In wake of COVID surge, organizations implement restrictions
Just when we thought we were out, the pandemic pulls us back in.
On Dec. 29, the United States reached 300,886 average new daily cases...
Lee Sherman goes from student to executive director
When asked about his proudest accomplishments as the executive director of Chizuk Amuno Congregation and Schools, Lee Sherman pointed to how the synagogue has...
The Baltimore Jewish Times’ 5 most-read stories of 2021
A lot has happened this past year. A mob attacked the Capitol, Congress impeached former President Donald Trump for a second time and President...
Harry Reid, the two-fisted majority leader with deep Jewish ties, dies at 82
When Harry Reid was 19, he wanted to marry Landra Gould. Her Jewish parents had other ideas.
Reid, a middleweight boxer who converted to the...
The top Jewish pop culture stories from 2021
By Andrew Lapin
Jewish pop culture had quite the “Unorthodox” year.
A new reality-TV sensation, a raunchy indie-film spin on shivas and a rare glimpse into...
Chaim Walder, popular haredi Orthodox author accused of sexual abuse, found dead in suspected...
By Shira Hanau
Chaim Walder, an Israeli haredi Orthodox children’s book author who was accused last month of sexual abuse by several teenage girls, was...
The secret history of Jews and Chinese food
There are members of the American Jewish community who may honestly have a preference for lo mein over latkes, for hunan chicken over hamantaschen,...
Elissa Ness funds a community
When Elissa Ness first learned that she would be receiving The Associated: Jewish Federation of Baltimore’s Carole Sibel Outstanding Fundraising Achievement Award, she couldn’t...
David Harrison leads Beth El through unending pandemic
Despite any Martin Sheen-related quips that could suggest otherwise, David Harrison, board president of Beth El Congregation of Baltimore, doesn’t let his position or...
Baltimore residents help put Orthodox women back in the picture
A practice in some religious Jewish communities of removing women from photographs is facing pushback from the nonprofit Chochmat Nashim and its Jewish Life...
