Chabad of Park Heights celebrates arrival of new Torah scroll
Chabad of Park Heights recently welcomed a new Torah scroll. The Chabad celebrated the new addition on Aug. 26, when congregants paraded with the...
Event to highlight Israeli nonprofit work in Africa
Can Israeli technology make a difference in the lives of people in Africa?
Attendees of an upcoming Zoom webinar will have the chance to find...
Gloria Kolker Hack, an activist for Soviet Jewry, dies at 96
When asked what motivated her late mother, Gloria Kolker Hack, to risk her life and freedom helping Soviet Jews leave the USSR, Nancie Grossman...
Beth El Hebrew school finds its teachers in Hebrew classes
When Beth El Congregation of Baltimore has been in need of Hebrew school teachers in the past, its staff have not necessarily had to...
A history of change, growth and big dreams: Beth Tfiloh turns 100
This High Holiday season is a promising time for Beth Tfiloh Congregation. This year, the 3,500-member synagogue, which says it is the largest Modern...
20 years later, Baltimore Jews reflect on 9/11
Cantor Thom King of Beth El Congregation thought it was an accident when he learned that a plane had crashed into the World Trade...
Kol Nidre: What it is and where it came from, explained by cantors
The first time Chizuk Amuno Congregation Cantor Randy Herman’s parents heard him sing the Kol Nidre service, his father, Donald L. Herman, decreed that...
Spiritual leaders plan to highlight healing and love in sermons
By Rudy Malcom
Last fall, many synagogues were unable to hold High Holiday services in person because of COVID-19. About one year later, the end...
Jewish Federation of Howard County kicks off cooking class series
The Jewish Federation of Howard County kicked off the first of its three-part virtual series, Nosh + Nourish with Chef Bryan Crystal, on Aug....
Synagogues open for in-person services, with precautions
How will the this year’s Rosh Hashanah services compare with last year’s?
Unlike last fall, COVID-19 vaccines are now readily available. At the same time,...
