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Police release new information in Efraim Gordon case

Police are asking for help in identifying two people of interest in the murder of Efraim Gordon. Gordon, an Israeli, was visiting Baltimore to attend...
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Alyson Friedman receives lifetime achievement award at Federation of Jewish Women’s Organizations convention

The list of organizations Alyson Friedman has been involved with is long: Beth El Congregation of Baltimore, CHANA, the Jewish Women’s Giving Foundation and...

Holiday drive-bys keep congregants connected

In the absence of in-person services or events to celebrate major Jewish holidays, Har Sinai-Oheb Shalom Congregation turned to its holiday drive-by program to...

Two Beth Tfiloh students see success in global competitions

Two Beth Tfiloh Dahan Community School students recently made their mark in global competitions. Eighth grader Yisrael Kaplowitz won first place in a virtual Chidon-HaTanach...
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First national Shabbaton conference for Jews of color, organized by Baltimorean, to mark yahrzeit...

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By Esther D. Kustanowitz and Asaf Shalev Across America, people whose lives changed when George Floyd was killed are planning to mark the one-year anniversary...
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Sharp rise in antisemitism in Maryland, Virginia and D.C., ADL reports

2020 was the highest year on record for antisemitic incidents in Maryland, Virginia and the District of Colombia, according to ADL’s 2020 Audit of...

David Miller, Moishe House resident and Hinenu member, dies at 31

Members of Baltimore’s Jewish community are in mourning following the death of 31-year-old David Miller, a resident of Moishe House Baltimore and member of...

19 organizations partner for Shavuot all-night learning

Get your cheesecake ready, Baltimore. Nineteen local Jewish organizations are participating in a virtual Shavuot event on May 16 from 7:30 p.m. until 5 a.m....

Chabad of Downtown looks forward to in-person programming

Before the pandemic, Chabad of Downtown in Little Italy usually hosted a themed Shabbat dinner on the first Friday of every month. In what looks...

Officials dispute antisemitism as motive in Israeli visitor’s murder

Local officials are disputing antisemitism as a motive in the May 3 shooting death of Efraim Gordon, a 31-year-old Israeli who had come to...