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Cantor Nancy Ginsberg

Cantor Nancy Ginsberg uses God’s instrument

Cantor Nancy Ginsberg has decades of experience working at synagogues up and down the East Coast, including Har Sinai (now Har Sinai-Oheb Shalom Congregation)....

Officials dispute antisemitism as motive in Israeli visitor’s murder

Local officials are disputing antisemitism as a motive in the May 3 shooting death of Efraim Gordon, a 31-year-old Israeli who had come to...
Daniel Libeskind

Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue selects Daniel Libeskind as lead architect for major renovation...

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By Toby Tabachnick Daniel Libeskind, the internationally renowned architect who designed the World Trade Master Plan in New York following 9/11, has been chosen as...
Steven Raichlen at Pearlstone for Project Fire

Pikesville native returns home to film cooking show

When families sit down to watch a show about American barbecuing, they may not be expecting to be greeted by a self-described Jewish intellectual...
Ida Schmidt-Chait at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum

Ida’s story: A Holocaust survivor’s childhood home becomes a memorial

Pikesville resident Ida Schmidt-Chait (née Rosenberg) learned of the Ringelblum Archive during a trip back to Poland in 2017, more than six decades after...
Marc Platt

Meet the Baltimore Jewish Hall of Fame 2021 inductees

From a judge, to a hospital system CEO, to a Hollywood producer, here are this year’s Baltimore Jewish Hall of Fame honorees.
Kevin Pollak

Catching up with Kevin Pollak

Actor, comedian and impressionist extraordinaire Kevin Pollak has starred in more than 80 films. His work currently includes playing Moishe Maisel in “The Marvelous...
Geerz bikers

How mountain biking is improving the health of at-risk Israeli youth

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By Josh Hasten Six-year-old “A” (name withheld upon request) was growing up plagued with anxiety. Living in a community in central Israel, his mother “S”...
Beth Am students lie on a map of Israel

Beth Am’s Jewish Discovery Lab brings Israel to the classroom

The pandemic has made trips to Israel challenging, so Beth Am’s Jewish Discovery Lab is bringing Israel to its students. “Jewish Discovery Lab itself is,...
Idaline Lipsky with her grandchildren

Kickball game to raise funds for Alzheimer’s research

When Grant and April Livne of Pikesville learned that their grandmother, Idaline Lipsky, had been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, they didn’t just make a phone...