Howard County rabbi takes matzah baking on the road
Rabbi Hillel Baron is bringing the matzah bakery experience to kids with his portable Brooklyn Matzah Bakery.
“There are two kinds of matzah: There’s machine-made...
Pandemic brings ‘sister shuls’ closer
By Suzanne Pollak
Beth Shalom Congregation in Columbia and Shaare Tefila Congregation in Olney are about 25 minutes apart by car. But when it comes...
Vaccine distribution raises ethical questions
With the release of the coronavirus vaccine, there have been reports of people pursuing questionable practices in order to get it. Some are crossing...
Attorney shares stories of her work representing refugees
Arlene J.M. Grant, an artist, humanitarian activist and attorney, will give a talk on her work representing refugees at a virtual National Refugee Shabbat...
At Beth Tfiloh lecture, Nikki Haley talks defending Israel, leaving Iran deal
Growing up in a small South Carolina town, where she and her family were the only Indian people, Nikki Haley knew what it was...
Columbia communal seder to honor multicultural traditions
With less than a month before the beginning of Passover, Columbia Jewish Congregation is hard at work preparing for their community seder on the...
Frederick’s new police chief has roots in Tree of Life synagogue
By Toby Tabachnick
From the time he was a child growing up in Pittsburgh’s Squirrel Hill neighborhood, it was Jason Lando’s dream to be a...
Anti-hate bills make their way through Maryland legislature
The Baltimore Jewish Council is pushing hard for the passage of several state bills aimed at protecting Marylanders from hate crimes and symbols of...
Four local teens to fill positions on the international BBYO board
Four Baltimore teens have been elected to positions on the international board of BBYO, a Jewish teen youth movement consisting of the high school...
Holocaust survivors struggle to get the vaccine
By Jan Lee
When Baltimore County resident Irma Pretsfelder learned in early February that the Maryland Department of Health was offering coronavirus vaccines to older...
