lightning offe...
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December 10, 2024 at 10:47 pm
Baltimore, MD - Dec. 10, 2024 - Baltimore County police are urging drivers to prioritize student safety.
Since citations began to be issued on November 4, the Baltimore County Department has issued 7,437 citations.
This is because school bus cameras continue to capture drivers failing to stop as the buses are picking up or dropping off students.
Maryland law requires drivers traveling in both directions to stop at least 20 feet from a stopped school bus with activated flashing red lights.
Drivers who don't stop are subject to a $250 fine.
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December 10, 2024 at 10:47 pm
Baltimore, MD – Dec. 9, 2024 - BJL regrets to inform the community of the petira of Rabbi Michoel Glazer, z’l, son of Rabbi & Mrs. Shmuel Glazer, father of Sara Esty (Naftoli) Silberberg, Bassie (Shlioime) Tendler, Yossi Glazer, Eli Glazer, Moshe Glazer, and Chayala Glazer, and brother of Mrs. Devory (Rabbi Moshe) Matz, Mrs. Leah (Rabbi Elchonon) Ciment, Rabbi Yaakov Moshe (Shoshana) Glazer, Rabbi Dovid (Shani) Glazer and Shoshana (Binyomin) Rubinfeld.
The levayah will take place tomorrow, Tuesday, Dec. 10 at 2:30PM at Levinson's, 8900 Reisterstown Rd, Pikesville, MD 21208.
Kevura will take place at the Agudah Cemetery in Rosedale.Shiva through Monday morning, Dec. 16, will be observed at 427 Yeshiva Lane, Pikesville, Maryland ...
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December 10, 2024 at 5:30 pm
The IDF announced on Tuesday evening that it has struck 320 “strategic targets” in Syria since the fall of the Assad regime over the weekend. The operation is meant to destroy much of Syria's arsenal to prevent it from falling into the hands of Islamist and terrorist forces.
Over 350 fighter jets took part in the operation, which has been given the name "Bashan Arrow." As much as 70 to 80 percent of the Assad regime's military capabilities have been destroyed.
The IDF attacked 320 targets from Damascus to Tartus, including advanced tanks, aircraft, helicopters, air defense systems, missile ships, rockets, weapons production sites, weapons depots, Scud missiles, cruise missiles, coastal missiles, drones, and more.
Activities in Syria are still continuing on the grou...
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December 10, 2024 at 5:07 pm
Police confirmed on Tuesday night that the ramming incident in Bnei Brak that occurred earlier in the day and lightly wounded one person was a terror attack.
Israel's emergency service, Magen David Adom, said its paramedics treated and transferred to the Mayanei Hayeshua Medical Center in Bnei Brak one person in his 20s who had suffered light wounds.
Terrorist arrested
The police said that the terrorist, an Israeli Arab, had been arrested in an underground car park after having initially fled the scene of the attack.
Police added that forces were deployed in the area.
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December 10, 2024 at 4:58 pm
Hamas has provided the mediators a list of the hostages it is holding, according to a report by Al-Hadath and Al-Arabiya on Tuesday evening.
Earlier today, IDF Chief of the General Staff, LTG Herzi Halevi and Shin Bet head, Ronen Bar, returned from a trip to Cairo.
According to Kan News, the two visited the Egyptian capital to discuss "regional security issues."
Last week, Egypt proposed a new agreement that includes a graded cessation of hostilities in Gaza, according to which the IDF will withdraw from the Rafah Crossing in exchange for a declaration of a 60 day temporary ceasefire.
One week after the temporary ceasefire comes into effect, the return of live Israeli hostages will begin. Simultaneously, hundreds of Palestinian terrorists will also be released from Israeli prisons...
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December 10, 2024 at 3:34 pm
Baltimore, MD - Dec. 10, 2024 - The Baltimore region could see its wettest day in months Wednesday as a rapidly strengthening storm is expected to sweep across the eastern United States, according to forecasters.
A developing bomb cyclone fed by an atmospheric river — a narrow plume of deep moisture originating from the tropics — is predicted to unleash torrential rain and powerful winds from the Appalachians to the Atlantic, snarling travel and triggering possible flooding and power outages, Accuweather meteorologists warned.
As downpours and thunderstorms soak the Southeast into Tuesday night, rains will move northward into the central Appalachians, mid-Atlantic and southern New England regions, according to Accuweather.
"The storm will quickly reorgan...
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December 10, 2024 at 3:11 pm
Baltimore, MD – Dec. 10, 2024 - Thank you to the many people who showed up today—your presence most definitely impacted the outcome. Proceedings began with the defense attorney attempting to call for a mistrial and requesting a new trial. B"H, the Judge denied that request and proceeded with the sentencing.
