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A rabbi leading a bat mitzvah

This private, on-demand rabbi may soon be the star of her own reality TV...

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By Julia Gergely Rabbi Rebecca Keren Eisenstadt, who grew up in Maryland, lives in a one-bedroom apartment on Second Avenue on the Upper East Side...
Barry Bogage

Barry Bogage retires from Maryland/Israel Development Center

When Barry Bogage first started working at the Maryland/Israel Development Center on June 12, 1992, he hadn’t originally been planning on staying there for...
Covenant Guild members in 1949

Covenant Guild marks 75th anniversary

Covenant Guild is not your typical charitable organization. Its members behave almost like the branches of a tree — quietly growing in every direction,...
Susan Grossman at the Bimah

After 25 years at Beth Shalom, Rabbi Susan Grossman retires

Rabbi Susan Grossman traces the pivotal decision-making moments in her life to four interactions. Two helped swing her decision, in the middle of a...
Creamy mascarpone cheese cake with strawberry and winter berries

Community members study Torah during Shavuot celebrations

Seven weeks after they gathered for Passover, Baltimore Jewish community members are coming together to celebrate Shavuot. The holiday, which starts the evening of June...
Beth Am Synagogue Services in the Park event in June, 2021

Beth Am to hold outdoor Shabbat at Maryland Zoo

Looking for a change from the traditional Friday night Shabbat service? Beth Am Synagogue is extending an open invitation to its Services in the Park...
Art Abramson

Pursuing justice with Art Abramson

Six years ago, Art Abramson retired as executive director of the Baltimore Jewish Council — the community relations and political arm of The Associated:...
Empty shelves

Jewish families grapple with baby-formula shortage

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By Channa Fischer For months now, stores have been struggling to stock enough baby formula, even as manufacturers insist that they are producing at full...
Albert Belmont's Jewish star gravestone

The legacy of Private Belmont

By Sasha Rogelberg Albert Belmont was one of about 450 Jewish soldiers buried under a cross in World Wars I and II. His story aligns with...
movie reel

5 movies to cap Jewish American Heritage Month

By Adam Reinherz The story of American Jewry traces its origins to 23 Jewish refugees who arrived in the present-day port of New York City...