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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...
Wrapunzel team members

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...