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Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas and former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert

Abbas, Olmert call for 2 states at J Street conference

The failed Israeli-Palestinian peace attempt in 2008 would have succeeded if it had been given more time, said former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, who...
Elliott Goldberg with his son

You Should Know … Elliott Goldberg

Having a child has given Elliott Goldberg a new perspective on Judaism. Goldberg, 30, grew up in Annapolis and, despite the commute, attended Beth Tfiloh...
Edward and Diane Steinberg

JS Edwards to close after 38 years

After 38 years, J.S. Edwards Ltd. Fine Men’s Clothing will shut its doors this summer. Its owners, husband-and-wife team Edward and Diane Steinberg, are retiring. As...
Lillian Kaplan Feldshuh helps her daughter prepare for her wedding

Tovah Feldshuh pays tribute to mom in memoir

Broadway has been dark for over a year, but Tovah Feldshuh keeps busy. The four-time Tony nominee and star of Broadway productions like “Yentl,” “Golda’s...
Erica Bloom

For Good Deeds Day, community members do good throughout Baltimore

As a soaked and drizzly, overcast Sunday morning gave way to blue skies and white clouds, Erica Bloom and a smattering of determined volunteers...
vegan zucchini rolls

Paula Shoyer updates Jewish cuisine for Instant Pot cooking

By Eric Schucht Quick and simple. That’s what Paula Shoyer likes about the Instant Pot. Instead of using a pot for her spaghetti, another pot...
Sacha Baron Cohen in The Trial of the Chicago 7

4 notable Jewish nominees for 2021 Oscars

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By Emily Burack “Mank,” the black-and-white Netflix film about Jewish screenwriter Herman Mankiewicz, leads the slate of Academy Award nominations in a year when most Americans...
Becky Tahel and her sister Gal Bordo

‘American Birthright’ asks ‘Why be Jewish?’

By Sophie Panzer When Becky Tahel learned her younger sister Gal was going to marry a non-Jewish man, she began to grapple with whether she...
"in the absence of a proper mourning" at the Jewish Museum of Maryland

Jewish Museum exhibit spotlights mourning those lost to coronavirus

By Jan Lee The pandemic has transformed expectations for how we celebrate Jewish holidays and how we acknowledge the life cycle events that are cornerstones...
Beth Tfiloh 2019 Yom Ha'atzmaut event

Baltimore marks Yom HaZikaron and Yom Ha’atzmaut

Synagogues and other Jewish organizations in the Baltimore area are preparing to both honor Israel’s fallen soldiers and victims of terror and celebrate the...