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Amy Caplan with her embroidery

Community members learn new skills while social distancing

At Baltimore Hebrew Congregation, Cantor Ann Sacks has noticed an uptick in the number of adults enrolling in her classes on biblical and prayerbook...
campers

5 tips for first-time overnight campers

By Michael Vyskocil Whether you’ve attended summer camp as a child or whether your child is the first in your family to go to camp,...

With most votes counted in Israeli election, neither Netanyahu nor his opponents have majority

With the vast majority of votes counted from Tuesday’s Israeli election, it appears that neither Benjamin Netanyahu nor his opponents have a clear path...

How to make a Zoom bar or bat mitzvah work for your family

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By Jennifer Zwilling and Jon Rosenwasser In March, just as the pandemic was forcing a shutdown of most routine social and economic activity in the...
Bolton Street Synagogue members

60s+ group reaches out to previously overlooked part of community

  Bolton Street Synagogue understands that finding one’s place in a new congregation and becoming part of its family can be hard. That’s why its...

Community seders provide alternative holiday experience

If a traditional family seder is not in the cards for this Pesach, an alternative community seder might be an unconventional way to cap...

Howard County rabbi takes matzah baking on the road

Rabbi Hillel Baron is bringing the matzah bakery experience to kids with his portable Brooklyn Matzah Bakery. “There are two kinds of matzah: There’s machine-made...
Beth Shalom Congregation

Pandemic brings ‘sister shuls’ closer

By Suzanne Pollak Beth Shalom Congregation in Columbia and Shaare Tefila Congregation in Olney are about 25 minutes apart by car. But when it comes...
Levindale rabbi is vaccinated

Vaccine distribution raises ethical questions

With the release of the coronavirus vaccine, there have been reports of people pursuing questionable practices in order to get it. Some are crossing...
Arlene J.M. Grant

Attorney shares stories of her work representing refugees

Arlene J.M. Grant, an artist, humanitarian activist and attorney, will give a talk on her work representing refugees at a virtual National Refugee Shabbat...