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Volunteers Pack Brown-Bag Lunches for Day of Service

Repair the World’s National Day of Jewish Service involved more than 3,000 people across the world. Nearly thirty of those people were right here...
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‘That’s Our Family’: Hundreds Rally for Israel at Penn Station

Miriam Goliger traveled from New Hampshire to attend the Rally for Israel held at Baltimore’s Penn Station on Sunday, Oct. 29. She wanted to...

‘Needs to be Remembered’: Holocaust Survivor Speaks at Columbia Chabad

World War II was nearly over when Irene Weiss and her family were taken to Auschwitz. It was 1944, and she was only 13 years...
Gina Finkelstein, Natasha Steimetz and Joseph Steimetz

Photos: Baltimoreans Rally for Israel at Penn Station

An estimated 500-1000 people — both Jewish and not Jewish — gathered at Baltimore’s Penn Station on Sunday for a Rally for Israel organized...
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Video: Interview With Robyn Schaffer on Her Personal Experience in Israel During the War

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pSS8OYo8-Q Robyn Schaffer, a member of Suburban Orthodox Congregation, traveled to Israel on Oct. 5 for her son's wedding. Just a few days later, Hamas invaded....

Elijah Cummings Youth Program in Israel Looks Back on 25 Years of Connections

Twenty-five years ago, Rep. Elijah Cummings had an idea. He wanted to bring Baltimore’s Black and Jewish youth together under one banner, raising them up...

Sen. Ben Cardin Receives Anne Frank Award From Netherlands Embassy

On October 19, Sen. Ben Cardin received the Anne Frank Award for Human Dignity and Tolerance from the Embassy of the Kingdom of the...
Rabbi Elan Adler

Former Baltimore Rabbi, Now in Israel, Reflects on Impact of War

By John Rydell Rabbi Elan Adler said the sound of Hamas rockets shattered his sense of security. During a Zoom interview last week from the safe...

Jewish Museum of Maryland Bids Farewell to ‘Voices of Lombard Street’

Baltimore residents took one final look at the Jewish Museum of Maryland’s “Voices of Lombard Street: A Century of Change in East Baltimore” exhibit...

Baltimore Parents Grapple With Children Serving in the IDF

Paula Siskind’s family lives in the Mount Washington neighborhood of Baltimore, but her son, Shammai, lives in Israel and is currently assigned to an...