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Jamie Leboe

February brings Jewish Disability Awareness, Acceptance and Inclusion Month

February is in full swing, and with it comes Jewish Disability Awareness, Acceptance and Inclusion Month, which some view as a chance for the...
Anne Frank

Who is Anne Frank in 2022?

By Lisa Traiger More than 75 years after Anne Frank — the best-known victim of Hitler’s murderous master plan to exterminate the Jews — perished...
Rabbi Benjamin Shalva

Hazon’s Shmita Prizes recognizes art by Baltimore area residents

When Sara Shalva, the chief arts officer of the JCC of Greater Baltimore, suggested to her husband, Rabbi Benjamin Shalva, that he submit a...
From left: Rabbi Andy Gordon, Rabbi Rachel Sabath Beit-Halachmi, Rabbi Andrew Busch, Cantor Ben Ellerin, Cantor Rosalie Will and Cantor Alexandra Fox

Har Sinai-Oheb Shalom hosts joint Shabbat service with other Reform synagogues

Every so often, Reform congregations in the Baltimore area will come together for a joint Shabbat service in partnership with the Union for Reform...

Friday round-up: Feb. 4

Moses Montefiore plans a Jewish music venue Moses Montefiore Anshe Emunah Hebrew Congregation is working to create a new music venue meant specifically for Jewish...
Sabina Katz in 1945

Surviving the Holocaust through a child’s eyes

When she was a child, Sabina Katz was in one of the last groups of children to safely leave Danzig, Germany, on a Kindertransport...

Jewish music venue to come to MMAE

Baltimore will be getting a new music venue specially dedicated to Jewish music performances, courtesy of Moses Montefiore Anshe Emunah Hebrew Congregation. “There is ...
Annapolis

Antisemitic flyers reported in Annapolis

Officials in Annapolis reported the recent appearance of antisemitic flyers in their community. The Annapolis Police Department began receiving calls about the flyers on Jan....
Drs. Bernd Wollschlaeger and Edward Mishner

Beth El event tells story of one German man’s journey to Judaism

During this era of virulent social and political polarization, it’s easy to believe that the hate and vitriol we witness everyday will continue to...
Jill Balk with another counselor and campers

Here’s why counselors can’t get enough of camp

By Alex Krutchik Jill Balk used to count the days until school ended, so she could do what she loved most in the whole world:...