In wake of COVID surge, organizations implement restrictions
Just when we thought we were out, the pandemic pulls us back in.
On Dec. 29, the United States reached 300,886 average new daily cases...
The Baltimore Jewish Times’ 5 most-read stories of 2021
A lot has happened this past year. A mob attacked the Capitol, Congress impeached former President Donald Trump for a second time and President...
Harry Reid, the two-fisted majority leader with deep Jewish ties, dies at 82
When Harry Reid was 19, he wanted to marry Landra Gould. Her Jewish parents had other ideas.
Reid, a middleweight boxer who converted to the...
Strangers in a strange land: BHC applies to sponsor Afghan family
Baltimore Hebrew Congregation is gearing up to live out the principle of loving the stranger, as the synagogue prepares to demonstrate its capacity to...
Local Jewish leaders share their New Year’s resolutions
New Year’s Eve would not be quite the same without a New Year’s resolution, and many members of Baltimore’s Jewish community have theirs at...
Chaim Walder, popular haredi Orthodox author accused of sexual abuse, found dead in suspected...
By Shira Hanau
Chaim Walder, an Israeli haredi Orthodox children’s book author who was accused last month of sexual abuse by several teenage girls, was...
As COVID spikes in NYC, Jewish schools and synagogues go remote again
Twenty-one months after New York City synagogues and Jewish schools became some of the first to close because of the encroaching COVID-19 pandemic, a...
After 70 years on the sidelines, AIPAC will now officially fundraise for politicians
It has been for decades a recurring confusion for some in Washington: does AIPAC, the country’s largest pro-Israel lobby, have a PAC?
Not until now.
The...
BZD to take 55+ group on in-person Israel tour
“Next year in Jerusalem” is going to ring very true for participants of the Baltimore Zionist District’s upcoming tour of Israel.
BZD is currently organizing...
David Harrison leads Beth El through unending pandemic
Despite any Martin Sheen-related quips that could suggest otherwise, David Harrison, board president of Beth El Congregation of Baltimore, doesn’t let his position or...