After hearing Efraim's mother speak, as well as two cousins and some voices from the defense, the Judge announced a sentence of 50 years.
As the Judge said, there are no winners today, but justice will be served. She also noted that listening to the 911 call recording was one of the most difficult things she has ever had to hear.
The Judge stated that she read every single impact statement and even quoted a line from one of the many submitted, highlighting the power ...
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December 10, 2024 at 1:33 pm
Baltimore, MD – Dec. 10, 2024 - BJL wishes a hearty Mazel Tov to Avraham Mordechai & Rochel Segall on the birth of a son.
Mazel Tov to grandparents Rabbi and Mrs. Biyomin Segall and Rabbi and Mrs. Mordechai Rhine
יה"ר שיזכו לגדל בנם לתורה, לחופה, ולמעשים טובים. אמן!
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December 10, 2024 at 1:27 pm
Jerusalem, Israel - Dec. 10, 2024 - On International Human Rights Day, December 10, President Isaac Herzog hosted a meeting at Beit Hanasi in Jerusalem, Israel. Medical experts focused on the dire situation and deep concern for the well-being of the hostages being held captive for 431 days by Hamas terrorists in Gaza. The meeting was attended by hostages freed from captivity, including Noa Argamani who spoke briefly at the end of the hour-long program. Families of freed hostages and other families waiting anxiously for their loved ones attended.
"During the meeting, President Herzog said: “We are marking 431 days of the most unimaginable violations of human rights. Today, on International Human Rights Day, not a single right has been upheld by the crimina...
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December 10, 2024 at 1:26 pm
Jerusalem, Israel -Dec. 10, 2024 - Elder of Ziyon (EoZ) has been blogging anonymously for over 16 years, with thousands of articles "providing accurate, original news that would have remained unnoticed" about Israel. "Elder" chose his title name for its ironic reference to the antisemitic The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, which claims Jews control the world.
In February 2022, the Elder of Ziyon published the book Protocols: Exposing Modern Antisemitism reviewed by BJL in April 2022.
In time for Channukah gift giving EoZ has produced a new and very different book of his sharp political ironic and satirical cartoons, "He's an Anti-Zionist too!"
"This is more than a cartoon book. This is a scathing critique of the ...
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December 10, 2024 at 1:06 pm
Baltimore, MD - Dec. 10, 2024 - Coalition for Jewish Values (CJV), representing over 2,500 traditional, Orthodox rabbis in American public policy, today blasted Amnesty International’s new report, “‘You Feel Like You Are Subhuman’: Israel’s Genocide Against Palestinians in Gaza,” as antisemitic propaganda akin to that which led to the murder of six million Jews less than a century ago. In a post to X (formerly Twitter), CJV Managing Director Rabbi Yaakov Menken outlined numerous “obvious lies” packed into the report, which, in its opening sentence, tells readers: “On 7 October 2023, Israel embarked on a military offensive on the occupied Gaza Strip (Gaza) of unprecedented magnitude, scale and duration.”
Amnest...
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December 10, 2024 at 1:03 pm
South African police are investigating reports of an explosive device that was found outside a Jewish community center in Cape Town on Friday morning.
On Friday, the South African Jewish Board of Deputies informed police that an IED (Improvised Explosive Device) was discovered outside the Jewish community offices around 10:30 a.m.
Following some confusion, local media subsequently reported that the news was false. However, that was mistaken, and the serious crimes division of South African police, known as the Hawks, is now investigating.
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December 10, 2024 at 12:59 pm
In a message to the new regime taking shape in Syria, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that Israel wants to establish relations, but won’t hesitate to attack if it threatens the Jewish state.
“If this regime allows Iran to reestablish itself in Syria,” he says in a video statement, “or allows the transfer of Iranian weapons or any other weapons to Hezbollah, or attacks us — we will respond forcefully and we will exact a heavy price from it.”
“What happened to the previous regime will also happen to this regime,” he warns, adding that Israel has no intention of interfering in Syria’s internal affairs, but will do what is necessary to ensure its security.
Netanyahu compares the widespread Air Force bombing campaign of Syria&rsquo...
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December 10, 2024 at 12:46 pm
Baltimore, MD - Dec. 10, 2024 - A long-time Maryland lawmaker is wrapping up his long career in politics.
Retiring senator Ben Cardin will be delivering his parting speech from the floor of the U.S. Senate today.
The 81-year-old announced last May that he would not seek another term after serving in elected office for 58 years in the Maryland House of Delegates, the U.S. House and the Senate.
Cardin will remain the state’s senior senator until his term ends in 2025.
He has said he was looking forward to enjoying more of everyday life with his family.
