Alert: Water Main break in Owings Mills

JewishByte Baltimore – PSA - Due to a water main break in the area around the Rosenbloom Owings Mills JCC the JCC is not sure when they will be able to open. 

PSA: Northbound ramp to Security Blvd to temporarily close

JewishByte Baltimore – The Maryland Department of Transportation’s State Highway Administration (SHA) will temporarily close the ramp from northbound I-695 (Baltimore Beltway Inner Loop) to MD 122 (Security Boulevard) at I-695 between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. Sunday, March 7 for ramp repair work.

Drinking in excess on Purim is inappropriate – Says OU and NCSY

JewishByte Baltimore  – An open letter by the Managing Director of NCSY calls on all of us to realize the danger of drinking on Purim.

JewishByte weekly Bulletin – Shabbos Zachor – Parshas Tetzave – Feb. 21-27

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Please send in your pictures of your shul Purim party. JewishByte would like to have a round up of all the wonderful Purim parties from accross our neighborhoods and shuls. [...]

Purim 2010 -Baltimore Shuls Megillah List- now online

JewishByte Baltimore – Once again JewishByte is at the forefront of innovation on the Jewish Baltimore scene. We are constantly searching for ways to improve our functionality as a community website.

PSA – Important – This Purim help save a life right here in Baltimore

JewishByte Baltimore  – PSA- This Purim give life! There will be a  Gift of Life Drive in Baltimore, Saturday Night, Feb. 27th, right after Megillah reading in Rabbi Arieh’s shul, Ohr Hamizrach 6813 Park Heights Ave.
We are trying to help a young man who is Persian find his life saving match.
In addition, If you are [...]

Move your car or it will be towed, says Yeshivat Rambam

Jewishbyte Baltimore – Yeshivat Rambam will tow your car tomorrow morning, that is if it is parked in the school parking lot.  Considering the probably horrendous situation at the parking lot today, Yeshivat Rambam issued the warning below to the owners of cars parked in the school parking lot. Despite the circumstances Executive Director Rabbi [...]

PSA: Baltimore City and County trash and recycling announcements

JewishByte Baltimore – For those in Baltimore city:
The Department of Public Works, Bureau of Solid Waste, announced today that both trash and recycling collections will resume Tuesday, February 16, 2010.

Yet another “snow day” for Maryland

JewishByte Baltimore – A snow storm that is blanketing the plains with snow right now, will make its way through the mid-atlantic states by Monday or Tuesday.

Mayor Rawlings Blake and Fire Chief Clack issue additional orders

JewishByte Baltimore – With the city still under Phase III of the city’s Snow Emergency Plan, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings Blake and Fire Chief James Clack issued additional orders to hospital and emergency personnel. Emergency personnel en route to hospitals are instructed stay home while Phase III is in effect. Hospitals have been notified [...]

Breaking News: Baltimore City inititates Phase Three emergency snow plan

JewishByte Baltimore – The Baltimore City Police dept. and Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake have initiated Phase III of the snow emergency plan until at least 5:30 pm today.

Local Jewish Schools information for Wednesday February 10th

JewishByte Baltimore – The following is the schedule for local Jewish schools on Wednesday February 10th. At this point it would seem that most schools can see “the writing on the wall” and realize that there won’t be school until the weekend.

Local Jewish School information for Tuesday February 9th

JewishByte Baltimore – The following is the schedule for local Jewish schools on Tuesday February 9th. Understandably, at this point most schools seem to be fairly cautious about canceling school for the entire rest of the week.

Baltimore Jewish school closings and delays

JewishByte Baltimore – This list is for the local Baltimore Jewish Schools, for all other organizations and events please see the previous post on pertinent information HERE.

Updated: Snow closings, delays and late openings for Jewish Greater Baltimore

JewishByte Baltimore – Due to the expected snow storm many events planned for this weekend have been canceled or postponed. We will also update school closings and delays if we get that information from the schools.
For updates please see bold parts of post below.

Kashrus Alert: Celestial Seasonings

JewishByte Baltimore – Celestial Seasonings Sugar Cookie Sleigh Ride Tea was incorrectly labeled with a Star-K. The tea is certified dairy, non cholov Yisroel by the Vaad Hakashrus of Denver and should bear the Scroll-K dairy symbol. Corrective measures were taken.
Story by AJ Bulua – for JewishByte.info. He can be reached via email aj@jewishbyte.info.
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Today is Propitious day to recite – Prayer for Parnassah

JewishByte Baltimore  – Prayer for Parnassah: When our ancestors were in the Wilderness, a month after the Exodus from Egypt, they faced a tomorrow with no food. Justifiably, they asked Moshe if he had taken them into the desert to starve to death. Hashem responded that in the morning they would see that He had [...]

JewishByte Weekly Bulletin – Parshas Bo – January 17-23

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Local Shul is collecting supplies for trip to Haiti by Baltimore doctors

JewishByte Baltimore – The pain and sorrow we all feel over the mass destruction and devastation in Haiti is beyond words. The images of human suffering drive us to find some way to help ease the pain of the tens of thousands of innocent people displaced by this natural disaster. The Baltimore Jewish Community [...]

Kashrus Alert: Celestial Seasonings

JewishByte Baltimore -In January 2009 the Star K of Baltimore released the following alert:
Packages of the following Celestial Seasonings Teas – English Toffee and Decaf Vanilla Maple printed for Canada, with French, were labeled incorrectly as pareve with the Star-K hechsher. The products are actually certified by the Scroll-K and are dairy (cholov stam).
All unused [...]

Breaking News: Water main break on beltway outer loop

JewishByte Baltimore – Earlier today a water main break occurred on the outer loop of the  I-695 and is jamming traffic in both directions this afternoon.

Please say Tehillim for…

Please take a moment to say a Kapital Tehillim & be Mispallel for a Refuah Shleimah for
Chaya Brurah bas Meirah Naomi- Read more for Kapital Chof.