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A mikvah at Mikvah Mei Menachem

Chabad of South Baltimore explores the mitzvah of mikvah

What is the most foundational part of a Jewish community? For some, the obvious answer might be a synagogue or a Torah. But according to...

Chizuk Amuno Congregation announces summer camp project

Kids looking for something to do during the summer, and parents who want to make sure their child has a Jewish community while school...
Rabbi Hyim Shafner of Kesher Israel: The Georgetown Synagogue (Courtesy of Rabbi Hyim Shefner)

Tisha B’Av and Tu B’Av: What’s the difference?

The Jewish month of Av is home to two holidays that, due to their proximity to each other and their similar names, are sometimes...
Dog collar with swastikas on it

Chesapeake City auction house defends sale of Hitler items and Eva Braun’s swastika-studded dog...

An auction house in Maryland defended the sale of what it says were personal objects of Adolf Hitler, amid criticism from a European Jewish...
Oil derricks

The Blausteins’ fortune came from fossil fuels. Here’s how they and other Jewish philanthropies...

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Asaf Elia-Shalev | JTA At the start of the 20th century, Louis Blaustein, a Jewish immigrant from Lithuania, and his son Jacob drove a horse-drawn...
Legacy Camp participants with IDF staff and FIDF volunteer board members

Legacy Camp supports children and siblings of fallen Israeli soldiers

For the last 17 summers, Friends of the Israel Defense Forces, in partnership with Yad LaBanim Organization and the IDF, has offered the children...
Dan Cox

Cox or Moore? 2 supporters weigh in on their chosen candidate for Md governor

With the Democratic and Republican nominees for Maryland governor chosen, the legion of candidates has been reduced to Republican state Del. Daniel L. Cox...
Kids at Capital Camps enjoy the summer.

COVID at camp

Jan Lee | Special to JT Jackie Hajdenberg | JTA So many campers were sick with COVID-19 earlier this summer at Ramah New England that its...
Brandenburg Gates

Calendar: August 1-August 10

Monday, August 1 Still Traveling: Buzzing Berlin Join the Gordon Center to zoom to Berlin for four virtual “trips” in Germany’s capital, which is buzzing with...
Gemilut Hasadim volunteers

Gemilut Hasadim volunteers resume cooking for Ronald McDonald House

By Ellen Braunstein As volunteer organizations move forward and get out from under the pandemic, they are restoring longstanding relationships with the people they serve. Chizuk...