4 notable Jewish nominees for 2021 Oscars
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...
‘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...
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...
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...
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...
