You Should Know

You Should Know … Shlomo Leibtag

Shlomo Leibtag, a transplant from New York, now calls Baltimore home. The 29-year-old grew up in Woodmere, one of the Five Towns on Long Island....

You Should Know … Jack Green

The roots of Jack Green’s family in Alaska go back to 1922, after his great-grandfather from Galicia, Poland, made his way through Europe, over...

You Should Know … Adina Naftalin

Some people just know that Israel is in their future. For Adina Naftalin, it’s also a part of her past and present. The 20-year-old at...

You Should Know … Svet Jacqueline

For Svet Jacqueline, covering events related to the war in Ukraine comes full-circle, in a way; it brings her directly back to her Eastern...

You Should Know … Sara Sternman

Sara Sternman grew up in an Orthodox household in Baltimore City, the oldest of nine children (her youngest sibling is 12). Her parents, Shmuel...

You Should Know … Molly Silverman

Some people can’t help but get involved. That can certainly be said about Molly Silverman, 20, a student at the University of Maryland’s Robert H....

You Should Know … Evie Schwartz

Evie Schwartz is Baltimore through and through. The 33-year-old grew up in Baltimore City with her parents, Alan Schwartz and Carla Rosenthal; and her older...

You Should Know … Rivka Heisler

Rivka Heisler makes it a point to say that she loves her job, “love” being in capital letters. Born and raised in St. Louis...

You Should Know … Melissa Seltzer

Melissa Seltzer, 35, is the senior director of arts and culture for the Jewish Community Center of Greater Baltimore’s arts-education programming for adults and...

You Should Know … Jake Shindel

Some students get lucky and fall into college clubs or activities. Jake Shindel is one of them — sort of. The 6-foot 4-inch, 20-year-old junior...