Baltimore, MD – Feb. 6, 2025 – Bottles of of Öncü brand "Salata Sosu" salad dressing, manufactured in Turkey by Acemoğlu Gıda, were found in a kosher grocery store in London bearing an unauthorized STAR-K symbol. Corrective action is being taken.
Baltimore, MD - Feb. 6, 2025 - Despite a surge in funding, Baltimore City student test scores remain among the lowest in the nation, according to results released by the federal government. And these scores have renewed calls for City Schools’ CEO to be replaced.
Former Baltimore City Mayoral Candidate Shannon Wright is often skeptical of government press releases.
“People are going to tell you all the wonderful things that they want to hear. The best way they can spin it,” said Wright.
With that in mind, when Baltimore City Schools in late January posted a press release to its website summarizing 2024 federal test results known as NAEP, Wright wanted to know more.
“I rather look at numbers,” said Wright.
So, Project Baltimore did look at the ...
Baltimore, MD – Feb. 6, 2025 – 9:07AM - (BJL) Traffic signals are flashing at two intersections:
Reisterstown Road & Rosewood Lane (Flashing Yellow)
and
Clarks Lane & Cross Country. (Flashing Red & Yellow)
Reminder:
Flashing red and yellow lights on a traffic control signal does not mean the light is ‘non-functioning’. Drivers approaching a red flashing light must stop and can only proceed when the intersection is clear, and drivers approaching a yellow flashing light should slow down and use caution but can proceed through the intersection without stopping.
Baltimore, MD - Feb. 6, 2025 - Explore the latest issue of Baltimore Jewish Home.Click on the graphic below:
The Pentagon on Wednesday issued a statement summarizing the meeting between US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
“This was Secretary Hegseth's first hosting of a foreign dignitary as Secretary of Defense in the Trump Administration,” said Department of Defense Spokesman John Ullyot.
He added that Hegseth “emphasized the unbreakable bond that exists between the United States and Israel and praised Israel as a model ally in the Middle East. Secretary Hegseth stressed that the United States remains 100 percent committed to Israel's security.”
The statement also added that Hegseth and Netanyahu discussed Hamas' October 7, 2023 terrorist attack on Israel. “Secretary Hegseth praised Prime Minister Neta...
Baltimore, MD – Feb. 5, 2025 - BJL wishes a hearty Mazel Tov to Eli Walfish (Queens) & Yakira Bogart (Baltimore) on their engagement!
Mazel Tov to Phil & Rivka Bogart
יה"ר שיזכו לבנות בית נאמן בישראל. אמן!
Baltimore, MD - Feb. 5, 2025 - The Baltimore City Department of Public Works (DPW) is pleased to announce updates to its Community Pitch-In Dumpster Request Program that are designed to promote greater equity and access to resources. These changes aim to empower communities, especially those in underserved areas, by enhancing opportunities to organize clean-up events while ensuring transparency and fairness in resource allocation.
Under the previous program, only community association presidents were eligible to request dumpsters for clean-up efforts. The revised program eliminates this restriction, allowing any resident or group to request assistance from DPW, regardless of their affiliation with a community association. The program enables each neighborhood to request up to four d...
Baltimore, MD - Feb. 5, 2025 - Coalition for Jewish Values (CJV) joined in an amicus curiae brief filed yesterday in the cases Fuld v. PLO and U.S. v. PLO in the Supreme Court of the United States. These cases pertain to the attempt of Miriam Fuld, widow of Ari Fuld, and other victims of PLO-sponsored terrorism to sue in American federal court. The Supreme Court agreed to hear these combined cases later this year.
Mark Pinkert, Jason Torchinsky, Erielle Davidson, and Jared Bauman from the law firm of Holtzman Vogel Baran Torchinsky & Josefiak took the lead on the amicus brief, which was filed on behalf of a coalition of seventeen Jewish, Pro-Israel, and civil rights organizations, including CJV.
The amicus brief traces the history of the P...
Baltimore, MD – Feb. 5, 2025 - BJL wishes a hearty Mazel Tov to Menachem Hochberg & Elisheva Ehsanipoor on their engagement!
יה"ר שיזכו לבנות בית נאמן בישראל. אמן!
Baltimore, MD – Feb. 5, 2025 - BJL wishes a hearty Mazel Tov to Ari Cohen (Boca Raton) & Chana Raizel Rabhan (Baltimore/Savannah) on their engagement!
