Four local teens to fill positions on the international BBYO board
Four Baltimore teens have been elected to positions on the international board of BBYO, a Jewish teen youth movement consisting of the high school...
Holocaust survivors struggle to get the vaccine
By Jan Lee
When Baltimore County resident Irma Pretsfelder learned in early February that the Maryland Department of Health was offering coronavirus vaccines to older...
New parents persist through pandemic
Caring for and raising a newborn child is hard enough under the best of circumstances, and a once-in-a-century pandemic, along with an economic downturn,...
‘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...
Woman with ALS builds community support group
By Jan Lee
Every Monday at 4 p.m., Anita Baron logs on to Zoom to connect with a small group of congregants from her synagogue,...
The mixed multitude: Baltimore Jews reflect on their interfaith families
Lisa Reiffen, a resident of Elkridge, had family who suffered in the Holocaust. She knows that if she had been there then, she would...