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Elizabeth Kern and her son, Sam, pick apples

Celebrating the High Holidays across Baltimore

It’s been another unusual year, but the pandemic didn’t stop the Baltimore Jewish community from celebrating the High Holidays. Whether by baking challah for...
From left: Louise Cord, Edith Mayer Cord and Emily Cord-Duthinh

Holocaust survivor Edith Mayer Cord dies at 93

As much as anything else, Edith Mayer Cord may have owed her survival during the Holocaust to her facility with languages, said Emily Cord-Duthinh,...
Andy and Colin Vineberg

Local teen is on his way to the World Maccabiah Games

At just 16 years old, Colin Vineberg, a junior at St. Paul’s School for Boys, has already participated in over 100 golf tournaments and...
Sukkah

Shemini Atzeret, explained

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By Sasha Rogelberg and Selah Maya Zighelboim Schrödinger’s cat is a thought experiment used in quantum mechanics that — without getting into the hairy details...
Architects Jordan Billingsley and Esther Furman crouch in front of their unconventional sukkah, titled “Woven"

Architects design string sukkah for public art installation

Esther Furman’s favorite part of Sukkah City x DC has been seeing attendees interact with the unique sukkah she built. Furman, a Pikesville native, is...
A protester holds a yellow star reading “Not Vaccinated = Jew” as protesters take part in a demonstration in Milan, Italy, July 24, 2021

Communal leaders reject comparing the unvaccinated to Holocaust victims

By Jesse Berman and Ben Sales Last month, Francois Amalega Bitondo was standing on a Montreal street, megaphone and cellphone in hand, protesting against COVID-19...
Rabbi/Cantor David Sislen

Kneseth Israel welcomes first full-time rabbi in five years

Five years is a long time for a synagogue to go without a rabbi, but with the arrival of Rabbi/Cantor David Sislen, that is...
Rabbi Shais Rishon

Rabbi Shais Rishon, also known as MaNishtana, headlines Na’aleh symposium

Na’aleh: The Hub for Leadership Learning, an agency of The Associated: Jewish Federation of Baltimore, held its third Annual Shoshana S. Cardin Leadership Symposium...
Members of Chabad of Park Heights celebrate the arrival of their new Torah scroll

Chabad of Park Heights celebrates arrival of new Torah scroll

Chabad of Park Heights recently welcomed a new Torah scroll. The Chabad celebrated the new addition on Aug. 26, when congregants paraded with the...
African children benefitting from the support of Innovation: Africa

Event to highlight Israeli nonprofit work in Africa

Can Israeli technology make a difference in the lives of people in Africa? Attendees of an upcoming Zoom webinar will have the chance to find...