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Maryland awards millions in security grants to Jewish nonprofits

Sixty-four Maryland nonprofits received a combined $7.7 million in federal homeland security grant funds. Much of this grant money went to Jewish nonprofits. In the...

Beth Shalom welcomes in-person community with BBQ

In what will be its first major in-person event since the beginning of the pandemic (aside from a few religious services and a bar...

Events to ring in the High Holidays

With the High Holidays just around the corner, many in the community are likely looking forward to blowing shofars and dipping apple slices. Others...
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Watch: COVID answers for kids — and for the rest of us

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VyBRrX0efw How effective are the COVID vaccines? Why are some people choosing not to get vaccinated? Is there any reason for optimism? As confused as many...
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Where to go apple picking for the High Holidays

By Katie Beecher Apple slices dipped in honey are probably the most quintessential Rosh Hashanah food-related tradition, which means apple picking is a great activity...
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Sommelier to lead whiskey tasting at Har Sinai-Oheb Shalom Havdalah event

Attendees of Har Sinai-Oheb Shalom Congregation’s Aug. 21 Havdalah service can expect to be ignited both by the flame of Havdalah and of whiskey,...

Where are they now? The ‘Beshert’ section, 15 years later

Everyone wants to find their soulmate, what in Yiddish is called a “beshert.” 2006 was a year of love and besherts for the Baltimore Jewish...
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Schools consider protocols as COVID-19 cases rise among children

With the rise of COVID-19 cases in Maryland, particularly among children, schools are reassessing their protocols for the start of the new school year. The...

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”...