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‘Take a Leap’ African-American Dance to Be Highlighted for Black History Month

It may not be a leap year, but the Gordon Center for Performing Arts still wants people to “Take a Leap” this month. The...

Baltimore-Area Resident and Family Purchase Two Emergency Vehicles for Magen David Adom

Pikesville resident Barbara Donick was visiting her daughter, Dr. Suzi Seigel, in Chicago last year when a representative of the American Friends of the...

Police Investigating Hate Fliers Dispersed on Lawns, Placed on Cars

The Baltimore County Police Department is investigating the discovery of antisemitic fliers that were left on lawns in Perry Hall in late January. The fliers...

Maryland No. 1 in Top ‘10 States to Live in for Saving Money,’ Says Census Data...

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Maryland has been named the No. 1 region in the United States for saving money, according to a new data study documented by the...

Rabbi at Cheder Chabad of Baltimore Aims to Grow Student Body and Yeshivah Presence

Cheder Chabad of Baltimore, a local yeshivah, has recently welcomed a new member into its ranks. Rabbi Elchonon Chaikin will serve as the school’s...

New Film Brings to Life ‘Largest Single Work of Art Created by a Jew...

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Sarah Rosen | New York Jewish Week via JTA While hiding from the Nazis, the German Jewish artist Charlotte Salomon began a series of autobiographical...

Holocaust Book of Names to Be Inaugurated at U.N. Underscores Individual Identities of the...

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Renee Ghert-Zand | JTA When Yad Vashem was created in 1953 on the slopes of Jerusalem’s Mount of Remembrance to commemorate the Holocaust, its founders...

Chai Lifeline’s New Mid-Atlantic Director: Role Fills ‘Need to Give Back to Community’

Rabbi Kalman Akiva and Michal Kovac welcomed a new baby and Chai Lifeline into their growing family at exactly the same time. Michal was...

Three Sisters Travel to Germany to Lay Stones for Family Members Who Fled World...

  Three sisters who grew up in Baltimore knew little about their mother fleeing Nazi Germany as a toddler. But an unexpected call from a...

In the Netherlands, a Majority Do Not Know the Holocaust Affected Their Country

A recent study of the Dutch population conducted by the Conference of Jewish Material Claims Against Germany showed an alarming lack of education around...