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JT journalists taste test Passover desserts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65Xi2CCFiWU Journalists from the Baltimore Jewish Times, the Philadelphia Jewish Exponent, Washington Jewish Week and Baltimore's Child came together virtually to hold a taste test...

Inflation hits Passover seders

Will inflation prove to be the 11th plague for Passover this year? Some Baltimore-area grocers and consumers are taking note of higher than normal prices...
Ukrainian refugees in the border community of Medyka, Poland

Associated volunteers meet with Ukrainian refugees in Poland

On a recent mission to Poland to meet with Ukrainian refugees, Robin Neumann, a volunteer with The Associated: Jewish Federation of Baltimore, recalled hearing...
Sheryl Gloria Grossman

Sheryl Grossman, advocate for disability rights, dies at 46

Despite having a disability herself, Sheryl Gloria Grossman always thought about others. A disability rights advocate, Grossman died on March 28 after battling multiple cancers....
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Disability rights advocate Sheryl Gloria Grossman dies at 46

Sheryl Gloria Grossman, a disability rights advocate, died March 28, following a 17-year struggle with multiple cancers. A resident of Pikesville, she died surrounded by...
Students attend Kol Nefesh's Hebrew school program

Kol Nefesh works with Columbia Jewish Congregation to form new Hebrew school

Students at Kol Nefesh’s Hebrew school can expect to make new friends this fall, as the program is combining with Columbia Jewish Congregation’s Hebrew...
Eli Siegel

Matzah shortage in Maryland? Jewish groceries weigh in

Is Maryland running low on the bread of affliction? According to one Baltimore-area Jewish grocery, recent geopolitical events are currently resulting in at least...
Eliezer Abramson

Chai Lifeline announces new advisory board members

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By Leenika Belfield-Martin Chai Lifeline, a children’s health support network, has selected nine prominent Jewish Baltimoreans to head the company’s Mid-Atlantic Region advisory board....
Nadine Simpson and Scott Stofenberg, dressed as a salt box and a Be Kind sign, respectively

Photos: Baltimore turns out for Purim

Lockdowns and social distancing hit the country soon after the Purim celebrations of 2020. Two years later, Baltimore’s Jewish community proved ready to come...
Sharon Musher’s daughter Elena (center) at her bat mitzvah in 2016

A century after first bat mitzvah, the Jewish coming-of-age ceremony has come a long...

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By Sasha Rogelberg and Jesse Berman For some Jewish tweens, Judith Kaplan Eisenstein’s reality was their worst nightmare. The evening before, Eisenstein’s father, Rabbi Mordechai Kaplan,...