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Baltimore, MD - Aug. 29, 2025 - As reported by BJL, a groundbreaking interfaith summit took place this week in Julis, Israel, convened by the Chief Rabbinate and the Interior Ministry. The event brought together top religious leaders from across faiths — Jewish, Druze, Christian, and Muslim — in a powerful display of unity, peace, and mutual respect.
We are proud to share that two of our very own leaders, Maryland State Senator Dalya Attar and Maryland State Senator Shelley Hettleman, were present at this historic gathering. The Senators were invited by the Israeli Embassy to participate in the high-level meeting, representing not only their districts but also the broader values of respect, coexistence, and international partnership that our community holds dear.
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Baltimore, MD - Aug. 28, 2025 - Explore the latest issue of Baltimore Jewish Home.Click on the graphic below:
Turkey announced Thursday that it has severed all economic and trade relations with Israel, in a move Ankara says is a response to the war in Gaza.
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan stated that the measures include the suspension of all commercial exchanges and the closure of Turkish airspace to Israeli aircraft.
Fidan accused Israel of what he termed “massacres” against Palestinians in Gaza and charged that Israel is deliberately making the enclave uninhabitable. He further claimed that Israel is blocking humanitarian aid and warned that its policies endanger regional stability.
The minister said the decision reflects Ankara’s broader response to what it views as ongoing crimes in Gaza. He added that Turkey will continue to work with Qatar and Egypt in efforts to a...
Hamas’s military wing spokesperson, Abu Obeida, declared on Friday that Israeli hostages are being held alongside its fighters in combat zones under the same perilous conditions, as Israel intensifies preparations for a full-scale invasion of Gaza City.
“We will preserve the lives of the captives to the extent that we can,” the terror group said. “They will remain with our fighters in the places of confrontation, exposed to the same risks.”
Hamas added that for every hostage killed as a result of Israeli military action, it would publish the individual’s name, photograph, and proof of death.
The statement comes as the IDF prepares for a Gaza City offensive, having already initiated the initial phases of the operation. The city has been the focal ...
Baltimore, MD – Aug. 29, 2025 – 2:44PM - An accident has been reported at the corner of Old Court Road and Greenspring Avenue.Expect delays and use caution in the area.
Baltimore, MD – Aug. 29, 2025 – 2:01PM – Please be advised that due to road work, traffic patterns at the entrance/exit of TA have been slightly restructured. Extra caution will be required as you navigate the area.
Please drive carefully
Baltimore, MD – Aug. 29, 2025 – 1:28 PM – Due to construction in the area, Seven Mile Lane is once again closed between Old Court Road and Midfield Road until approximately 5:00 PM.BJL has been advised that this closure will remain in effect for the rest of the week.Please use alternate routes.
Baltimore, MD - Aug. 29, 2025 - Maryland is among 21 states and Washington, D.C., that are either already in or are at a “high risk” of a recession, according to a warning this week from the chief economist at the credit-rating agency that recently downgraded Maryland’s bond rating.
The U.S. economy as a whole is “on the edge of recession” as a result of such a large number of states trending downward, Moody’s Mark Zandi wrote on social media Sunday.
“Based on my assessment of various data, states making up nearly a third of U.S. GDP are either in or at high risk of recession, another third are just holding steady, and the remaining third are growing,” Zandi wrote.
Moody’s is one of the top three credit-rating agencies and the only o...
לעילוי נשמת ידיד נפשי עוז ר' שלום יוסף בן הרב צבי ע"ה
A king must write a Torah that will always be with him.
והיתה עמו — It shall be with him, וקרא בו — and he shall read from it all the days of his life, so that he will learn to fear Hashem, his G-d, to observe all the words of this Torah… (דברים יז יט)
והיתה עמו — It [the Torah] shall be with him, is appropriately written in the feminine form, as the object being held is the תורה, which is feminine.
