What’s in a Number?
This fall, the number eighteen has even more profound connotations, significance and poignancy, since 18 had ties to two autumn events: the Jewish High...
The Power of Preservation
What happens to the memorial objects left at the site of the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting?
The Age of Anxiety
Jews in America are afraid. Or at least they’re profoundly anxious about their security. Whereas stories of Jew-hatred and anti-Semitic violence were once upsetting...
Gantz Grapples With Gridlock
When Israel’s Blue and White party leader Benny Gantz, a former IDF chief of staff but a political newbie, accepted the mandate to form...
Moishe House is Looking for Two Peas for a Pod
Two is better than one, and maybe better than four, when it comes to some Moishe House residents. At least that’s the thinking behind...
Not Good for Man to Be Alone
It is interesting that at the beginning of the Torah we are told seven times that all that God created was good. We are...
Leonard Smith, Local Businessman, Passes Away at 88
Local Businessman and Restaurateur Leonard Smith, co-founder of Lenny’s Deli, passed away Friday Oct. 18, 2019. He was 88 years old.
Smith was born on March...
Book on History of Baltimore Jews Receives Award
The Southern Jewish Historical Society awarded its 2019 Southern Jewish Historical Society Book Prize to authors Deborah R. Weiner and Eric L. Goldstein for...
Germany’s Rising Far-Right Threat
On the night of June 2, a German politician by the name of Walter Lübcke was found lying dead in the garden of his...
A Bit of Forgotten Zionist History
Various media outlets criticized President Donald Trump over one of his defenses of his decision to remove American troops who were assisting Kurdish fighters...
