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Rabbi Joshua Gruenberg

For Baltimore synagogues, it’s time to return to in-person services

After connecting with their members through screens for more than a year, many Baltimore synagogues are now bringing their communities back into their buildings. Many...
Attendees participate in a 2019 Services in the Park event.

Beth Am’s Shabbats in the park return for the summer

Can a washboard band be part of Shabbat services? At Beth Am, the answer is a firm “yes.” Services in the Park is an opportunity...
Rebecca Brown with her son, Lev

Macks Center program provides expectant mothers with community

Pregnancy and childbirth are stressful enough without the added burden of a pandemic and the isolation of social distancing. The Macks Center for Jewish...
A baseball sitting on a field

Team Israel will make stop in Maryland for pre-Olympic exhibition game

Team Israel Baseball is coming to Maryland. On their way to the Olympics, Team Israel will stop in Maryland for an exhibition game with...
Former state Sen. Barbara A. Hoffman

Former State Senator Barbara Hoffman dies at 81

When a nightly news report during the Yom Kippur War showed the Israeli Defense Forces shooting down an Egyptian plane, Alan Hoffman and his...
From left, Kimberlee Swift, Luann Carra and Baltimore City Councilmember Zeke Cohen

Fells Point neighbors paint over antisemitic graffiti

When Kimberlee Swift of Baltimore’s Fells Point neighborhood first saw the large swastika painted on a light post outside of her house on June...

Baltimore Jewish Times recognized for excellence in editorial writing

The Baltimore Jewish Times won first place in editorial writing at the American Jewish Press Association’s Rockower Awards for excellence in Jewish journalism. The...
Marc B. Terrill and Beth Goldsmith

Associated Annual Meeting reviews work from past year

At The Associated: Jewish Federation of Baltimore’s Annual Meeting, Beth Goldsmith, chair of the board, described the start of the past fiscal year in...
Shlomo Kushner

Here is part 2 of the Best of Jewish Baltimore 2021

Here is part two of the results from the Baltimore Jewish Times’ annual Best of Jewish Baltimore reader’s choice competition. These businesses, nonprofits, institutions...
Rabbi Yechiel Shaffer addresses members of Pikesville Jewish Congregation during the groundbreaking ceremony.

Pikesville Jewish Congregation holds groundbreaking for new spiritual home

On a warm Sunday morning, with the last of the year’s cicadas still buzzing about, adults and children gathered for the groundbreaking ceremony of...