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The new rabbis around town

The Jewish New Year is fast approaching, and with the new year comes three new rabbis to Baltimore-area synagogues. Beth Am Synagogue, Har Sinai-Oheb...
Yoni Rosenblatt, Team Israel’s sports physical therapist, in Tokyo

Physical therapist Yoni Rosenblatt on his travels with Team Israel

Reflecting on the Israeli baseball team’s performance in this year’s Olympics, Yoni Rosenblatt, the team’s sports physical therapist, described them as coming “painfully close”...
VALUE ambassador Talia Moshman

Vaccination campaign reaches out to Orthodox community

With many Americans hesitant or unwilling to be inoculated against COVID-19, the Baltimore City Health Department has partnered with several universities, through the VALUE...

New mosaic of Elijah Cummings unveiled

A new mosaic has been unveiled at the Cummings Courthouse by The Elijah Cummings Youth Program in Israel, in honor of the organization’s founder,...
“COVID-19 Message From Our Local Rabbonim: Get Vaccinated” video

Baltimore rabbis encourage vaccinations in new video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oK5tUd8r5PI Baltimore rabbis are appealing to the community to get the COVID-19 vaccine in a new YouTube video. Published Aug. 6 on the Baltimore City...
Ora Imanoel stirs a pot

Ora Imanoel brings the flavors of Iran to Baltimore

In 2013, Ora Imanoel was operating a successful catering business called Mazza From Heaven with a close friend, Pearl Dwek. The cuisine was as unique...

Tale without a whale? Beit Tikvah holds Shabbat service on Jonah and prophecy

Does the book of Jonah have any thing to do with a whale? Worshippers who attend Congregation Beit Tikvah’s Aug. 14 morning Shabbat service...
Har Sinai-Oheb Shalom Congregation

Delta variant disrupts High Holiday plans

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By Jesse Berman and Shira Hanau With COVID-19 vaccines readily available, it was finally beginning to look like synagogues could breathe easier, and that High...
Ben & Jerry's ice cream

Maryland will review whether it has contracts with Ben & Jerry’s

Following a call by Maryland Jewish organizations for the state government to review if it has contracts with Ben & Jerry’s, Maryland Secretary of State...
Joe Biden

Biden chooses Beth Tfiloh alum Chanan Weissman as White House liaison to the Jewish...

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By Ron Kampeas and Selah Maya Zighelboim After months of speculation, President Joe Biden has chosen Chanan Weissman as White House liaison to the Jewish...