http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php en mforr@alteryourview.com Copyright 2009 2009-11-21T05:00:19+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/4869.stm/the_change_has_come_to_jewish_life_in_eastern_europe/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/4869.stm/the_change_has_come_to_jewish_life_in_eastern_europe/#When:05:00:19Z Covering the development of Jewish life in Europe in the 20 years since the fall of communism, I have witnessed many landmark moments. Among them are many “firsts”—the first rabbis to take up their posts, the first bar mitzvahs and Jewish weddings in decades, the first new synagogues, the first kosher restaurants, the first Jewish schools, etc. There… News - International 2009-11-21T05:00:19+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/4869.stm/orthodox_students_are_embracing_social_action/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/4869.stm/orthodox_students_are_embracing_social_action/#When:05:00:14Z A few months after Hurricane Ike hit Galveston, Texas, in September 2008, Yeshiva University student David Eckstein went to the devastated area with 32 other students to help rebuild homes. “The doors hadn’t been opened since the hurricane. We took the house apart and started rebuilding it, trying to rebuild someone’s life,” said Eckstein, 23, of West Hempstead,… News - National 2009-11-21T05:00:14+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/4869.stm/fired_waiter_charged_with_killing_six_israelis/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/4869.stm/fired_waiter_charged_with_killing_six_israelis/#When:05:00:05Z A fired waiter, a Russian immigrant to Israel, was charged with killing his ex-employer and five members of his family. Damian Kirilik was indicted in Petach Tikvah district court on six counts of first degree murder for killing the Oshrenko family in their home in Rishon LeZion last month. Kirilik allegedly committed the murders in revenge for… News - Israel 2009-11-21T05:00:05+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/4869.stm/israel_responds_to_bombing_with_airstrikes/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/4869.stm/israel_responds_to_bombing_with_airstrikes/#When:18:39:44Z Israeli airstrikes hit targets in Gaza in response to a Kassam rocket fired into the Negev. Two smuggling tunnels and a weapons factory in southern Gaza were hit in the Air Force raid overnight Wednesday, according to the Israel Defense Forces. About 15 rockets and mortar shells have been fired from Gaza at Israel in the past month,… News - Israel 2009-11-20T18:39:44+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/4869.stm/eastern_europes_jews_now_out_of_the_shadows/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/4869.stm/eastern_europes_jews_now_out_of_the_shadows/#When:18:38:46Z Eastern Europe’s Jews have come out of the shadows. When the Cold War ended 20 years ago with the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and the eventual collapse of the Soviet Union, Jewish communities in the region were small, weak and generally veiled. Now Jewish life, culture, religious practice and ethnic identity are… News - International 2009-11-20T18:38:46+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/4869.stm/jewish_support_for_israeli-arabs_goes_mainstream/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/4869.stm/jewish_support_for_israeli-arabs_goes_mainstream/#When:18:37:39Z When the Reform movement passed a resolution endorsing advocacy for Israeli Arabs, it wasn’t the first time an American Jewish group had backed the cause of Israeli-Arab equality. In recent years, a growing number of American Jews have thrown their support toward Israeli-Arab causes, including civil rights and advocacy organizations, women’s empowerment courses, student-exchange programs and even film… News - National 2009-11-20T18:37:39+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/4869.stm/citing_new_reality_jdc_presses_for_change/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/4869.stm/citing_new_reality_jdc_presses_for_change/#When:16:40:09Z The main international relief agency of the Jewish federation system wants to pull the plug on a long-standing funding arrangement, saying it requires more money to meet the humanitarian needs of poor Jews abroad. Each year the Jewish Agency for Israel and American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee split $160 million to $200 million raised by local Jewish federations… News - International 2009-11-20T16:40:09+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/4869.stm/gold6/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/4869.stm/gold6/#When:12:31:02Z On November 19, 2009, MICHAEL BRIAN, devoted son of Andrew Gold of New Jersey and Evelyn Price (nee Ash) of Baltimore, Md., loving stepson of Bea Gold and Robert Price, loving brother of Robert Gold of Rockville, Md. and Debbie Ciufo of Owings Mills, Md., dear brother-in-law of Susan Gold and Victor Ciufo, adored uncle of Madeline and… Milestones - Obituaries 2009-11-20T12:31:02+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/4869.stm/week_five_ninety_years_in_review/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/4869.stm/week_five_ninety_years_in_review/#When:20:00:43Z In observance of 90 years of coverage of the Baltimore Jewish community, the BALTIMORE JEWISH TIMES is highlighting 90 important news articles covered in its pages since September 1919. We invite any suggestions for articles you remember. Simply call 410-468-2711 and leave a message or e-mail suggestions to pjacobs@jewishtimes.com. 50 1973 Yom Kippur… News - Local 2009-11-19T20:00:43+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/4869.stm/remembering_glory_of_hutzlers/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/4869.stm/remembering_glory_of_hutzlers/#When:20:00:35Z
