You Should Know … Rachel Franklin
Like most, Rachel Franklin, 25, is looking forward to businesses and attractions opening back up.
Unlike most, part of why she wants them to open...
Gigi McKendric, artist and child of the Holocaust, on a lifetime of creation
"You can call them ‘Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow,’” said artist Gigi McKendric, standing among several sculptures that ranged from completed faces and abstract figures...
In newest Passover children’s books, a lion reads the Haggadah and a Depression-era mitzvah
By Penny Schwartz
On the eve of Passover during the Depression, a juggler in ragged clothes is invited into the home of a poor family...
‘Shtisel’ Season 3 Netflix release date announced
Season 3 of the hit haredi Orthodox drama series “Shtisel” will debut on Netflix on March 25, Israel’s Yes Studios announced Tuesday.
The first two...
Dialogue across religious communities: Ben Sax
As the Jewish scholar at The Institute for Islamic, Christian, and Jewish Studies, Beth Am Synagogue member Ben Sax has made it his mission...
Unique Jewish reality TV-style program lets artists, and viewers, show off their artistic talent
By Larry Luxner
Alix Kramer, 25, wants to be a pediatric gastroenterologist. To reach her goal, she’s working toward a degree at the University of...
Continuing a family legacy: Michael Greenebaum
Michael Greenebaum’s great-great-grandfather was on a train headed to Washington, D.C., when he got off a stop too early and wound up in Baltimore....
‘Masel Tov Cocktail’ explodes stereotypes about being young, Jewish and misunderstood in Germany
By Joe Baur
There’s a swastika drawn inside of a high school bathroom stall. Dima Liebermann, the protagonist of the German short film “Masel Tov...
You Should Know … Tzipora Korman
Pikesville native Tzipora Korman, 22, is a frontline worker, in more ways than one.
She is a critical care technician in the Sinai Hospital emergency...
NBC under fire for portrayal of Orthodox Jews on Canadian series ‘Nurses’
Update (Feb. 25, 2021): NBC has pulled this episode of "Nurses."
Original story by Andrew Lapin:
Jewish groups are criticizing NBC for airing an offensive portrayal...
