Anti-hate bills make their way through Maryland legislature
The Baltimore Jewish Council is pushing hard for the passage of several state bills aimed at protecting Marylanders from hate crimes and symbols of...
Four local teens to fill positions on the international BBYO board
Four Baltimore teens have been elected to positions on the international board of BBYO, a Jewish teen youth movement consisting of the high school...
Holocaust survivors struggle to get the vaccine
By Jan Lee
When Baltimore County resident Irma Pretsfelder learned in early February that the Maryland Department of Health was offering coronavirus vaccines to older...
New parents persist through pandemic
Caring for and raising a newborn child is hard enough under the best of circumstances, and a once-in-a-century pandemic, along with an economic downturn,...
Month of Jewish disability programming ends with a Purim party
Jewish Community Services capped off their list of events for Jewish Disability Awareness, Acceptance and Inclusion Month with a Feb. 24 Purim party.
JDAIM is...
Woman with ALS builds community support group
By Jan Lee
Every Monday at 4 p.m., Anita Baron logs on to Zoom to connect with a small group of congregants from her synagogue,...
The mixed multitude: Baltimore Jews reflect on their interfaith families
Lisa Reiffen, a resident of Elkridge, had family who suffered in the Holocaust. She knows that if she had been there then, she would...
Courageous Conversations series fosters understanding
Americans have long been living in a divided society, but Beth Shalom Congregation hopes to help heal over some of those divisions through the...
The benefits of summer camp, according to camp directors
By Michael Vyskocil
How many children attend camp each summer? According to the American Camp Association, 14 million kids and adults go to camp every...
New Baltimore Jewish Council position to focus on anti-Semitism
A new position at the Baltimore Jewish Council will focus on addressing and educating on anti-Semitism.
The new position will be filled by Emily Goodman,...
