Choosing a school for your child
By Amian Kelemer
Around the year 65 C.E., Yehoshua Ben Gamla noted that fathers teaching their children at home produced inconsistent results, and he began...
Schools consider protocols as COVID-19 cases rise among children
With the rise of COVID-19 cases in Maryland, particularly among children, schools are reassessing their protocols for the start of the new school year.
The...
The new rabbis around town
The Jewish New Year is fast approaching, and with the new year comes three new rabbis to Baltimore-area synagogues. Beth Am Synagogue, Har Sinai-Oheb...
Physical therapist Yoni Rosenblatt on his travels with Team Israel
Reflecting on the Israeli baseball team’s performance in this year’s Olympics, Yoni Rosenblatt, the team’s sports physical therapist, described them as coming “painfully close”...
Jewish humanitarian groups step in, or try to, as crises unfold
By Philissa Cramer
Two major humanitarian crises in Haiti and Afghanistan are eliciting the involvement of Jewish aid organizations, although it is unclear whether much...
Leading nonprofit Jewish funeral chapel is transforming approach to end-of-life issues
By Stewart Ain
Funerals are notoriously expensive and often loaded with unexpected fees. They come at a time when people are at their most vulnerable,...
Vaccination campaign reaches out to Orthodox community
With many Americans hesitant or unwilling to be inoculated against COVID-19, the Baltimore City Health Department has partnered with several universities, through the VALUE...
Record-breaking aliyah from North America projected for 2021, with 5,000 expected to make the...
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Leah and Yehuda Smolarcik are moving to Israel from Chicago with their four children this summer. The challenges over the past year...
What the pandemic can teach us about loneliness
By Bob Roth
During the pandemic, we have collectively increased awareness of what the experts in their fields had on their radar all along. The...
Weaving home hospitality into Birthright trips forges new bonds between young Israelis and Diaspora...
By Michele Chabin
When Jack McCormack signed up for a Birthright trip several months ago, he looked forward to visiting Israel’s holy, historical and cultural...
