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Chaim Lazar and Mark Prince of Goldberg's Bagels

Here is part 1 of the results from the 2021 Best of Jewish Baltimore...

From the best diner to the best homecare services to everything in between, it’s time once again for the Baltimore Jewish Times’ annual Best...

Maryland delegate wants more transparency in justice system

In the wake of Efraim Gordon’s murder, and of the arrests of three teens in connection to his death, one Maryland lawmaker is looking...
Gideon Aronoff is the executive director of the Masorti Foundation for Conservative Judaism

Masorti speaker outlines crises in Israel

Does Conservative Judaism hold the answer to Israel’s troubles? It was a question Beth Shalom Congregation sought to answer during a recent presentation featuring...

Mule-heart: The life, death and legacy of Gary Stern

The length of the small intestines of a normal human being can vary from 10 to 25 feet. When Gary B. Stern died in...
From left: Rabbi Andy Gordon, Elaine Richman, Rabbi Jennifer Weiner, Sam Dansicker, Mina Wender and Ken Bell

Har Sinai-Oheb Shalom gives Torah to Bolton Street

Representatives of Har Sinai-Oheb Shalom Congregation made a guest appearance at Bolton Street Synagogue’s Friday night services on June 11 to present Bolton Street...

New owners acquire Goldberg’s New York Bagels

Goldberg’s New York Bagels has new owners. In May, current co-owners Chaim Lazar and Mark Prince took over the bagel shop from its previous...
Erica Bloom collects meals for JVC’s Bunches of Lunches program

Associated agencies provide more than 137,000 meals and boxes of food for the hungry

In April of 2020, toward the beginning of the pandemic, Jewish Volunteer Connection hoped to collect up to 250 meals for those facing food...
Justin Fair

Inside the mind of Justin Fair

This community planner wants to design a more inclusive Jewish world By Justin Regan Every artist has their canvas. For community planner Justin Orlando Fair, that...
Rabbi Mikey Hess Webber

Incoming rabbi looks forward to meeting congregants in person

Rabbi Mikey Hess Webber has served as Columbia Jewish Congregation’s rabbinic intern for nearly a year and is now about to become the congregation’s...
Teens in the Shinshinim program, from left: Zohar Shinehorn, Tamar Maor, Noya Karavani, Ofir Yasur, Noam Trock and Yam Agami

Shinshinim bid farewell to Baltimore

Five years ago, Noam Trock decided she wanted to join the Shinshinim program, which sends Israeli teens to volunteer in Jewish communities around the...