Local NewsJewish Museum Hits 50 It’s called “The Synagogue Speaks.” To commemorate its 50th anniversary, the Jewish Museum of Maryland will open a multi-media exhibition… Restaurateur Sid Mandell Remembered Sidney “Sid” Mandell, whose Woodmoor delicatessen for decades was Northwest Baltimore’s unofficial communal Jewish kitchen, died March 2 in his… Beth Am Hires New Rabbi Shortly before Rabbi Daniel Cotzin Burg delivered his Shabbat sermon during his “tryout weekend” in late January at Beth Am… Water Main Break Drains Owings Mills It was around the middle of the day last Saturday, March 6, when Owings Mills resident Esther Jacobson first noticed… |
National NewsBerkley, ADL Push Back on U.S. Criticism of IsraelA Republican leader, a Democratic Jewish congresswoman and the Anti-Defamation League pushed back against the Obama administration’s continuing rebukes of… U.S. Anti-Semitism Envoy Wants to Recruit Non-JewsPresident Obama’s special envoy on anti-Semitism wants to recruit non-Jews to make her case. Hannah Rosenthal outlined her goals in… AIPAC Calls to Block U.S. Companies Supporting IranThe American Israel Public Affairs Committee is calling on the U.S. Congress to take several immediate steps in response to… Communications Activist Silenced in Cuban Jail CellAlan Gross has been about communications all his life: The call-mom-everyday son, the family newsbreaker, the message guy for Jewish… |
International NewsHamas Frees British Journalist Held in GazaA British journalist held in Gaza for nearly a month was released. Paul Martin, a freelance journalist and filmmaker, was… New Documentary Taps the Legacy of a Nazi FilmmakerIn 1939, Joseph Goebbels commissioned his favorite film director, Veit Harlan, to make an entertainment suitable for wartime. The result… Germany Boosts Funding to Holocaust SurvivorsGermany will nearly double its funding for home health care to aging Holocaust survivors. Annual negotiations between the Claims Conference… Hungarian President Signs Holocaust Denial LawHungarian President Laszlo Solyom signed into law legislative reforms making Holocaust denial a criminal offense. The law adopted Wednesday makes… |
Israel NewsBiden: U.S. Will Note Israel’s MisstepsThe U.S.-Israel bond is unbreakable, but the United States will keep both sides accountable for their actions, U.S. Vice President… Helping Jewish Juliets Dump Their Arab RomeosThe Tel Aviv municipality has launched a program to help Jewish girls get out of relationships with Arab boys, Ma’ariv… Tel Aviv Skyline Set to ChangeSome Tel Aviv residents are angry that they were not consulted over plans to double the city’s housing capacity by… Israel Apologizes as Biden Meets PalestiniansAs U.S. Vice President Joe Biden again denounced the plan for new Israeli construction in eastern Jerusalem after meeting with… |