Amian Kelemer fosters Jewish education
For nearly 30 years, Amian Kelemer has worked to promote Jewish education in Baltimore.
Kelemer, 53, is the CEO of the Macks Center for Jewish...
Robyn Hughes makes the world more accessible
By Bob Jacobson
Growing up in rural Carroll County in the 1970s and ‘80s, Robyn Hughes had few Jewish peers but encountered many Jewish professionals...
Lee Sherman goes from student to executive director
When asked about his proudest accomplishments as the executive director of Chizuk Amuno Congregation and Schools, Lee Sherman pointed to how the synagogue has...
Elissa Ness funds a community
When Elissa Ness first learned that she would be receiving The Associated: Jewish Federation of Baltimore’s Carole Sibel Outstanding Fundraising Achievement Award, she couldn’t...
William Fox shows no sign of slowing down
When asked what his proudest accomplishment has been, William Z. Fox, 79, said that, aside from family, it’s how a young Jewish kid from...
Ian Rashkin makes music
By Bob Jacobson
As a musician, Ian Rashkin draws on a diverse palette of genres. When he lived in California, he played Cuban and Puerto...
Kelly Meltzer supports healers
Though she was raised Catholic in Potomac, Kelly Meltzer, the director of Central Services at LifeBridge Health, has since become a proud member of...
Gene Drubetskoy’s journey for the American dream
When Gene Drubetskoy was 8 years old, his parents told him they were moving from the Ukrainian city of Kyiv to the local village...
Allen Abend documents Baltimore’s art history
By Bob Jacobson
Allen Abend’s passion for art and art history has led him to start his own business and to writing several books.
A retired...
Sandie Nagel feeds hungry families
In December of 2014, Sandie Nagel was delivering hats, gloves and scarves to children at Baltimore’s Tench Tilghman Elementary/Middle School, when she asked a...