Yet, when the Torah directs the king to וקרא בו — to read from it [the Torah], it reverts to בו — 'him' in the masculine form, rather than the feminine בה — in her.
The great Tzaddik...
Jerusalem, Israel - Aug. 29, 2025 - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara, last night (Thursday, 28 August 2025), met with Sabine Taasa, who lost her husband and son in the 7 October massacre.Taasa updated Mrs. Netanyahu on the status of her children, who were at home and were also wounded, and on the rehabilitation process that she and her children are undergoing.As part of the global public diplomacy effort, a joint statement by the Prime Minister and Sabine Taasa will be distributed abroad today, in which a section of the atrocities video, that is very difficult to watch, and which was filmed by the security cameras in the Taasa family home in the moshav of Netiv Ha'asara, will be shown.Prime Minister Netanyahu and his wife thanked Sabine Taasa for joining the p...
Jerusalem, Israel - Aug. 29, 2025 - On Wednesday, 27 August, Prime Minister Netanyahu met in Jerusalem with U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham and Cindy McCain, Executive Director of the World Food Programme (WFP).They discussed the humanitarian situation in Gaza and that Hamas loots the aid. Mrs. McCain acknowledged that the stolen aid that goes to Hamas is not humanitarian. Hamas seizes it and sells it at extortionate prices.She said that during her recent visit to Gaza, she saw a dramatic improvement: food was available, prices had dropped, and markets showed goods in sufficient supply and at affordable prices.It is regrettable that Mrs. McCain has since issued statements contradicting what she told us in Jerusalem. That is a misrepresentation. Israel is enabling a steady flow of aid in s...
Israel's attack on Sanaa, the capital of Yemen, yesterday targeted a conference hall where a meeting of the Houthi government ministers was taking place. The senior officials were gathered to watch a speech by the Houthi leader Abdul-Malik al-Houthi.
The IDF reports that the Houthi Chief of Staff and Defense Minister arrived at the conference hall that was attacked. According to military sources, they are still gathering the results of the damage from the attack and information about the officials who were present.
The IDF adds that the attack was successful and was carried out according to plans after 'crucial intelligence was received.'
Media outlets in Yemen affiliated with Houthi opponents reported earlier today that Ahmad al-Rahawi, the Prime Minister of the Houthis ...
The IDF and Shin Bet recovered the body of Ilan Weiss from Gaza. Weiss, aged 55, was murdered on October 7th, 2023, as he ran to the weapons storage room in Kibbutz Be'eri, where he lived. The terrorists then took his body to the Gaza Strip.
His wife and daughter were abducted to Gaza and released in the first hostage deal.
The remains of an additional hostage whose name has not yet been released were also recovered.
The IDF stated that the complex operation was carried out by IDF troops of the Southern Command, in coordination with the IDF Intelligence Directorate, the ISA, and other special forces. The operation was made possible due to precise intelligence from the Hostages and Missing Headquarters, the Intelligence Directorate, and the ISA.
Following an identification process ...
Baltimore, MD – Aug. 27, 2025 – BJL regrets to inform the community of the petira of Rebetzin Helene Mintz, a’h, wife of HaRav Moshe Mintz, and mother of Mrs. Brachi (Rabbi Chaim) Kosman, Mrs. Miriam (Rabbi Bentzion) Mellman, Rabbi Zalman (Esther) Mintz, Rabbi Shaya (Mindi) Mintz, and Mrs. Shevy (Rabbi Yitzchok) AberbachThe family respectfully requests no visitors before 9:30AM, from 1:00PM-2:00PM, 6:00PM-7:00PM or after 10:00PMMinyanim:
Shacharis: 7:30AM
Mincha: 2:30PM [Erev Shabbos: 1:40PM] Maariv: 8:45PM
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Baltimore, MD – Aug. 28, 2025 – 4:12PM - An accident at the entrance to Target has reduced northbound Reisterstown Road to one lane. Traffic is moving very slowly. Please use caution and expect delays.
