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More than 1,000 Jews rally outside the US Capitol in support of abortion rights

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By Julia Gergely WASHINGTON (JTA) — As it was originally conceived over the last year, the Jewish Rally for Abortion Justice was meant to be...
Arnold Rifkin

Arnold Rifkin, former marine and TV engineer, dies at 93

One memory of his father, Arnold Charles Rifkin, that stands out to Alan Rifkin involved a trip to the cinema on his 10th birthday. The...
Rosenbloom Owings Mills JCC

Owings Mills JCC evacuated after bomb threat; threat deemed noncredible

The JCC of Greater Baltimore received an antisemitic email bomb threat on Saturday, May 14. The JCC in St. Louis received a similar threat, but...
Nancy Kutler

Nancy Kutler leads the Jewish museum board of trustees

Update 5/17/22: The article's headline has been updated to better reflect the content of the story. While the pandemic ground entire industries to a standstill...
Norman Jewison and Chaim Topol

A movie about how ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ became a movie

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By Andrew Lapin Despite his name, Norman Jewison, the director of the 1971 film adaptation of “Fiddler on the Roof,” is not Jewish. The 95-year-old Jewison...
From left: Norma McCorvey (Jane Roe) and her lawyer Gloria Allred on the steps of the Supreme Court in 1989

‘We had our lives on the line’: Abortion activists reflect on 50 years of...

By Sasha Rogelberg This year feels a lot like 1970 for those who remember it. Memories of a controversial war with consequences felt in the United...
Cantor Randy Herman

Cantor Randy Herman connects with the almighty

While some might expect a seasoned, experienced member of the clergy to eventually stop viewing their position with the same luster and energy they...
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Lufthansa apologizes for expelling ‘large group’ of Chasidic Jews from flight to Hungary

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By Jacob Henry Lufthansa apologized for kicking identifiably Jewish people off a flight from New York City to Budapest last week after some Chasidic individuals...
Ann Kibel Schwartz and Donald Ray Schwartz

MMAE to host art show/book reading with artistic couple

As an artist, Ann Kibel Schwartz enjoys experimentation, with different types of artistic mediums, which can go as far as creating art that attempts...
Annette G. Saxon

Annette Saxon receives lifetime achievement award

Looking back on her long history of involvement in Baltimore’s Jewish community, Annette G. Saxon — the recent recipient of the Federation of Jewish...