Baltimore Jewish Film Festival brings the world to the screen
By Bob Jacobson
The annual Baltimore Jewish Film Festival returns this year, from April 11 to May 13, with a roster of 10 films —...
U-Md. students create cookbook to recall their time in Israel
By Eric Schucht
Abigail Elson is tired of Zoom events. As a member of Terps for Israel, a Zionist student organization at the University of...
Virtual Yom Hashoah event organized by Jewish Federation of Howard County
The Jewish Federation of Howard County will hold a virtual Yom Hashoah Commemoration event on April 8, featuring as its guest speaker Steven Luckert,...
Beth El hires new executive director
Beth El Congregation of Baltimore is getting ready to welcome its new executive director, Ben Wachstein, who will begin April 1 after a six-month...
Community members learn new skills while social distancing
At Baltimore Hebrew Congregation, Cantor Ann Sacks has noticed an uptick in the number of adults enrolling in her classes on biblical and prayerbook...
With most votes counted in Israeli election, neither Netanyahu nor his opponents have majority
With the vast majority of votes counted from Tuesday’s Israeli election, it appears that neither Benjamin Netanyahu nor his opponents have a clear path...
Festival of freedom: Families from around the country share what traditions make their Passovers...
Celebrated at home, Passover, perhaps more than any other Jewish holiday, provides space for families to create their own customs and rituals.
A Moroccan family...
Catered cuisine for a pandemic Passover
Passover is just around the corner, but with the pandemic still raging, an in-person get-together to share in mom’s famous brisket or matzah ball...
Recipes that will make your seder table pop on Zoom
By Linda Morel
While vaccines are becoming more widespread, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention still advises against gathering in crowded spaces, such as...
Gigi McKendric, artist and child of the Holocaust, on a lifetime of creation
"You can call them ‘Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow,’” said artist Gigi McKendric, standing among several sculptures that ranged from completed faces and abstract figures...