19 organizations partner for Shavuot all-night learning
Get your cheesecake ready, Baltimore.
Nineteen local Jewish organizations are participating in a virtual Shavuot event on May 16 from 7:30 p.m. until 5 a.m....
Chabad of Downtown looks forward to in-person programming
Before the pandemic, Chabad of Downtown in Little Italy usually hosted a themed Shabbat dinner on the first Friday of every month.
In what looks...
Officials dispute antisemitism as motive in Israeli visitor’s murder
Local officials are disputing antisemitism as a motive in the May 3 shooting death of Efraim Gordon, a 31-year-old Israeli who had come to...
Israeli centrist Yair Lapid is given an opportunity to replace Benjamin Netanyahu
Yair Lapid, an Israeli centrist, has officially been given the opportunity to remove Benjamin Netanyahu from power.
On Wednesday, President Reuven Rivlin gave Lapid the...
Pikesville native returns home to film cooking show
When families sit down to watch a show about American barbecuing, they may not be expecting to be greeted by a self-described Jewish intellectual...
Ida’s story: A Holocaust survivor’s childhood home becomes a memorial
Pikesville resident Ida Schmidt-Chait (née Rosenberg) learned of the Ringelblum Archive during a trip back to Poland in 2017, more than six decades after...
Did Netanyahu just lose? Here’s what happened Tuesday in Israeli politics
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has failed to form a government by the deadline imposed by Israeli law, thrusting the country into uncertain political...
Chizuk Amuno marks 150th anniversary
From its origins in a dispute over a synagogue choir, to its commitment to Jewish education in Baltimore and beyond, to its history of...
What is Israel’s Mount Meron and why were so many Orthodox Jews gathered there...
“If you haven’t seen the joy of Lag b’Omer on the grave of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai, you haven’t seen joy at all,” wrote...
After legislative session, Jewish groups see some wins, some losses
By Suzanne Pollak
The recently completed Maryland General Assembly session began under the haze of the pandemic, with many residents and businesses suffering financially and...