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Judge finds that Krawatsky’s defamation suit failed to prove malice

A judge has concluded that a defamation suit, filed by a Baltimore rabbi and his wife against New York Jewish Week and reporter Hannah...

Calendar: Aug. 7-Aug. 12

Sunday, August 7 MoHo Goes Berry Picking “Strawberry fields forever” - the Beatles. Come pick your own berries with Moishe House Baltimore. We will set up...
Dr. Howard Tucker holds the Guiness World Records certificate recognizing him as the oldest active physician in the United States.

100-year-old Jewish doctor is officially world’s oldest practicing physician

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Kristen Mott | Cleveland Jewish News via JTA The day after his 100th birthday on July 10, Dr. Howard Tucker headed downtown to throw out...
A mikvah at Mikvah Mei Menachem

Chabad of South Baltimore explores the mitzvah of mikvah

What is the most foundational part of a Jewish community? For some, the obvious answer might be a synagogue or a Torah. But according to...

Chizuk Amuno Congregation announces summer camp project

Kids looking for something to do during the summer, and parents who want to make sure their child has a Jewish community while school...
Rabbi Hyim Shafner of Kesher Israel: The Georgetown Synagogue (Courtesy of Rabbi Hyim Shefner)

Tisha B’Av and Tu B’Av: What’s the difference?

The Jewish month of Av is home to two holidays that, due to their proximity to each other and their similar names, are sometimes...
Dog collar with swastikas on it

Chesapeake City auction house defends sale of Hitler items and Eva Braun’s swastika-studded dog...

An auction house in Maryland defended the sale of what it says were personal objects of Adolf Hitler, amid criticism from a European Jewish...
Oil derricks

The Blausteins’ fortune came from fossil fuels. Here’s how they and other Jewish philanthropies...

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Asaf Elia-Shalev | JTA At the start of the 20th century, Louis Blaustein, a Jewish immigrant from Lithuania, and his son Jacob drove a horse-drawn...
Destroyed graves

World Briefs: Dozens of Jewish graves damaged in 600-year-old Turkish cemetery and more

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Dozens of Jewish graves damaged in 600-year-old Turkish cemetery Dozens of Jewish graves were damaged or destroyed in the 600-year old cemetery of Istanbul’s Hasköy...
Legacy Camp participants with IDF staff and FIDF volunteer board members

Legacy Camp supports children and siblings of fallen Israeli soldiers

For the last 17 summers, Friends of the Israel Defense Forces, in partnership with Yad LaBanim Organization and the IDF, has offered the children...