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...
Pearlstone announces merger with Hazon
Pearlstone and Hazon, a national Jewish environmental organization, are merging, Pearlstone announced in an email.
"This is a merger of two strong organizations that now...
Who let Rabbi Craig Axler in the kitchen?
In one memorable class of Rabbi Craig Axler’s cooking class series, “Who let the rabbi in the kitchen,” Axler demonstrated his grandmother’s mushroom barley...
Joel Frankel is ready to lead a new community
During his drive from St. Louis, Mo., to his new home in Columbia, Joel Frankel, the new executive director of the Jewish Federation of...
JCC celebrates the Fourth of July with a pool party
Brightly colored Italian ice; red, white and blue decorations; kids splashing in the pool; and, most importantly, crowds of people together again after a...
Swastikas spray-painted on headstones of Jewish cemeteries
More than a dozen separate headstones or monuments have been desecrated with spray-painted swastikas at the German Hill Road Jewish Cemeteries, according to JMORE....
For Baltimore synagogues, it’s time to return to in-person services
After connecting with their members through screens for more than a year, many Baltimore synagogues are now bringing their communities back into their buildings.
Many...
Beth Am’s Shabbats in the park return for the summer
Can a washboard band be part of Shabbat services? At Beth Am, the answer is a firm “yes.”
Services in the Park is an opportunity...
Macks Center program provides expectant mothers with community
Pregnancy and childbirth are stressful enough without the added burden of a pandemic and the isolation of social distancing. The Macks Center for Jewish...