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Ukrainian refugees in the border community of Medyka, Poland

Associated volunteers meet with Ukrainian refugees in Poland

On a recent mission to Poland to meet with Ukrainian refugees, Robin Neumann, a volunteer with The Associated: Jewish Federation of Baltimore, recalled hearing...
Ofir Ben-Ari

You Should Know … Ofir Ben-Ari

When Krieger Schechter Day School needed someone with the skillset to direct their eighth-grade, Hebrew-language production of “Fiddler on the Roof,” they found their...
Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright

Madeleine Albright, first woman secretary of state and a refugee who discovered her...

WASHINGTON (JTA) — Madeleine Albright was the quintessential late 20th-century Jewish diplomat, haunted by the Holocaust and determined to use what tools her adopted...
Stuffed cabbage

Passover stuffed cabbage rolls

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Chanie Apfelbaum | The Nosher via JTA There’s nothing like Passover to remind us where we come from. In many Jewish homes, Passover traditions are...
Dr. Emily Taylor

You Should Know … Dr. Emily Taylor

Dr. Emily Taylor, 34, finds joy in helping others hear better. After growing up in Owings Mills, Taylor decided to become an audiologist. When she...
Sharon Musher’s daughter Elena (center) at her bat mitzvah in 2016

A century after first bat mitzvah, the Jewish coming-of-age ceremony has come a long...

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By Sasha Rogelberg and Jesse Berman For some Jewish tweens, Judith Kaplan Eisenstein’s reality was their worst nightmare. The evening before, Eisenstein’s father, Rabbi Mordechai Kaplan,...
Neil Rubin

Neil Rubin on his journey from JT editor to Beth Tfiloh educator

From sit-downs with the son-in-law of Louis Farrakhan to providing wall-to-wall coverage on the death of Yitzhak Rabin, Neil Rubin saw and reported on...

What permanent daylight saving time could mean for the Jewish community

A bill making daylight saving time permanent could have sizable implications for observant Jews, whose daily schedules are tied to the rising and setting...
Avi Melamed teaches a class

Avi Melamed is changing mindsets about Israel

These days, navigating the college scene as a first-year university student takes more than an acceptance letter and a campus map. It takes analytical...
Professor Sarah Wolf

Beth Am to host scholar-in-residence Sarah Wolf

During her scholar-in-residence weekend at Beth Am Synagogue, one topic Sarah Wolf plans to cover is the type of discourse some have termed “cancel...