http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php en mforr@alteryourview.com Copyright 2009 2009-07-03T15:47:59-05:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/6823.stm/thorny_questions/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/6823.stm/thorny_questions/#When:14:47:59Z By this point, Matisyahu, the Chasidic reggae artist, needs little introduction. His first album, “Live at Stubb’s,” sold more than 500,000 copies. His second, “Youth,” topped online music vendor iTunes’ album chart within a week of its release. His lanky figure - black hat, beard and all - has appeared everywhere from Rolling Stone to the staid Wall… SourceBook 2009-07-03T14:47:59-05:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/6823.stm/towson_u_more_adult_jewish_education/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/6823.stm/towson_u_more_adult_jewish_education/#When:19:00:57Z
]]>Now that Baltimore Hebrew University has merged officially with Towson University, part of its continuing education program will be incorporated into the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Towson University. This fall, Osher will introduce two evening Jewish-themed courses — “Nuclear Strategy, Deterrence and Arms Control” and “History of Israel: 1800-Present.” Osher is a membership organization that features continuing… News - Local 2009-07-02T19:00:57-05:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/6823.stm/rabbi_wohlberg_is_wrong_on_obama_and_israel/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/6823.stm/rabbi_wohlberg_is_wrong_on_obama_and_israel/#When:19:00:52Z Last week, I received from two separate sources via email a copy of Rabbi Mitchell Wohlberg’s Shabbas sermon of June 13th titled “A Speech ...about President Obama’s Speech.” CLICK HERE For those who may not know, Rabbi Wohlberg is the lead rabbi at Beth Tfiloh synagogue, an influential and powerful modern Orthodox congregation in Baltimore County. News - Local 2009-07-02T19:00:52-05:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/6823.stm/july_3/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/6823.stm/july_3/#When:19:00:47Z Shoshana Tobesman’s Big Scouting Award Owings Mills Highway Project Fun At Quarry Concert Book Review: “A Lucky Child” Editorial: GOP Hitler Comment Editorial: Catholic Problems Exclusively in Print 2009-07-02T19:00:47-05:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/6823.stm/best_you_can_do/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/6823.stm/best_you_can_do/#When:19:00:40Z How disgusted I was to see who was on the cover of the current issue (June 26). With all the possible choices you have, Sacha Baron Cohen is the best you could come up with? Not only do I find Cohen’s humor disgusting and not funny, but I think he is an embarrassment to the Jewish race, and… Letters to Editor 2009-07-02T19:00:40-05:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/6823.stm/borden/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/6823.stm/borden/#When:19:00:40Z
]]>Tatiana (nee Levy) and Larry of Wayne, Pa. are happy to announce the birth of their son, Matthew Benjamin, on May 11, 2009. Matthew Benjamin is named in loving memory of his great-grandfather, Benjamin Teodoro Levy. Proud big brother is Andrew. Happy grandparents are Lois Borden of Cherry Hill, N.J., and David and Luciene Levy of Boca Raton,… Milestones - Births/Adoptions 2009-07-02T19:00:40-05:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/6823.stm/the_stoop_goes_to_the_radio/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/6823.stm/the_stoop_goes_to_the_radio/#When:19:00:40Z
]]>Strong women — check. Good-looking men — uh-huh. Above-average children — you betcha. It’s not Garrison Keillor’s “A Prairie Home Companion” but “Baltimoored: Summer in the City, A Live Radio Show,” which promises tunes from local musicians, old-time radio skits and first-rate storytelling from folks right here in Charm City. With performances on July 9, 10 and… News - Local 2009-07-02T19:00:40-05:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/6823.stm/henry_tuckers_got_sole_and_heels/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/6823.stm/henry_tuckers_got_sole_and_heels/#When:19:00:40Z
]]>On a hot Thursday in late June, Heels & Soles, a dry cleaner and shoe repair store in the heart of downtown Pikesville, bustled with customers, some picking up shoes, others browsing accessories, and some there just to talk. Henry Tucker, owner of the store, stood behind the counter, overseeing the operation as he has done for the… News - Local 2009-07-02T19:00:40-05:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/6823.stm/police_post_pikesville_crime_alert/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/6823.stm/police_post_pikesville_crime_alert/#When:19:00:38Z The Pikesville Precinct 4 of the Baltimore County Police Department has sent out an alert to community associations warning of certain types of crime, specifically home burglaries and thefts from automobiles. The county police periodically issues general alerts, but Sgt. Vickie Warehime, the precinct’s community outreach supervisor, said this alert was “tailored to Pikesville” after police “noticed a… News - Local 2009-07-02T19:00:38-05:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/6823.stm/cohen_wright/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/6823.stm/cohen_wright/#When:19:00:37Z
