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Understanding depression and disability in children

What’s the connection and what should parents and caregivers look for? By Erica Rimlinger Depression in all children, with or without a disability, remains a concern....
Idaline Lipsky with her grandchildren

Kickball game to raise funds for Alzheimer’s research

When Grant and April Livne of Pikesville learned that their grandmother, Idaline Lipsky, had been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, they didn’t just make a phone...
Artist’s rendering of the future Sandra R. Berman Pavilion

Philanthropists make gift for GBMC cancer treatment institute

A new building at the Greater Baltimore Medical Center will allow cancer patients to receive all their care and treatment in one place. The Sandra...
Black-and-white family photo from 1914

High schooler finds 30,000 relatives in family tree

Ari Geller, a senior at Beth Tfiloh Dahan Community School, had intended to start his counselor in training program at Capital Camps in Pennsylvania...
Phil Rogofsky, president of Bet Chaverim

Bet Chaverim finds a new home

Bet Chaverim’s days of wandering from place to place to hold programs and services have come to an end. The Howard County synagogue now has...
Edward and Diane Steinberg

JS Edwards to close after 38 years

After 38 years, J.S. Edwards Ltd. Fine Men’s Clothing will shut its doors this summer. Its owners, husband-and-wife team Edward and Diane Steinberg, are retiring. As...
Oz Pearlman

Associated event celebrates community of supporters

The Associated: Jewish Federation of Baltimore is hosting a virtual celebration for all their supporters, no matter the size of their contribution. The Associated’s Community...
Erica Bloom

For Good Deeds Day, community members do good throughout Baltimore

As a soaked and drizzly, overcast Sunday morning gave way to blue skies and white clouds, Erica Bloom and a smattering of determined volunteers...
Del. Shane E. Pendergrass

When a colleague compared a mental health bill to the Holocaust, a Jewish Maryland...

It only took 54 seconds for Shane Pendergrass to stand up and call out another member in the Maryland General Assembly for diminishing the...

Online programs are here to stay, even as vaccinations ramp up

As Baltimore-area synagogues begin to hold in-person services and programs, or as they begin to expand their in-person programming to pre-pandemic sizes, a number...