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...
Tokyo Olympics: All the Jewish athletes to watch
By Emily Burack
The 2020 Tokyo Olympics are finally happening, a full year after they were planned. And yes, they’re still being called the 2020...
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....
Abrahamic House brings its brand of coexistence to DC
Picture four young adults of four different faiths sharing one house for one year. That’s not the premise of a new reality TV show....
Chabad rabbi stabbed in front of Jewish day school and synagogue in Boston
A Chabad emissary was stabbed outside a Jewish day school and synagogue in Boston on Thursday afternoon.
Rabbi Shlomo Noginsky suffered non-life threatening injuries, according...
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...
