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...
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...
The Blausteins’ fortune came from fossil fuels. Here’s how they and other Jewish philanthropies...
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...
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...
A Jewish girl disguises herself as a Christian in ‘My Name Is Sara’
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...
After a century, the Macks Center for Jewish Education closes
As of July 1, the Macks Center for Jewish Education, a former agency of The Associated: Jewish Federation of Baltimore, has reorganized into three...
Photographer Jim Burger looks back on Baltimore history
In his book, “What’s Not To Like? Words and Pictures of a Charmed Life,” lifelong photographer Jim Burger chronicles his life as a Baltimore...
A summer of fun imbued with Jewish values
When 4-year-old Ezra Yahr came home from his first day at Beth Tfiloh Day Camp, the first words out of his mouth even before...
Employee stabbed at Max’s Kosher Cafe in stable condition
An employee of Max’s Kosher Cafe in Wheaton is still hospitalized but in stable condition after he was stabbed during an altercation outside the...
Engaging Jewish Baltimore with Addie Lewis Klein
Although Addie Lewis Klein has held her Judaism and connection to the Jewish community very close to her heart all her life, you might...