]]>When discussing venues to promote his new book “Hutzler’s: Where Baltimore Shops” (The History Press), Michael J. Lisicky suggested Barnes & Noble on Joppa Road to his Charleston, S.C.-based publisher. That bookstore happens to be the former site of the now-defunct department store’s Towson satellite, an irony not lost on Mr. Lisicky. “I said, ‘You guys just gotta… News - Local, News - Home page 2009-11-19T20:00:35+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/4869.stm/november_20/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/4869.stm/november_20/#When:20:00:31Z Meyerhoff/Macks Education Dedication Temple Emanuel’s Soup For The Soul Pam Foss’s Paper Passion Bill Glazer’s Outrageous Advice Why Emily Goren’s Ducky Editorial: Big Brothers, Sisters Editorial: Jerusalem’s Housing Boom Books: Jewish Fighter Barney Ross Rubashkin Convicted Orthodox Blast State’s Religion Report Exclusively in Print 2009-11-19T20:00:31+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/4869.stm/world_of_98_rocks_josh_spiegel/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/4869.stm/world_of_98_rocks_josh_spiegel/#When:20:00:24Z
]]>So it’s not exactly the cover of Rolling Stone magazine, but 98 Rock newsman extraordinaire Josh Spiegel aka Spiegel! let it be known to on-air personalities Mickey, Amelia and to the hundreds of thousands who were listening that he wanted to be on the cover of the BALTIMORE JEWISH TIMES. We received e-mails and phone calls from listeners… News - Cover Story 2009-11-19T20:00:24+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/4869.stm/summit_for_israel_engagement_launched/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/4869.stm/summit_for_israel_engagement_launched/#When:20:00:22Z
]]>The familiar scenes of the 20th century’s tragedy and trauma flashed across the video — Palestine’s Jewish pioneers, Holocaust survivors, Israelis at war, Soviet Jews being liberated and so on. But when the lights came back on and the speakers approached the microphone, those present were told they were facing a profound dilemma: What’s next? What will be… News - Local, News - Home page 2009-11-19T20:00:22+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/4869.stm/anne_veditz_100-year-old_torah_reader/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/4869.stm/anne_veditz_100-year-old_torah_reader/#When:20:00:15Z
]]>How do you boil down a century of living, especially for a woman who never seems to let up? As you watch Anne Veditz sit in the lobby of Baltimore Hebrew Congregation, manning the Judaic Shop’s booth during the annual holiday boutique, it’s hard to imagine she will turn 100 on Saturday. You can’t help but be amazed… News - Local, News - Home page 2009-11-19T20:00:15+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/4869.stm/one-quarter_million_security_grants_for_baltimore/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/4869.stm/one-quarter_million_security_grants_for_baltimore/#When:19:59:56Z
]]>A quarter million dollars will come into the Baltimore Jewish community in Fiscal Year 2009 — which runs through June 2010 — in the form of federal Homeland Security grants to 10 area organizations. “Thanks to the effort of our elected leaders in Washington, Annapolis, Baltimore City and surrouding counties, the Maryland Jewish community is safer. We owe those representatives our… News - Local, News - Home page 2009-11-19T19:59:56+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/4869.stm/is_fur_a_jewish_issue1/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/4869.stm/is_fur_a_jewish_issue1/#When:19:35:18Z Jewish worshipers chant every Sabbath morning, “The soul of every living being shall praise God’s name” (Nishmat kol chai tva’rech et shim’chah). Yet, some come to synagogue during the winter months wearing coats that required the cruel treatment of some of those living beings whose souls praise God. To decide whether the use of fur is a significant… News - National 2009-11-19T19:35:18+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/4869.stm/beth_el_visits_ashkelon_sister_shul/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/4869.stm/beth_el_visits_ashkelon_sister_shul/#When:19:26:39Z A delegation from Baltimore’s Congregation Beth El Baltimore visited its sister synagogue, Kehillat Netzach in Ashkelon, during its recent trip to the Jewish state. Senior Rabbi Steven Schwartz, Education Director Dr. Eyal Bor and 34 other participants spent time with the Conservative synagogue. Kehillat Netzach is the the only Masorti/Conservative Synagogue in the area. It is located about… News - Local 2009-11-19T19:26:39+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/4869.stm/a_jewish_teens_life_in_severna_park/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/4869.stm/a_jewish_teens_life_in_severna_park/#When:19:18:24Z I remember the very day I became Jewish. Every year for Christmas break, my family and I would journey to Boca Raton, Fla. to visit family. In the 99 percent Jewish area, it was uncommon to see a Christmas tree in someone’s home. I grew accustomed to this idea, and it just became “the norm” in my… News - Local 2009-11-19T19:18:24+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/4869.stm/how_west_bank_oil_can_bring_peace/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/4869.stm/how_west_bank_oil_can_bring_peace/#When:19:11:07Z On Sunday, May 13, 2009 I go to the West Bank to see one of the press houses (beyt bad in Hebrew) where Peace Oil comes from and to meet a Palestinian farmer whose olives are pressed there. That evening, after returning from the visit, I see a play in Israel, in old Jaffo at a theater called… News - Local 2009-11-19T19:11:07+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/4869.stm/poor_judgment/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/4869.stm/poor_judgment/#When:16:55:37Z I take exception to the characterizations of President Barack Obama by Dr. Rivka Adler in the Nov. 6 article “God Is Leading Us.” Dr. Adler’s reference to President Obama embodying “the lineage of Esau and Ishmael” strongly suggests President Obama’s heritage and ancestry as a reason she is making aliya. I would like to think that someone as… Letters to Editor 2009-11-19T16:55:37+00:00