Groups push aid for the disadvantaged during Md. legislative session
By Leenika Belfield-Martin
Maryland lawmakers have headed back to the statehouse for the 2022 session, and local advocacy groups are right behind them, making sure...
Camp programs respond to emerging mental and emotional health needs of campers
While the COVID-19 pandemic has given summer camps ample opportunity to practice keeping campers safe from illness and looking after their physical health, are...
Columbia Jewish Congregation’s Tu B’Shevat seder explores kabbalistic symbols and mindfulness
Zoom gatherings are no longer a novelty but a norm, yet Columbia Jewish Congregation managed to infuse something special into the medium during their...
School nurses reflect on nearly two years of COVID
When Jane Brophy, head nurse at Milton Gottesman Jewish Day School of the Nation’s Capital, gets home from work, she puts down her bag,...
Dramatic readings and discussions underline MLK’s timely message
Jews United for Justice, Baltimore Hebrew Congregation and more than a dozen organizations commemorated the birthday and work of Martin Luther King Jr. with...
In online event, lawmakers reflect on Jan. 6 riot
By Leenika Belfield-Martin
Six days into 2021, as the nation was wrestling with the effects of an ongoing pandemic and the economic issues that followed,...
Tu B’Shevat events move online amid omicron surge
As cases of the omicron variant surge, Tu B’Shevat approaches.
Tu B’Shevat celebrates the new year of the trees. This year, the holiday begins the...
Baltimore native ends hunger strike for Israeli citizenship
David Ben Moshe, a Baltimore native, has been trying to become an Israeli citizen for over three years now.
On Jan. 3, he began a...
Why do we want to pass down our memories?
Rich Polt, a Towson resident, thinks of memories as heirlooms. He runs the company Acknowledge Media, producing legacy videos based on conversations with loved...
Q&A with the new JNFuture campaign executive
Sean Siegel always knew the importance of standing up for his people — from growing up in a culturally Jewish household in the Los...