Pikesville’s 28th Annual Tour De Court

BJLife Newsroom The 28th annual Tour de Court was played on Sunday, Sept. 4. Tour de Court (TDC) is an annual Pikesville basketball tournament where players are required to ride bicycles to the various outdoor backyard courts. The champions names are transcribed on the cherished Golden Helmet. Most importantly, TDC has become a major fundraiser […]

A Success Story – From Christianity on Campus to Yeshiva in Yerushalayim

By BJH staff RAJE Maryland Director, Rabbi Gavriel Horan, met Joe Bernstein in UMBC back in 2017. Joe attended an introductory Torah class on campus at the behest of a friend. Rabbi Horan recalls that he was impressed by Joe’s intelligence, good manners, and curly “Jew-fro.” At a subsequent meeting with Rabbi “G,” Joe explained […]

Rosh Chodesh Elul for Women at Ner Tamid

Over 120 women gathered at Ner Tamid Congregation to celebrate Rosh Chodesh Elul (1 Elul). Sponsored by the Ner Tamid Sisterhood and Robin Karlin, the program included singing Hallel together, led by Mrs. Lisa Aronson Friedman on guitar, breakfast, and a performance by Lisa’s choir, Kol Zimrah Baltimore Women’s Choir. The Ner Tamid Women’s Hallel […]

Veterans Sefer Torah dedicated in Baltimore in memory of World War II Veteran

A special and unique Hachnosos Sefer Torah Parade and celebration took place in Baltimore, Maryland. The Jewish Uniformed Service Association of Maryland-Chabad (JUSA), under the directorship of Rabbi Chesky and Chani Tenenbaum welcomed the Veterans Torah with a festive parade headed from Blue Stone Park to the headquarters of JUSA.  The Torah was dedicated in […]

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Baltimore Police NW Major Boyd Presented with JUSA Salute to our Heroes Card

Rabbi Chesky Tenenbaum, Director of the Jewish Uniformed Service Association of Maryland (JUSA) and Baltimore Police Chaplain presented Baltimore Police NW Major Boyd and Sgt. Hamond the JUSA Salute to our Heroes card to thanked them for their service. JUSA has an ongoing campaign were children write Salute to our Hero cards that are presented to the […]

Chasunah of HaChosson Avrohom Dovid Eichenstein

Mazel Tov to Rabbi & Rebbetzin Eichenstein (Mercaz Torah U’Tefillah) on the marriage of their son Avrohom Dovid to the daughter of the Viznitzer Rav of Monsey and the granddaughter of the Viznitzer Rebbe of Monsey and the Skverer Rebbe. Mazel Tov as well to the chosson’s zeides, the Zidichover Rebbe of Chicago and Moreinu […]

Baltimore’s New Chabad Mesivta Expands Faculty and Premises

Anash The newly established Baltimore Mesivta has expanded its faculty to accommodate additional talmidim, and has secured the property adjacent to its Bais Medrash for use as its dormitory, Anash.org has learned. “After lengthy negotiations, the mesivta’s hanhala was able to secure a recently renovated property just across the street of the bais medrash for […]