David Harrison leads Beth El through unending pandemic
Despite any Martin Sheen-related quips that could suggest otherwise, David Harrison, board president of Beth El Congregation of Baltimore, doesn’t let his position or...
Baltimore residents help put Orthodox women back in the picture
A practice in some religious Jewish communities of removing women from photographs is facing pushback from the nonprofit Chochmat Nashim and its Jewish Life...
Erica Brown’s ‘hineni’ moment
Erica Brown wept when she learned that her mentor, Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, had died. It was days after the tumultuous 2020 U.S. presidential...
Jewish Museum exhibit examines how barriers can protect and exclude
Who feels safe anymore? Can you “circle the wagons,” while keeping open arms? And how has Judaism’s call to “build a fence around the...
Is the Biden-Bennett honeymoon over? Here are 6 US-Israel issues that are raising tensions
“Behind closed doors” is a phrase that crops up a lot in conversation with senior U.S. and Israeli officials these days. That’s the place...
William Fox shows no sign of slowing down
When asked what his proudest accomplishment has been, William Z. Fox, 79, said that, aside from family, it’s how a young Jewish kid from...
Baltimore cream cheese shortage? Local food services weigh in
As if 2020’s toilet paper shortage and this year’s supply chain crisis were not bad enough, rumblings of a possible cream cheese shortage have...
Some Americans are moving to Baltimore’s sister city 9 miles from Gaza
By Linda Gradstein
When people ask Nechama Greenfield why she and her husband chose to move just nine miles from Gaza in June, less than...
Alex Edelman’s new comedy show raises questions about Jewish identity
If you click through Twitter, you may come upon a list of some 250 accounts called “Jewish Nat’l Fund Donors.” But it’s safe to...
Meet the Jewish founder of the world’s only bobblehead museum (and meet his Chanukah...
By Jacob Gurvis
A crochet museum in Joshua Tree, Calif., features countless crochet animals that appear in airport ads worldwide. The National Mustard Museum in...