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Teaching the Next Generation with Rabbi Mordechai Soskil

Over the course of the 23 years he has spent working at Beth Tfiloh Dahan Community School, Rabbi Mordechai Soskil has filled many roles...

Eyal Bor on Israel, Education and Clarinets

Eyal Bor wears many hats. He is not only an internationally recognized clarinetist who once managed his own clarinet and saxophone studio, but also a...

Laura Kurcfeld on Event Planning for the Jewish Community

Laura Kurcfeld uses her event-planning experience to organize activities for the JCC of Greater Baltimore. She serves as the senior program director at the Weinberg...
Lidiya Kanovich with her art

Lidiya Kanovich Tells Her Life Story Through Art

When the door swings open to Lidiya Kanovich’s cozy Baltimore apartment, canvases come into view. Paintings are layered and stacked along the walls, and more...

Doron Ben-Dov Heals the Body and Soul

As an acupuncturist and integrative medicine provider, Doron Ben-Dov hopes his work makes people feel better both physically and spiritually. Ben-Dov, 43, works at the...
David Buchalter

Dr. David Buchalter Crafts a New Synagogue Identity

A synagogue merger offers the chance to craft a new identity. That was the mission Dr. David Buchalter took on as president of Har Sinai-Oheb...
Keith Forman

Keith Forman Serves on Repair the World’s Board

Repair the World, a national movement with local chapters that encourages acts of service, announced on July 25 that four new members had joined...

Making Judaism Accessible With Rachel Turniansky

When Rachel Turniansky was growing up in New York City, she attended a disability-inclusive school where she befriended several deaf students. She learned sign...

Micah Damareck Advocates for Business Owners and Tenants

Micah Damareck works to represent the best interests of the tenants of the properties he sells. Other real estate businesses may focus on the...

Funding Equitable Education with Roger Schulman

Roger Schulman had always wanted to be a teacher, but it was a trip to Israel when he was 21 that cemented his decision...