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Har Sinai-Oheb Shalom Searches for Interim Rabbi Amid Abrupt Changes
Har Sinai-Oheb Shalom Congregation recently experienced the departure of its inaugural senior rabbi, Rabbi Rachel Sabath Beit- Halachmi. With the new vacancy, the congregation...
Opinion
Opinion: Iran, the Nuremberg Trials and ‘Ex Post Facto’ Law
By Walter E. Block
Ex-post facto law has a bad press.
What is it? It is the declaration of criminality after the fact.
Something is perfectly legal...
You Should Know
Abby Rickin-Marks: Turning Her Personal Journey into Community Connection at Third...
Part of what Abby Rickin-Marks loves so much about working at Third Space at Shaarei Tfiloh, where she is a program associate and administrator,...
Around Town
Last Word
Toby Kaplowitz: Netivot Shalom Member Enriching Lives at Krieger Schechter Day...
Toby Kaplowitz, the director of lower school Jewish life and learning and K-8 director of student life at Krieger Schechter Day School in Pikesville,...
Food & Dining
The Agave Solution: Finding Complexity Beyond Scotch This Passover
Jules Polonetsky
For Jewish consumers, the arrival of Passover often signals a temporary farewell to beloved spirits. When the festive spirit calls for a L’Chaim,...
Sizzle Reels
Arts & Culture
Jewish Basketball Legend Amar’e Stoudemire to Be Inducted Into Basketball Hall...
Jacob Gurvis | JTA
Amar’e Stoudemire, the American-Israeli basketball star who became a devout convert to Judaism after retiring, is reportedly headed to the hall...
Nation and World
DNC Committee Rejects Resolution Condemning Pro-Israel Lobby AIPAC Specifically
Joseph Strauss | JTA
The Democratic National Committee will not vote on a resolution that condemns the pro-Israel lobby AIPAC specifically, after a sub-committee rejected...
Podcast
Preparing for Freedom Amid Tension and Uncertainty
By Hadassah Bay
As Passover approaches, Israel finds itself in a fragile moment. Anxiety hangs in the air, and the possibility of a wider regional...
At This Jerusalem Museum, Everyday Objects Tell the Story of the Holocaust in a...
By Larry Luxner
JERUSALEM — A guitar played by Jewish teenager Nina Simon of Skopje, Yugoslavia. A shortwave radio that once belonged to Raphael Ahav...
These Jewish day schools embracing AI are reimagining education for the high-tech era
By Peter Ephross
In one classroom, students create a podcast featuring an “interview” with the prophet Elijah. In another, instructors teach Jewish prayers using AI-created songs...
Amid Critical Doctor Shortage, Israel Launches International Program to Bring 2,000 Physicians by 2029
By Larry Luxner
TEL AVIV — Dr. Olivia Keller-Baruch had long dreamed of working as a doctor in Israel.
Originally from Montreal, she knew making the move...
The 30-Day Memorial: How a Pikesville Landmark is Reimagining a Centuries-Old Tradition
PIKESVILLE — In an era where global supply chains and digital middlemen have disconnected consumers from the source of their goods, a century-old fixture on...