]]>Judi and Allen Cohen of Crofton are pleased to announce the marriage of their daughter, Deborah Rose Cohen, to Zachary Drew Wright, son of Robin Levin of Pikesville and Bosley and Cindy Wright of Owings Mills. The wedding was held on Dec. 20, 2008 at the Annapolis Westin Hotel. Rabbi Moshe P. Weisblum officiated. Debbie was escorted to… Milestones - Weddings/Anniversaries 2009-07-02T19:00:37-05:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/6823.stm/a_lucky_child_a_memoir_of_surviving_auschwitz_as_a_young_boy/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/6823.stm/a_lucky_child_a_memoir_of_surviving_auschwitz_as_a_young_boy/#When:19:00:36Z Thomas (known as Tommy) Buergenthal was born in 1934 in Czechoslovakia where his German-born parents had fled in hopes of escaping the growing Nazi menace in their native country. That hope proved futile. Soon, the family was forced to flee to Poland, where they ended up in the Jewish ghetto of Kielce,… Book Reviews 2009-07-02T19:00:36-05:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/6823.stm/pikesville_residents_fight_development/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/6823.stm/pikesville_residents_fight_development/#When:19:00:36Z At a Baltimore County zoning hearing last Friday, June 26, several community groups voiced opposition to a proposed residential development in Pikesville. The 53-acre site is located on the south side of Old Court Road near the corner of Lightfoot Drive, across from Beth Tfiloh Congregation. The developer, Old Court LLC Property, presented a plan before Zoning Commissioner… News - Local, News - Home page 2009-07-02T19:00:36-05:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/6823.stm/carter_anti-israel/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/6823.stm/carter_anti-israel/#When:19:00:35Z Contrary to the views of Neil Rubin’s June 26 Editor’s Notebook “Carter Unmasked,” former President Jimmy Carter, despite having friends who are Jewish and despite the kudos given to him by these same individuals, has shown by his actions that he is terminally anti-Israel. Certainly the funds given to him by Saudi Arabian individuals during the financial difficulties… Letters to Editor 2009-07-02T19:00:35-05:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/6823.stm/kolker/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/6823.stm/kolker/#When:19:00:33Z
]]>Judy and Jon Kolker, married June 28, 1959, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary recently with a wonderful weekend of celebrations with extended family and friends.The highlight was an elegant dinner party and cabaret performance. They continue to enjoy each other’s company best of all, just like when they first met as teenagers! Milestones - Weddings/Anniversaries 2009-07-02T19:00:33-05:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/6823.stm/jews_must_fight_israeli_racism/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/6823.stm/jews_must_fight_israeli_racism/#When:19:00:30Z The gains made by far-right parties across Europe in the recent European parliamentary elections are certainly cause for concern. But Europe is not the only place Jews should be concerned about the far right rising. It’s happening in Israel, too. In Europe, analysts have commentated on the interplay of factors that contributed to the success of overtly racist… News - Israel 2009-07-02T19:00:30-05:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/6823.stm/golden_garbage/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/6823.stm/golden_garbage/#When:19:00:29Z
]]>You might check under your bed when cleaning, but how often do you check inside it? Well, a Tel Aviv woman whose name was only given as Annat will be more careful from now on. Clearly her heart was in the right place when she threw out her mother’s tattered old mattress — one that was literally decades… Weird News 2009-07-02T19:00:29-05:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/6823.stm/no_tolerance_needed/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/6823.stm/no_tolerance_needed/#When:19:00:25Z I am compelled to respond to Richard Crystal’s June 26 letter “Excellent Point.” I think I speak for the entire Orthodox Jewish community when I say that the only “agenda,” as he puts it, that we have is the observance of the Torah, period. As such, we will not entertain group discussions and forums that discuss the bending… Letters to Editor 2009-07-02T19:00:25-05:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/6823.stm/colton/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/6823.stm/colton/#When:19:00:23Z
]]>Lauren (nee Schultz) and Craig are happy to announce the birth of their daughter, Claudia Brooke, on Sept. 8, 2008. Claudia’s Hebrew name is Leah Esther in loving memory of her paternal great-grandmother, Lilian Cohl, and maternal great-grandmother, Ethel Lovett Kaplan. Proud grandparents are Rona Kaplan Schultz and Joan and Michael Schultz of Pikesville, Judith Colton and Didi… Milestones - Births/Adoptions 2009-07-02T19:00:23-05:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/6823.stm/daring_to_lead/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/6823.stm/daring_to_lead/#When:19:00:21Z At a recent gathering of rabbis from across the Jewish spectrum, we shared the ways in which each of our movement’s organizations and institutions had responded to the recession. Without exception, there had been budget cuts, layoffs, salary cuts, givebacks and closings. Then, we shared, with no small measure of amazement, that in each case there was an… Torah 2009-07-02T19:00:21-05:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/6823.stm/a_jewish_journey_of_addiction_and_recovery/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/6823.stm/a_jewish_journey_of_addiction_and_recovery/#When:19:00:19Z
]]>Ryan Botwinik stepped inside and closed a large, glass door, sealing himself off from East Baltimore Street. The sounds of midday traffic and sidewalk chatter dissipated, and a cluster of seated men turned their heads simultaneously in his direction. Mr. Botwinik strode confidently into the weathered former bank building — adjacent to the onetime home of the Baltimore… News - Cover Story 2009-07-02T19:00:19-05:00