יה"ר שיזכו לבנות בית נאמן בישראל. אמן!
Baltimore, MD – Feb. 5, 2025 - BJL regrets to inform the community of the petira of Mr. Hershel Goldman, z’l, father of Abigail Goldman and Beth (Nathan) Adler.
The Levayah will be held at Levinson’s today, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025, at 2:30PM.
Shiva will be observed at Park Regent Condos, 6414 Park Heights Ave., Apt. A2, Baltimore, MD, 21215Daily from 9:30AMPlease no visitors from 12-1 and 5-6 or after 10PM
Baltimore, MD - Feb. 5, 2025 - The founder of a Florida-based neo-Nazi group was convicted Monday of conspiring with his former girlfriend to plan an attack on Maryland’s power grid in furtherance of their shared racist beliefs.
Brandon Russell, 29, encouraged Sarah Beth Clendaniel to carry out a series of “sniper attacks” on electrical substations around Baltimore that could have caused significant damage to the regional power grid, according to federal prosecutors. Their goal was to create chaos, [...]prosecutors say.
The two were arrested in February 2023 — before the plans were executed.
The 12-person jury deliberated for less than an hour after hearing about four days of testimony in federal court in Baltimore. They found Russell guilty o...
Baltimore, MD – Feb. 5, 2025 – The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Weather Advisory for Baltimore and surrounding areas, warning of freezing rain, sleet, and light snow overnight into Thursday morning. The advisory is in effect from 9 PM Wednesday until 10 AM Thursday, with hazardous conditions expected to impact the morning commute.
What to Expect
A mix of snow, sleet, and freezing rain is forecasted to begin late Wednesday night. Total snow and sleet accumulations up to one inch are possible, along with a glaze to a tenth of an inch of ice accumulation.
After midnight, freezing rain and sleet will develop, making roads and sidewalks extremely slippery. Areas along and east of Interstate 95 may see rain mixing in by early morning as temperatures begin to rise.
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Exactly one week after a passenger plane and Army Black Hawk helicopter crashed midair near D.C., killing 67, a Japan Airlines plane and Delta Airlines plane collided in Seattle.
Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) announced on social media Wednesday that Port of Seattle Fire, police and SEA operations responded to an incident just after 10:15 a.m. local time, on a ramp on a taxi line between S Concourse and the south airport maintenance hangars.
The incident involved a taxing Japan Airlines aircraft "that appears to have struck" the tail of a parked Delta Air Lines aircraft, according to a statement from the airport, posted to X.
No injuries have been reported at this time, according to SEA officials. The airport is working with both airlines to safely d...
Baltimore, MD – Feb. 5, 2025 - BJL regrets to inform the community of the petira of Michoel Israilov, z’l, husband of Raisa Israilov and father of Gidon (Eliana) Israilov, Marina Yelazarev, Roman Israilov, and David Israilov.
Shiva will be observed through Monday, Feb. 10, 2025, at 24300 Civic Center, Southfield, MI, 48033
Bila Hamaves Lanetzach…
Baltimore,, MD - Feb. 5, 2025 - History is around every corner in Baltimore; on the corner of Watson and Lloyd streets, a red brick building between two synagogues is home to centuries of it.
After a year and a half of renovations, the Jewish Museum of Maryland is open again.
"The museum was built in the early 1990s, and so it was time to give this place a refresh," Erika Hornstein, the museum's board president, told WMAR.
Hornstein said the museum now features a 'brand new visitor experience' including a central arcade - made possible by Orioles owner David Rubenstein - a production studio, and space for exhibits.
On display right now: a music exhibit curated by a Baltimore-based historian, and decades of issues of 'Generations,' the museum's magazine pub...
Agudath Israel of America, alongside a coalition of Jewish organizations, has filed an amicus curiae “friend of the court” brief in the United States Supreme Court in support of the petitioners in Miriam Fuld, et al. v. Palestine Liberation Organization, et al. (U.S.) This critical petition seeks to reverse rulings of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals that the Promoting Security and Justice for Victims of Terrorism Act of 2019 (PSJVTA) is unconstitutional. The PSJVTA is a vital piece of legislation aimed at holding organizations such as the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) and Palestinian Authority (PA) accountable for their “Pay for Slay” programs in which they incentivize terrorism through financial payments. The PSJVTA ensures American victim...
