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Israel launches ‘Operation Breaking Dawn’ against Islamic Jihad in Gaza

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Via JNS The Israel Defense forces on Friday launched Operation Breaking Dawn in the Gaza Strip, following days of tensions in the wake of the...

Jewish Youth Climate Movement Baltimore chapter confronts climate issues

Climate change has become a more prominent issue than ever in recent years. Sea levels are rising, the planet is becoming warmer and weather...

Off-season roast chicken

By Keri White Sometimes you just want a roast chicken. It seems a bit incongruous for this classic cold-weather comfort meal, which invariably ends up as...

The divine call to act on climate change

By Rabbi Devorah Lynn As is appropriate for a people consumed by books, texts and words, Tisha B’Av, the commemoration of the destruction of both...
Saul Golubcow

Saul Golubcow introduces his Holocaust survivor-turned-private eye

As a student at Rutgers, Saul Golubcow wrote for a literary magazine. An English professor saw something in the young man’s work and urged...
Marty Taylor

Setting an example in Baltimore and beyond with Marty Taylor

Marty Taylor keeps busy. By day, the 46-year-old Baltimore County resident manages Kesher Technology Fund and SIB Investment Group, and he serves as the executive...
A mikvah at Mikvah Mei Menachem

Chabad of South Baltimore explores the mitzvah of mikvah

What is the most foundational part of a Jewish community? For some, the obvious answer might be a synagogue or a Torah. But according to...
Oil derricks

The Blausteins’ fortune came from fossil fuels. Here’s how they and other Jewish philanthropies...

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Asaf Elia-Shalev | JTA At the start of the 20th century, Louis Blaustein, a Jewish immigrant from Lithuania, and his son Jacob drove a horse-drawn...
Kids at Capital Camps enjoy the summer.

COVID at camp

Jan Lee | Special to JT Jackie Hajdenberg | JTA So many campers were sick with COVID-19 earlier this summer at Ramah New England that its...
Zuzanna Surowy in “My Name Is Sara”

A Jewish girl disguises herself as a Christian in ‘My Name Is Sara’

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By Andrew Lapin Sara Góralnik Shapiro survived the Holocaust by disguising herself as a Christian and working for a family of Ukrainian farmers. She then...