It’s been another unusual year, but the pandemic didn’t stop the Baltimore Jewish community from celebrating the High Holidays. Whether by baking challah for Rosh Hashanah or inviting guests into the sukkah, community members made the holiday season meaningful. Here are photos, from individuals and organizations, that share just some of the ways the Baltimore Jewish community spent the High Holidays.
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Rebecca Kleid, 6, returns to Beth El Congregation for the first time in two years for Rosh Hashanah services. (Photo by Micah Kleid)

Staff and students at Krieger Schechter Day School make apple cake. (Courtesy of Chizuk Amuno Congregation)

Beth Tfiloh Congregation families enjoy Sukkot crafts, story time and musical entertainment at Baugher’s Orchard & Farm. (Courtesy of Beth Tfiloh Congregation)

Roommates Haley Abramson and Miriam Hauptman, both Ph.D. students at Johns Hopkins University, make a special Rosh Hashanah dinner that included homemade challah and knishes. (Photo by Haley Abramson)

Temple Isaiah holds a Rosh Hashanah in the Park program, with Howard County Executive Calvin Ball in attendance. (Courtesy of Temple Isaiah)

Elizabeth Kern and her son, Sam, pick apples at Butler’s Orchard as part of PJ Library in Howard County’s Sukkot Sunday program on Sept. 19. (Photo by Susan Stuart)

Teachers, students and families help Bolton Street Synagogue prepare for Sukkot. (Courtesy of Bolton Street Synagogue)

Members of Kol HaLev in Baltimore shake the lulav and etrog for Sukkot. (Courtesy of Kol HaLev in Baltimore)

Jordan Metsky makes an edible sukkah from graham crackers at a Moishe House Baltimore event on Sept. 23. (Photo by Selah Maya Zighelboim)

Young professionals and students spend time in a sukkah at a Chabad of South Baltimore event on Sept. 23. (Photo by Selah Maya Zighelboim)

From left: Mayor Brandon Scott and Rabbi Levi Druk spend time in the Inner Harbor sukkah hosted by Chabad of Downtown. (Photo by Rebbetzin Chani Druk)

Rebecca Mark, citywide Jewish community liaison for Mayor Brandon Scott, shakes a lulav and etrog in the Inner Harbor sukkah hosted by Chabad of Downtown. (Photo by Rebbetzin Chani Druk)

From left: Baltimore City Councilmember Isaac “Yitzy” Schleifer, Nathan Wilmer, Mayor Brandon M. Scott, Baltimore City Councilmember Zeke Cohen and Del. Dalya Attar spend time in Schleifer’s sukkah. (Photo by Shelly Zimmerman)