It was less than a year ago when brothers Jake and Ben Lefenfeld, along with Ben’s wife, Amy, decided to open the Basque-influenced La Cuchara in Woodberry. The restaurant features a menu that draws from French and Spanish cuisine, specializing in small plates and fine wines from the Basque region. The brothers, of course, share… Read More
The Maryland Faith Community Health Network is a two-year pilot program among LifeBridge Health, the Maryland Citizens’ Health Initiative and dozens of faith-based organizations that will work to improve the health of people in Maryland by creating a continuum of care for congregants during and after a hospital stay, as well as promote preventative health… Read More
To death and taxes we can add one other certainty of life — change. It’s a constant force, and for those of us unlucky enough to remain stagnant, want of it can prod us to action. But if change is a given, it needn’t be feared. We needn’t be apprehensive when we appreciate it but… Read More
Del. Dan Morhaim (D-District 11) hopes to reduce addiction and overdose rates, the spread of diseases and incarceration of nonviolent drug offenders through four harm reduction drug policy bills he introduced on Feb. 5. The Baltimore County delegate, an emergency and internal medicine physician, said the bills treat drug use as a public health issue…. Read More
About 130 Jewish activists descended on Capitol Hill on Feb. 10 to lobby for measures that would help people with disabilities and their caregivers as part of Jewish Disability Advocacy Day, led by the Jewish Federations of North America and the Religious Action Committee of Reform Judaism (RAC). The day was also sponsored by more… Read More
As Franklin High School’s administration grapples with how to best utilize a finite staff in a school with a diversity of interests, the school’s music community faces an uncertain future as it fights to keep certain classes from the chopping block. Initially, jazz band, symphonic band — an honors-level band — lower level piano and… Read More
Should Maryland voters have a say in the April 26 Democratic primary, American University political scientist David Lublin thinks that despite the state’s large Jewish population, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders’ Jewish heritage will not have much of an effect. Lubin thinks former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will still emerge victorious, because Maryland has a… Read More
WASHINGTON — With the sudden passing this weekend of Justice Antonin Scalia, the Supreme Court is now split 4-4 between liberals and conservatives, throwing into doubt how the court will rule on a raft of cases — including several watched by Jewish organizations. Scalia, who was 79, is being mourned by Orthodox Jewish groups, which… Read More
