First national Shabbaton conference for Jews of color, organized by Baltimorean, to mark yahrzeit...
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...
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...
Pikesville native returns home to film cooking show
When families sit down to watch a show about American barbecuing, they may not be expecting to be greeted by a self-described Jewish intellectual...
Ida’s story: A Holocaust survivor’s childhood home becomes a memorial
Pikesville resident Ida Schmidt-Chait (née Rosenberg) learned of the Ringelblum Archive during a trip back to Poland in 2017, more than six decades after...
Chizuk Amuno marks 150th anniversary
From its origins in a dispute over a synagogue choir, to its commitment to Jewish education in Baltimore and beyond, to its history of...
After legislative session, Jewish groups see some wins, some losses
By Suzanne Pollak
The recently completed Maryland General Assembly session began under the haze of the pandemic, with many residents and businesses suffering financially and...
