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Dan Berkovitz, Jewish Vet, Reflects on Life as a Soldier and Commitment to His...

For Dan Berkovitz, it’s not easy to talk about his time as a Marine. Like many who have served in combat, the things he saw...

Run for Their Lives: What’s Next?

Every Sunday for the past two years, members of the Baltimore community have gathered in front of Har Sinai-Oheb Shalom Congregation to walk down...

8 Great Jewish Events in Baltimore Coming up Soon

November 1 – November 15 November 2 The Jewish Way to a Good Life with Rabbi Shira Stutman Join Third Space at Shaarei Tfiloh with celebrated rabbi...

Nephew of Nuremberg Prosecutor to Speak on Kristallnacht Anniversary

Every year, Jewish organizations of all kinds hold events to mark Yom HaShoah, or Holocaust Remembrance Day. The Baltimore Jewish Council, however, memorializes another horrible...

Mary Dagold, Librarian and Educator, Dies at 84

When Mary Dagold began studying Judaism in Baltimore in the late 1960s, her curiosity turned into conviction. Raised Presbyterian in a small Pennsylvania town,...

JD Vance Condemns Knesset Vote on West Bank Annexation

Philissa Cramer Vice President J.D. Vance denounced a vote by Israeli lawmakers to advance West Bank annexation as “weird” and personally offensive, in comments as...
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‘Peeling Away the Layers of Damage’: Freed Hostages at Beilinson Hospital

Amelie Botbol | JNS They have to learn how to live again — it’s like being reborn,” Tamar Pfeffer-Gik, a clinical dietitian at Rabin Medical...

850+ US Rabbis Sign Letter Opposing Zohran Mamdani

Grace Gilson As the New York mayoral election draws near, more than 850 rabbis and cantors from across the United States have signed onto a...

Progressive Maine Senate Candidate Reveals Nazi Tattoo on His Chest

Andrew Lapin An oyster farmer and progressive military veteran running an insurgent campaign for Maine’s Democratic Senate nomination admitted this week to having had a...

In Baltimore, Oct. 7 Documentary and Speaker Offer ‘Sobering’ but Hopeful View of Past...

Dr. Jonathan Schanzer is a former counterterrorism analyst, an expert on Middle Eastern affairs and the executive director of the Foundation for Defense of...