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/jt/local_news/week_five_ninety_years_in_review/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/local_news/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/jt/local_news/remembering_glory_of_hutzlers/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/local_news/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/jt/local_news/summit_for_israel_engagement_launched/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/local_news/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/jt/local_news/anne_veditz_100-year-old_torah_reader/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/local_news/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/jt/local_news/one-quarter_million_security_grants_for_baltimore/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/local_news/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/jt/local_news/beth_el_visits_ashkelon_sister_shul/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/local_news/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/jt/local_news/a_jewish_teens_life_in_severna_park/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/local_news/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/jt/local_news/how_west_bank_oil_can_bring_peace/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/local_news/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/jt/local_news/win-win_day/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/local_news/win-win_day/#When:21:38:51Z
]]>It was a win-win day. After a nor’easter left Maryland soggy most of last week, the sun peeked through Sunday morning. With that, some 3,000 people came to Northwestern High School, spent the day watching flag football, eating hot dogs, cotton candy and popcorn, riding ponies, listening to speeches and presentations, climbing a rock wall and bouncing to… News - Local, News - Home page 2009-11-16T21:38:51+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/local_news/baltimore_at_jewish_federations_g.a/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/local_news/baltimore_at_jewish_federations_g.a/#When:20:00:49Z
]]>With a gloomy economy still devastating countless families, a voluntary fund-raising system implementing budget cuts across the continent, Israel’s renewed existential crisis with Iran’s unchecked nuclear quest and the ongoing woes of assimilation, some 4,000 American Jewish volunteers and professionals came here this week for inspiration on confronting their myriad challenges. Jerry Silverman, the new president and CEO… News - Local, News - Home page 2009-11-12T20:00:49+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/local_news/arcbishop_keeler_on_catholic-jewish_future_ties/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/local_news/arcbishop_keeler_on_catholic-jewish_future_ties/#When:20:00:49Z At 78, Baltimore’s retired Cardinal William H. Keeler finds himself both looking back and ahead at challenges of Catholic-Jewish relations, in which he has been involved for a half-century. Effective last Wednesday, Nov. 11, Cardinal Keeler stepped down after decades as moderator of Jewish affairs for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. His replacement, New York City’s Archbishop… News - Local 2009-11-12T20:00:49+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/local_news/90_years_of_jewish_times_history_part_iii/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/local_news/90_years_of_jewish_times_history_part_iii/#When:20:00:30Z This is the fourth week of our coverage of 90 important news events covered by the BALTIMORE JEWISH TIMES in its 90-year history. If you know of a story that should be included, please contribute by calling 410-468-2711 or e-mailing pjacobs@jewishtimes.com . 60 The Image That Changed Our Lives — Sept. 14, 2001: This… News - Local 2009-11-12T20:00:30+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/local_news/baltimore_presence_felt_at_energizing_g.a/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/local_news/baltimore_presence_felt_at_energizing_g.a/#When:18:54:21Z With a gloomy economy still devastating countless families, a voluntary fund-raising system implementing budget cuts across the continent, Israel’s renewed existential crisis with Iran’s unchecked nuclear quest, and the ongoing woes of assimilation, some 4,000 leading American Jewish volunteers and professionals came here this week for inspiration and to focus on confronting their myriad challenges. And Jerry Silverman,… News - Local 2009-11-11T18:54:21+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/local_news/orthodox_emts_file_suit/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/local_news/orthodox_emts_file_suit/#When:22:12:51Z For the better part of 17 years, Elimelich Goldstein, 41, would spend his Saturday nights at the Pikesville Volunteer Fire Company (PVFC). As an emergency medical technician-paramedic, he responded to innumerable calls, treating people and fighting for their lives. Now, he and two other Orthodox medics believe they are fighting for their civil rights. They have filed discrimination… News - Local, News - Home page 2009-11-09T22:12:51+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/local_news/author_dives_into_steel_piers_history/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/local_news/author_dives_into_steel_piers_history/#When:16:35:26Z
]]>For years, Steve Liebowitz hopped on chartered buses departing from and returning to suburban Baltimore strip mall parking lots for daylong jaunts to Atlantic City. His fellow travelers were mainly schmoozy retirees dreaming of making a killing at the slot machines and armed with casino-provided rolls of quarters. But instead of hitting the gambling palaces, Mr. Liebowitz always… News - Local, News - Home page 2009-11-09T16:35:26+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/local_news/rabbi_adler_and_family_plan_to_relocate_to_israel/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/local_news/rabbi_adler_and_family_plan_to_relocate_to_israel/#When:16:15:08Z
]]>Rabbi Elan Adler compares his family’s decision to make aliyah to one of those carnival games in which you shoot a steady stream of water into a clown’s mouth to fill a balloon. Little by little, the reasons for moving to Israel simply built up, he said. The final straw, according to Rabbi Adler and his wife, Dr.… News - Local, News - Home page 2009-11-09T16:15:08+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/local_news/cardin_school_celebrates_gala/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/local_news/cardin_school_celebrates_gala/#When:20:00:58Z
]]>The Shoshana S. Cardin School held a special gala event on Wednesday, October 21, to honor and thank Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum for their leadership, generosity and contributions made towards the Cardin School. The gala raised more than $65,000 with proceeds establishing the Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Educational Fund. The Vision in Action gala was held at the… News - Local 2009-11-05T20:00:58+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/local_news/obit_dr._scott_lesser/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/local_news/obit_dr._scott_lesser/#When:20:00:19Z
]]>Walking into Dr. Scott L. and Lesley E. Lesser’s Stevenson home, one has to pass through a “neighborhood” all of its own. There are small, wooden birdhouses, conforming to each twist and turn on the limbs they are attached to. They provide shelter, nesting opportunities and, from the worn looks of them, it appears they’ve had plenty of… News - Local 2009-11-05T20:00:19+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/local_news/parents_struggle_to_navigate_h1n1/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/local_news/parents_struggle_to_navigate_h1n1/#When:20:00:06Z
]]>For several days, Hannah Weiss, a fifth-grade student at Krieger Schechter Day School, complained of headaches, but there were no other symptoms. It wasn’t until the fifth day that she got a fever, albeit a low-grade one hovering around the 100-degree range. She was also lethargic and had little appetite. Hannah’s mother, Stacy, took her to a physician,… News - Local, News - Home page 2009-11-05T20:00:06+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/local_news/state_begins_iran_divestment/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/local_news/state_begins_iran_divestment/#When:19:59:59Z
]]>The State of Maryland’s Pensions and Investments board has divested from one company and put 13 others on notice that their investments in both Iran or Sudan are being monitored. For the moment, the state is only divesting the $38.3 million it had invested by Sept. 30, 2009, in the British company Royal Dutch Shell. Two companies —… News - Local, News - Home page 2009-11-05T19:59:59+00:00