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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...
Children participate in the Macks Center for Jewish Education’s Mitzvah Mutts and Summer Reading Kickoff event.

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...
A black-and-white photo of a fireman wiping sweat from his face

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...
Chloe and Jordyn Ammann

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...
Max’s Kosher Cafe in Wheaton

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...
Addie Klein

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...