Israeli team rides hard, places high in Maryland Cycling Classic
More than 100 cyclists from around the world competed in the inaugural Maryland Cycling Classic on Sunday, but it was a member of Israel’s...
He captured rare images of Jewish life in Iran. Then he fled, fearing for...
Story by Lauren Hakimi | JTA
Photos by Hassan Sarbakhsian
Jewish prayer in a mosque. Hookah smoke in a kosher kitchen. Hebrew school study under portraits...
Meet the new cantor and ‘transition’ rabbi at Beth Israel
Congregation Beth Israel in Owings Mills recently welcomed two new senior clergy members: Rabbi Murray Ezring and Cantor Benjamin Matis.
Ezring’s hiring followed the retirement...
Trauma-sensitive approach for aiding Holocaust survivors transforms how care is delivered
Larry Luxner | JTA
Picture this scenario: An 89-year-old Holocaust survivor lies on his back while a white-coated dentist with pliers approaches, preparing to pull...
JUSA Center welcomes Torah scroll in memory of Jewish WWII vet
A keyboardist played lively Jewish tunes as the parade of military veterans, their families, and other members of the Jewish community made their way...
Decades After the Holocaust, Efforts to Return Nazi-Looted Art Are Slow, Steady
It’s never just as simple as “finders keepers, losers weepers.”
In June, the Philadelphia Museum of Art returned a 16th-century marksman’s shield in its possession...
Strength in sisterhood at Adat Chaim Synagogue
At Adat Chaim Synagogue, women rule the roost.
The men’s club at the Owings Mills synagogue folded years ago, but its sisterhood has been going...
Organizations attempt to ease the squeeze of inflation on the community
It’s been a hard one-two punch for many in the local Jewish community: more than two years of the coronavirus pandemic, and now record...
For journalist Dana Bash, this story is personal
Andrew Lapin | JTA
The incidents, data, and experiences that have many American Jews on edge received prime-time treatment last weekend in a CNN Special...
DC police name suspect in murder of Aryeh Wolf
D.C. Metropolitan Police have released the name and photos of a suspect wanted in the Aug. 10 murder of Aryeh Wolf, 25, a Baltimore...