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Rev. Dr. Henry W. Schneeberger

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...
Mourners at the funeral of someone who died at the Lag B'Omer stampede

What is Israel’s Mount Meron and why were so many Orthodox Jews gathered there...

“If you haven’t seen the joy of Lag b’Omer on the grave of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai, you haven’t seen joy at all,” wrote...
Annapolis

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...
Lag B'Omer in Meron

At least 45 people dead in stampede at mass Lag B’Omer holiday celebration in...

At least 45 people were crushed to death and at least 150 wounded Thursday night in a stampede during a celebration that drew tens...
Jon S. Cardin at a Black Lives Matter protest

Jewish political leaders weigh in on police reform

On April 10, less than two weeks before the conviction of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd, the...
Phyllis Brotman

Virtual ceremony to honor Baltimore Jewish Hall of Fame’s latest inductees

What do a Beth Tfiloh Congregation rabbi, a state judge, a member of the Reagan administration and a producer of “La La Land” all...
Marc Platt

Meet the Baltimore Jewish Hall of Fame 2021 inductees

From a judge, to a hospital system CEO, to a Hollywood producer, here are this year’s Baltimore Jewish Hall of Fame honorees.
thousands protest French ruling on Sarah Halimi case

In protest rallies, tens of thousands of Jews in France and beyond demand ‘justice...

PARIS — Over 20,000 protesters, many of them Jewish, gathered in Paris to protest the French high court’s decision not to try a man...
Lag B'Omer celebration in 2014

Lag B’Omer heralds cautious return to in-person events

With rising vaccination rates comes the longed-for return of in-person events, and just in time to celebrate Lag B’Omer. “Lag B’Omer is a story of...
Dr. Paul Offit

Immunologist Dr. Paul Offit answers community questions on the coronavirus vaccines

Now is not the time to turn to Joseph Stalin for advice on how to view the ongoing threat of the coronavirus, said Dr....