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Rabbi Alexander Seinfeld

New podcast gives the Torah’s view on healthy living

Does the Torah hold the secret to a healthier lifestyle? The new podcast, Body & Soul, produced by the nonprofit Jewish Spiritual Literacy, or JSLI,...

Celebrate Chanukah in Baltimore with these events

With Chanukah approaching and the pandemic in decline, this may be the perfect time to get back out there for community events, with Baltimore’s...
Pearlstone Center campus

For this shmita year, Pearlstone is giving its land and staff a break

"Not a week in my life has gone by where I didn’t look forward to having Shabbat as a day of rest, and not...
Attendees of the Maryland Jewish Republican Council’s webinar “Blacks, Jews, and Conservatives: The New American Revivalists”

Jewish Republicans hold webinar on race relations

At a webinar hosted by the Maryland Jewish Republican Council, Nicole Bennett, the chairman of the Maryland Black Republican Council and first vice-chairman of...
Eli Siegel

When a customer collapsed at Market Maven, the general manager sprang into action

Eli Siegel, the general manager of Market Maven, was sitting outside of his store in a meeting at around 3:25 p.m. on Tuesday when...
Solar panels being installed at Chizuk Amuno Congregation

Looking to the next 150 years, Chizuk Amuno installs solar panels

With the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference, or COP26, finishing up on Friday in Glasgow, Scotland, it’s difficult to imagine Chizuk Amuno Congregation...
A Young Jewish Professionals' Hamantaschen Bake at Chabad of Downtown, Feb. 2020

Friday roundup: Nov. 5

Chabad of Downtown to hold doughnut-making event ahead of Chanukah Chabad of Downtown is holding an event the evening of Nov. 17 for young Jewish...
Samuel Ansel surrounded by family

100-year-old WWII veteran reflects on his life

Just before 8 a.m. on Dec. 7, 1941, hundreds of Japanese fighter planes descended on a U.S. naval base near Honolulu, destroying or damaging...
A Young Jewish Professionals' Hamantaschen Bake at Chabad of Downtown, Feb. 2020

Ahead of Chanukah, Chabad of Downtown to host doughnut-making event

Why go out for doughnuts if you can make your own? Chabad of Downtown is holding an event the evening of Nov. 17 for young...
Teri and Brian Litofsky

The Associated welcomes newcomers with Shalom Baltimore relaunch

The Associated: Jewish Federation of Baltimore recently announced the relaunch of Shalom Baltimore, an initiative designed to create welcoming spaces for Jewish families and...