All Texas synagogue hostages ‘out alive and safe’ after harrowing 12-hour standoff
By Ron Kampeas and Andrew Lapin
Update:
All four hostages at a synagogue in the Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas area were declared “out alive and safe” by...
In online event, lawmakers reflect on Jan. 6 riot
By Leenika Belfield-Martin
Six days into 2021, as the nation was wrestling with the effects of an ongoing pandemic and the economic issues that followed,...
Baltimore native ends hunger strike for Israeli citizenship
David Ben Moshe, a Baltimore native, has been trying to become an Israeli citizen for over three years now.
On Jan. 3, he began a...
An adaptable feast: Jewish restaurants change with the times
Before the pandemic hit, Accents Grill, one of the kosher establishments owned by restaurateur Lara Franks, featured an in-store Shabbat carryout deli, offering traditional...
Dean Malissa wanted to be an actor. He ended up as George Washington
By Jarrad Saffren
George Washington’s legacy is quite literally the United States of America.
So when Daniel Shippey became the nation’s foremost Washington impersonator at Mount...
At Yeshiva U., students get used to their basketball team winning again and again
In early 2019, before his college’s men’s basketball team began a historic and unlikely winning streak, Jonathan Malek and three friends decided to catch...
In wake of COVID surge, organizations implement restrictions
Just when we thought we were out, the pandemic pulls us back in.
On Dec. 29, the United States reached 300,886 average new daily cases...
Lee Sherman goes from student to executive director
When asked about his proudest accomplishments as the executive director of Chizuk Amuno Congregation and Schools, Lee Sherman pointed to how the synagogue has...
The Baltimore Jewish Times’ 5 most-read stories of 2021
A lot has happened this past year. A mob attacked the Capitol, Congress impeached former President Donald Trump for a second time and President...
Harry Reid, the two-fisted majority leader with deep Jewish ties, dies at 82
When Harry Reid was 19, he wanted to marry Landra Gould. Her Jewish parents had other ideas.
Reid, a middleweight boxer who converted to the...