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Speaker discusses war’s impact on Ukraine’s Jewish community

For the country’s Jewish community, Ukraine — the site of World War II’s infamous Babyn Yar massacre — has become a more tolerant place...
Frances Kramer in costume for Columbia Jewish Congregation's Cinderesther performance

Synagogues spiel the beans on choosing their Purim themes

Every year, come Purim time, synagogues go out of their way to outdo one another’s spiels and Megillah readings, crafting the themes of their...
Google Maps screenshot of The Van Gough Cafe.

Downtown Baltimore loses its last kosher cafe

Downtown Baltimore is losing its final kosher eatery. Van Gough Cafe, a kosher cafe near the Fells Point area, will close its doors for the...
Barry Wendell

Liberal Baltimore native runs for Congress in deep-red West Virginia

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By Lee Chottiner Barry Wendell hardly fits the mold for a West Virginia politician. Not only is he a liberal Jew from Baltimore in a...
Vladimir Besser

Ukrainian Jews in Baltimore mourn attack on their homeland, loved ones

On Monday, Vladimir Besser flew from Baltimore to Poland with plans to cross the border to Ukraine and get his family to safety. Besser is...
From left: Becky Lessey and Abby Glassberg outside of the Maryland Correctional Institution for Women

Beth Shalom members reach out to Jewish women in correctional facility

How does someone hold a Passover seder when they’re not allowed to bring food into the building? This was just one of the challenges that...
Julia Ioffe with Stephen Colbert

Julia Ioffe, BT Dahan Community School alum, offers assessment of Ukraine invasion on ‘Late...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvxGPczSiHM When Julia Ioffe — the Washington correspondent for Puck news with more than 15 years of experience covering Russia — appeared on the Feb....
From left: Jeffrey Parker and Tamar Ketko

Virtual symposium explores how Holocaust should be taught

If you only have an hour to teach a class of students about the Holocaust, what do you leave in, and what do you...
Robbie Gringras, right, presents the music video "Wikipedia" by Israeli singer Hanan Ben Ari

BBYO teens urged to see past stereotypes

Among the different events available to teen attendees at the BBYO International Convention 2022 was “Israel: For the Sake of Argument,” featuring Robbie Gringras,...

Meeting mask to mask: For teens, BBYO conference was a chance to meet in...

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By Jesse Berman and Alex Krutchik Thousands of Jewish teens from across the world converged at one of the main event stages of the Baltimore...