Amid a challenging year for staff and revenue, Pearlstone adopts new programs
In a normal year, Pearlstone Center, a Jewish retreat center in Reisterstown, has a $6 million budget and more than 120 staff members, with...
Teens work toward change in school system
This past summer’s calls for racial justice motivated young members of Chevrei Tzedek Congregation to get involved in their synagogue’s new teen racial justice...
2020 hindsight
By Eric Schucht
As 2020 comes to a close, many people are reflecting on the historic and unprecedented year. We wanted to know people’s thoughts...
Our most-read stories from 2020
By Selah Maya Zighelboim and Jesse Berman
This past year, we saw a major election, Black Lives Matter protests and, of course, coronavirus. From the...
Beth Israel hosts digital dreidel tournament
It’s no secret a dreidel can be made out of clay. But can one be fashioned from electrons?
Beth Israel Congregation went searching for the...
Out of the woods? Sinai Hospital begins giving COVID-19 vaccines
Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine is coming not a moment too soon, according to Dr. Miriam Alexander, the medical director for employee health and wellness at...
LGBTQ film series highlights diversity within Jewish life
Beth Am Synagogue is partnering with the JCC of Greater Baltimore to bring its Jewish LGBT Film Series to the community.
Scheduled to run from...
In the face of anti-Semitism, Baltimore makes a call for action
On April 27, 2019, a gunman stormed Chabad of Poway in California and began shooting, killing Lori Gilbert-Kaye and wounding three others, including Rabbi...
Car menorah parade lights up Bel Air
The streets of Bel Air got a little brighter this Chanukah, as a caravan of cars sporting large menorahs mounted atop their hoods paraded...
Mitzvah Day becomes Mitzvah Week and expands at-home activities
By Lisa Woolfson
Jewish Volunteer Connection’s Mitzvah Day has become Mitzvah Week this year.
Mitzvah Day is an annual Christmas Day program that connects volunteers with...
