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Anat Kimchi

U-Md. student fatally stabbed in Chicago

By Lexi Gopin Anat Kimchi, a University of Maryland doctoral student and graduate of Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School in Rockville, was fatally stabbed in...
Elie Pallia

Second Exodus: Elie Pallia’s journey from Egypt to America

In May 1961, as the plane from Luxembourg to New York drew close to its destination, an announcement asked Elie Pallia and his family...
Joan Grayson Cohen

New program makes resources for aging adults more accessible

By Lisa Woolfson The Associated: Jewish Federation of Baltimore, along with its agencies CHAI, CHANA and Jewish Community Services, is offering a new program called...
Chaim Lazar and Mark Prince of Goldberg's Bagels

Here is part 1 of the results from the 2021 Best of Jewish Baltimore...

From the best diner to the best homecare services to everything in between, it’s time once again for the Baltimore Jewish Times’ annual Best...

Maryland delegate wants more transparency in justice system

In the wake of Efraim Gordon’s murder, and of the arrests of three teens in connection to his death, one Maryland lawmaker is looking...
Gideon Aronoff is the executive director of the Masorti Foundation for Conservative Judaism

Masorti speaker outlines crises in Israel

Does Conservative Judaism hold the answer to Israel’s troubles? It was a question Beth Shalom Congregation sought to answer during a recent presentation featuring...

Mule-heart: The life, death and legacy of Gary Stern

The length of the small intestines of a normal human being can vary from 10 to 25 feet. When Gary B. Stern died in...
From left: Rabbi Andy Gordon, Elaine Richman, Rabbi Jennifer Weiner, Sam Dansicker, Mina Wender and Ken Bell

Har Sinai-Oheb Shalom gives Torah to Bolton Street

Representatives of Har Sinai-Oheb Shalom Congregation made a guest appearance at Bolton Street Synagogue’s Friday night services on June 11 to present Bolton Street...

New owners acquire Goldberg’s New York Bagels

Goldberg’s New York Bagels has new owners. In May, current co-owners Chaim Lazar and Mark Prince took over the bagel shop from its previous...
Erica Bloom collects meals for JVC’s Bunches of Lunches program

Associated agencies provide more than 137,000 meals and boxes of food for the hungry

In April of 2020, toward the beginning of the pandemic, Jewish Volunteer Connection hoped to collect up to 250 meals for those facing food...