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Wikipedia’s ‘Supreme Court’ tackles alleged conspiracy to distort articles on Holocaust

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Asaf Elia-Shalev | JTA When a pair of professors last month published a paper accusing a group of Wikipedia editors from Poland of revising articles...

Local Officials Push for 2024 Election Date Change Due to Overlap With Passover

Baltimore Mayor Brandon M. Scott, along with Baltimore County Executive John Olszewski Jr., recently expressed concerns over the date set for the primary election...

Chabad of Ellicott City Honors Holocaust Survivor Grandma

Though her family calls her “Bubby,” Lilly Appelbaum Malnik is not an ordinary grandmother. She is a survivor of countless atrocities, having been deported...

Meet the Real-Life Sister Act Behind the Two New ’90s Jewish American Girl Dolls

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Jackie Hajdenberg | JTA As children in upstate New York, twin sisters Julia DeVillers and Jennifer Roy went to Hebrew school three days a week,...

Maryland General Assembly Considers Permanent Body to Tackle Hate Crimes

A bill passing through Maryland’s General Assembly aims to establish a permanent Commission on Hate Crime Response and Prevention at a time that antisemitism...

How to celebrate Purim in Baltimore 2023

Excitement for Purim has been building all month long — and so has our list of places to experience the celebration as a community. Purim...

Howard County Celebrates its Jewish History and Future

The Howard County Jewish community added another chapter to its rich Jewish history Sunday night, Feb. 19. The Howard County Jewish History Project, titled...

One Year Later, Local Community Continues to Support Those Affected by Russian Invasion

On Feb. 24, 2022, life changed forever for the people of Ukraine when Russia invaded the country. The illegal invasion was an escalation of...

Temple Isaiah Talk Focuses on Inclusion, Empowerment Timed to Disability and Awareness Month

In recognition of Jewish Disability, Awareness and Inclusion Month (JDAIM), which takes place in February of each year, Temple Isaiah in Fulton hosted an...

YIVO Institute for Jewish Research Embraces Access to Eastern European Jewish History Over Gatekeeping

Dovid Zaklikowski The bright hallways, expansive staircases and sleek sofas don’t reveal what is beyond the glass doors at the Center for Jewish History in...