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Keshet staff doing an LGBTQ sensitivity and inclusion training session

No more ‘bar’ mitzvah: Synagogues changing ways to support LGBTQ youth

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By Stewart Ain Over the last year, no fewer than five young people came out publicly as LGBTQ at the Society for the Advancement of...
Teenagers sit together.

Youth groups transition to in-person programming

For teens, the pandemic has created and added to anxiety and social isolation. One thing that may help is youth group programming, brought to...
Israeli emergency workers

Some Israelis are still traumatized 2 months after the deadly violence between Arabs and...

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By Renee Ghert-Zand Given the torrent of news developments in Israel since its brief war with Hamas in May — a new prime minister and...
Chickens at Pearlstone

With merger, Baltimore is set to become a center of Jewish environmental work

By Rudy Malcom Baltimore is poised to become a national leader in the Jewish outdoor food, farming and environmental education movement. On July 8, the Pearlstone...
Google Maps screenshot of The Johns Hopkins University.

Jewish groups send letter to Johns Hopkins demanding more action over antisemitism allegations

A July 9 letter addressed to administrators of Johns Hopkins University is demanding new action be taken some eight months after a Johns Hopkins...
(Courtesy of Baltimore County Councilman Izzy Patoka)

Headstones in Jewish cemetery spray painted with antisemitic graffiti

Earlier this month, visitors to the Jewish cemeteries on German Hill Road near Dundalk came across an unwelcome sight: headstones spray painted with antisemitic...

Economic recovery brings challenges, opportunities

The American economy has been on a roller coaster ride over the past 12 months, said Jeremy Schwartz, associate professor of economics at Loyola...

British Jews to get apology 800 years after antisemitic laws that led to their...

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By Philissa Cramer British Jewish leaders say an anticipated apology from the Church of England for antisemitic laws enacted in 1222 is “better late than...
Judy Floam at Netivot Shalom’s communal garden

Judy Floam rolls up her sleeves for communal garden

Judy Floam can’t help but see something marvelous about the act of gardening. “It’s almost a miracle,” said Floam, the secretary on Netivot Shalom’s board...
From left, Adi Ratzon, Rachel Shvalb and Caren Leven of the Baltimore Zionist District

Demonstrators ‘keep the flame’ at rally against antisemitism

On Sunday afternoon, a few thousand demonstrators gathered together in the shadow of the U.S. Capitol building to attend “No Fear: Rally in Solidarity...