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01/24/2025

Four Israeli Hostages to Go Free on Saturday
Ben Sales

Hamas has published the names of the four hostages it will release on Saturday, the second group of captives to go free in the initial phase of the ceasefire that began this week. The four hostages expected to be released on Saturday are Daniela Gilboa, Liri Albag, Naama Levy and Karina Ariev.
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Hamas has published the names of the four hostages it will release on Saturday.

01/23/2025

YOU SHOULD KNOW … Bunny Dachs
Bunny Dachs, 33, loves helping seniors age gracefully. After growing up in Pikesville and attending Bais Yaakov of Baltimore, Dachs received a bachelor of arts degree from Drexel University in health service administration.
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Pikesville resident Bunny Dachs owns Bunny’s Home Care, where the mission is “to honor the people who deserve it most.”

01/22/2025

Trump Lifts Sanctions on West Bank Settlers
Asaf Elia-Shalev

In one of his first actions as president, Donald Trump canceled sanctions targeting dozens of far-right Israeli individuals and settler organizations accused by the Biden administration of violent extremism against Palestinians.

The rescinding of the sanctions appeared on a long list of executive orders signed by Trump immediately after his inauguration on Monday, many of which focused on undoing policies enacted by his predecessor in the White House. The move delivers a victory to the government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, which regarded the sanctions enacted by Biden last year as an inappropriate intervention into the internal affairs of an allied country. Israeli officials had repeatedly asked the incoming president to lift them when he entered office.

Netanyahu’s finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich, who is associated with the settler movement, thanked Trump in a post on social media.

“These sanctions were a severe and blatant foreign intervention in Israel’s internal affairs and an unjustified violation of democratic principles and the mutual respect that should guide relations between friendly nations,” Smotrich wrote.
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In one of his first actions as president, Donald Trump canceled sanctions targeting dozens of far-right Israeli individuals and settler organizations.

01/22/2025

Making the PA Pay
One of the most ingrained and despicable activities of the Palestinian Authority is its “pay for slay” program that rewards Palestinians for committing acts of terrorism against Jewish Israelis. The multimillion-dollar program is written into Palestinian law and administered by the Palestinian Authority.

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01/22/2025

Recurring Media Bias
We have all felt it. We read an Israel-related news story, feature or opinion piece or watch a news report and shake our heads in frustration.

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01/22/2025

Hope and a Sense of Foreboding
It is a difficult emotion to explain. The combination of hope and a deep sense of foreboding.

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01/21/2025

Sara Fuld Is Spreading Musical Joy to Baltimore
Sara Fuld has been a lower school music teacher at Kreiger Schechter Jewish Day School for over 20 years, but teaching wasn’t always the path she thought she’d take, earning her degree in her late 40s after a career switch. While growing up in Pikesville and attending Baltimore Hebrew Congregation as a child, Fuld had an interest in music and a strong Jewish background.

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01/21/2025

Jewish Connection Network Partners With Repair the World
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01/21/2025

Bet Aviv Keeps Commitment to Interfaith Partnerships
Bet Aviv, a Reform congregation in Columbia, has a long history of interfaith connection. It holds services in the Oakland Mills Interfaith Center, along with several other congregations, and is now in its third year of participation in regular interfaith Lunch-and-Learn events.

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01/20/2025

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01/19/2025

Hostages Emily Damari, Romi Gonen, Doron Steinbrecher Released as Israel-Hamas Cease-fire Sets In
Three women whom Hamas held hostage in Gaza for more than 470 days are returning to Israel as a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war went into effect on Sunday morning. The women were all alive and exited on their own from a Hamas vehicle, according to footage streamed from Gaza.
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Three women whom Hamas held hostage in Gaza for more than 470 days are returning to Israel as a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war went into effect on Sunday morning.

01/17/2025

Howard County Public School System Reaches Agreement With Department of Education
The Howard County Public School System has reached a resolution agreement with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights addressing concerns over the school system’s response to reports of harassment and discrimination of Jewish students during the 2022–2023 and 2023–2024 school years, the OCR announced on Jan. 16.

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01/16/2025

‘A Necessary Step Forward’: Jewish Leaders Welcome Hostage Release Agreement
National and international Jewish organizations reacted positively to Wednesday’s news of a cease-fire and hostage release agreement to end the Israel-Hamas war.

The deal emerged on Wednesday after mediation by Qatar, Egypt and the United States to put a stop to the war in Gaza, according to Reuters. Scheduled to go into effect on Sunday, the deal is a six-week initial cease-fire with the gradual withdrawal of troops from the Gaza Strip.
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National Jewish organizations reacted positively to Wednesday’s news of a cease-fire and hostage release agreement to end the Israel-Hamas war.

01/15/2025

Local Leaders React to Cease-fire Deal Between Israel and Hamas
Local Jewish community leaders expressed hope and gratitude in response to the news of a cease-fire agreement between Israel and Hamas. The Associated: Jewish Federation of Greater Baltimore released a statement welcoming the news of the Jan. 15 hostage agreement, which will see the release of dozens of hostages from Gaza after 465 days of captivity.

"As we learn of a ceasefire-hostage deal, our hearts are with the hostages who have endured the unimaginable and the families who have waited so long to be reunited.
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Local Jewish community leaders expressed hope and gratitude in response to the news of a cease-fire agreement between Israel and Hamas.

01/15/2025

‘We Have a Deal for the Hostages’
Israel and Hamas have agreed to a ceasefire and hostage release deal, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump confirmed on Wednesday.
“We have a deal for the hostages in the Middle East.
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Israel and Hamas have agreed to a ceasefire and hostage release deal, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump confirmed on Wednesday.

01/15/2025

Tired of Trudeau
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada announced last week that he would step down in the coming months, having been forced out by an angry electorate, political infighting and uncertain economic prospects. Trudeau said that he would stay on as prime minister until his Liberal Party picks a new leader, a process that could take months.

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01/15/2025

Meta Opens the Sewer of Hate
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced last week that the social media giant is ending its third-party fact-checking program and replacing it with a community-driven system modeled after the community notes feature on Elon Musk’s X. Meta’s decision to dismantle its extensive fact-checking activity in the U.S.

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01/15/2025

Jessica Franco… You Should Know
Jessica Franco, 37, is an advocate for self-care. After growing up in Silver Spring, Franco traveled to New York City to attend Stern College for Women.

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