Rabbi Chai Posner settles into a position that is joyfully beshert
On a recent chilly, spring Sunday, Rabbi Chai Posner, 39, seemed relaxed, yet exhilarated, sitting in his office at Beth Tfiloh Congregation and School,...
BZD brings Anne Frank photo exhibit to Beth El
While reflecting on the Anne Frank: Private Photo Album Exhibit, Caren Leven, executive director of the Baltimore Zionist District, was struck by the sense...
Six years after fatal car accident, Maryland announces new highway project
When remembering her late friend, Neely Tal Snyder, one particular image of the mother of three stands out to Lisa Bodziner, the executive director...
Chizuk Amuno group supports Afghan family
When images of Afghan civilians desperate to escape their country before the Taliban takeover first began reaching American viewers last year, many likely felt...
Why count the omer?
When the Temple stood, the omer period began with the sacrifice of barley on the second day of Passover and ended seven weeks later...
HSOSC to celebrate installation of clergy with a festival
Not long after Har Sinai Congregation merged with Temple Oheb Shalom, the new congregation was hit with the pandemic, placing severe limitations on the...
Benefits of early diagnosis for children on the autism spectrum
By Jesse Berman and Laura Farmer
When someone hears the word “autism,” what first comes to mind are likely the disadvantages associated with the condition....
Local Jewish Federations to commemorate Yom HaShoah
One of the more upsetting aspects of the 1942 Wannsee Conference, at which Nazi Germany settled on its Final Solution for Europe’s Jews, was...
Samuelson’s jewelry business marks 100 years
Steve Samuelson recalls when he began working summers at his father’s business as a teen in the 1960s. Milton Samuelson ran a successful business...
BHC hosts death penalty event
What does it feel like to be sentenced to death by the state — then spend the next two decades waiting for it to...