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Wraps to riches: Andrea Herzog fosters personal freedom with head wraps for all

When Andrea Herzog started making video tutorials of her creative head wraps, she thought she’d interest other Orthodox Jewish women who were tired of...
Beth Tfiloh Dahan Community School’s boys swim team after their championship victory

Beth Tfiloh swim team wins championship

Beth Tfiloh Dahan Community School has a new reason to celebrate following the first-ever championship victory of its boys swim team in the MIAA...
Sarah Pardo O’Donnell with her naturalization letter

Religious school principal, descendant of exiled Jews, receives Spanish citizenship

At Temple Adas Shalom, Sarah Pardo O’Donnell, a Bel Air resident, is the principal of the Adolph Nord Religious School. And now, she can...
Rabbi Shmuel Silber and Rebbetzin Aviva Silber

‘The building is the beginning’: Suburban Orthodox Congregation Toras Chaim breaks ground on new...

On a bright and chilly Sunday afternoon, members of Suburban Orthodox Congregation Toras Chaim gathered together for the groundbreaking ceremony of what would become...

Rabbi Yoggev publishes commentary on ‘Pirkei Avot’

When the pandemic left members of Beth Tfiloh Congregation without a way to gather in person, hold a minyan or say kaddish, Rabbi Eli...

Photos: Suburban Orthodox Congregation Toras Chaim holds groundbreaking ceremony

Members and friends of Suburban Orthodox Congregation Toras Chaim gathered together Feb. 20 for the groundbreaking ceremony for what will become their new synagogue...

Photos: Teens flock to Baltimore from around the world for BBYO convention

Thousands of teens from across the world attended the BBYO International Convention 2022, held at the Baltimore Convention Center and other locations, from Feb....

Two Camps. One Legacy.

Mark Fine recalls the most memorable moments of his experience at Camp Airy with humor. During his first summer as a counselor in 1996, he...
Malwina Moses holds a concentration camp jacket

Yom HaShoah Committee collects artifacts for April commemoration

The images are iconic. We’ve seen them in still photographs and black-and-white documentaries. Scores of children and emaciated men and women crowded behind barbed-wire...
Among her accomplishments, Barbara P. Katz was the first woman to serve as Jewish Museum of Maryland’s president

Barbara P. Katz, first woman president of the Maryland Historical Society, dies at 88

Correction 2/18/2022: An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated that Barbara P. Katz was the first woman to serve as president of the...