Matzah shortage in Maryland? Jewish groceries weigh in
Is Maryland running low on the bread of affliction? According to one Baltimore-area Jewish grocery, recent geopolitical events are currently resulting in at least...
Chai Lifeline announces new advisory board members
By Leenika Belfield-Martin
Chai Lifeline, a children’s health support network, has selected nine prominent Jewish Baltimoreans to head the company’s Mid-Atlantic Region advisory board....
Photos: Baltimore turns out for Purim
Lockdowns and social distancing hit the country soon after the Purim celebrations of 2020. Two years later, Baltimore’s Jewish community proved ready to come...
A century after first bat mitzvah, the Jewish coming-of-age ceremony has come a long...
By Sasha Rogelberg and Jesse Berman
For some Jewish tweens, Judith Kaplan Eisenstein’s reality was their worst nightmare.
The evening before, Eisenstein’s father, Rabbi Mordechai Kaplan,...
Organizations receive funds to support Holocaust survivors
By Isabella Lefkowitz-Rao and Selah Maya Zighelboim
Two Maryland Jewish community social service organizations are slated to receive parts of a $720 million grant for...
Beth Israel presentation to explore how vaccines work
Can vaccines mutate a person’s DNA?
This is the sort of concern Mark Schenerman, a member of Beth Israel Congregation who holds a doctorate in...
With help from preschoolers, Beth Tfiloh rabbi proposes to preschool administrative assistant
Normally on Fridays, Beth Tfiloh Congregation has a Kabbalat Shabbat service for its preschoolers. But something different happened at the service this past Friday.
Beth...
What permanent daylight saving time could mean for the Jewish community
A bill making daylight saving time permanent could have sizable implications for observant Jews, whose daily schedules are tied to the rising and setting...
Avi Melamed is changing mindsets about Israel
These days, navigating the college scene as a first-year university student takes more than an acceptance letter and a campus map. It takes analytical...
From aliens to Coachella, b’nai mitzvah party themes entertain
In the more than 25 years that her company has been planning b’nai mitzvah, Heidi Hiller, the CEO and creative director of Innovative Party...
