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Photos: Suburban Orthodox Congregation Toras Chaim holds groundbreaking ceremony

Members and friends of Suburban Orthodox Congregation Toras Chaim gathered together Feb. 20 for the groundbreaking ceremony for what will become their new synagogue...

Photos: Teens flock to Baltimore from around the world for BBYO convention

Thousands of teens from across the world attended the BBYO International Convention 2022, held at the Baltimore Convention Center and other locations, from Feb....
Malwina Moses holds a concentration camp jacket

Yom HaShoah Committee collects artifacts for April commemoration

The images are iconic. We’ve seen them in still photographs and black-and-white documentaries. Scores of children and emaciated men and women crowded behind barbed-wire...
Rachel Brosnahan plays Miriam “Midge” Maisel

‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ shows its grit in new season

By Jarrad Saffren Spoilers for season 4 ahead It’s hard to do what you actually want to do in life. It’s much easier to sell out for...
Ukrainian soldier

Young Ukrainian Jews are torn between fighting for their country — and leaving for...

As world powers work to defuse the military buildup between Ukraine and Russia, Vlodymyr Zeev Vaksman, a Jewish father in Odessa, is focusing on...
Rachel Lieberman

You Should Know … Rachel Lieberman

Rachel Lieberman, 36, feels the warmth of summer year-round through her job at Beth Tfiloh Camps. After receiving a bachelor’s degree in family studies...
Rabbi Joshua Z. Gruenberg

Is a rabbi shortage sweeping the country? Local rabbis weigh in

As if shortages of COVID-19 tests, cream cheese and toilet paper were not enough, is America now being hit with a shortage of rabbis? In...
Cantor Thom King

Yiddish-language concert to debut at Beth El Congregation

“Yiddishe Nightingale,” a Yiddish-language concert, is premiering at Beth El Congregation of Baltimore. And Beth El Cantor Thom King will be one of the...
Anne Frank

Who is Anne Frank in 2022?

By Lisa Traiger More than 75 years after Anne Frank — the best-known victim of Hitler’s murderous master plan to exterminate the Jews — perished...
hand holding necklace

‘Every picture is a living witness’

By Fran Kritz The walls of the main lobby of the Jerusalem Theater cultural complex are often a showcase for Israeli artists and photographers —...