Synagogues spiel the beans on choosing their Purim themes
Every year, come Purim time, synagogues go out of their way to outdo one another’s spiels and Megillah readings, crafting the themes of their...
Hundreds of Ukrainian refugees have landed in Israel, and thousands more could follow
By Shira Hanau
Around 300 Ukrainian Jewish refugees landed in Israel Sunday, among them some 90 orphans between the ages of two and 12, in...
The time is now to document family history
By Bob Roth
The gold charm, fashioned in the likeness of a book, had my mother’s initials engraved on it and the date: 10/21/57. Polishing...
A Jewish debate coach taught Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson
By Shira Hanau
Among the students who benefited from Fran Berger’s coaching on the Miami Palmetto Senior High School debate team are dozens of lawyers,...
Downtown Baltimore loses its last kosher cafe
Downtown Baltimore is losing its final kosher eatery.
Van Gough Cafe, a kosher cafe near the Fells Point area, will close its doors for the...
Liberal Baltimore native runs for Congress in deep-red West Virginia
By Lee Chottiner
Barry Wendell hardly fits the mold for a West Virginia politician. Not only is he a liberal Jew from Baltimore in a...
Ukrainian Jews in Baltimore mourn attack on their homeland, loved ones
On Monday, Vladimir Besser flew from Baltimore to Poland with plans to cross the border to Ukraine and get his family to safety.
Besser is...
Beth Shalom members reach out to Jewish women in correctional facility
How does someone hold a Passover seder when they’re not allowed to bring food into the building?
This was just one of the challenges that...
Julia Ioffe, BT Dahan Community School alum, offers assessment of Ukraine invasion on ‘Late...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvxGPczSiHM
When Julia Ioffe — the Washington correspondent for Puck news with more than 15 years of experience covering Russia — appeared on the Feb....
Virtual symposium explores how Holocaust should be taught
If you only have an hour to teach a class of students about the Holocaust, what do you leave in, and what do you...
