With merger, Baltimore is set to become a center of Jewish environmental work
By Rudy Malcom
Baltimore is poised to become a national leader in the Jewish outdoor food, farming and environmental education movement.
On July 8, the Pearlstone...
Jewish groups send letter to Johns Hopkins demanding more action over antisemitism allegations
A July 9 letter addressed to administrators of Johns Hopkins University is demanding new action be taken some eight months after a Johns Hopkins...
Headstones in Jewish cemetery spray painted with antisemitic graffiti
Earlier this month, visitors to the Jewish cemeteries on German Hill Road near Dundalk came across an unwelcome sight: headstones spray painted with antisemitic...
Economic recovery brings challenges, opportunities
The American economy has been on a roller coaster ride over the past 12 months, said Jeremy Schwartz, associate professor of economics at Loyola...
Judy Floam rolls up her sleeves for communal garden
Judy Floam can’t help but see something marvelous about the act of gardening.
“It’s almost a miracle,” said Floam, the secretary on Netivot Shalom’s board...
Demonstrators ‘keep the flame’ at rally against antisemitism
On Sunday afternoon, a few thousand demonstrators gathered together in the shadow of the U.S. Capitol building to attend “No Fear: Rally in Solidarity...
Community leaders gather in show of solidarity after headstones spray painted with swastikas
In the sweltering heat Friday morning, local and state political and religious leaders came together at the Jewish cemeteries of German Hill Road in...
Owings Mills Torah Center finds a new home … in my house
I did not anticipate a day that movers would enter my home carrying a Torah and an ark.
As much as I have missed going...
Israeli-Big Train baseball game skirts Tisha B’Av
By Lexi Gopin
The Israeli National Baseball Team, as part of its preparation for the Tokyo Olympics, will stop in Rockville on July 18 to...
Rabbinic intern to bring the great outdoors to Oseh Shalom Synagogue
Oseh Shalom Synagogue in Laurel is always looking for ways to be more environmentally friendly. Last fall, Rabbi Daria Jacobs-Velde decided to bring on a...
