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...
NBA player Meyers Leonard caught using anti-Semitic slur on video game platform
Update: While Leonard released an apology statement on Tuesday night, the NBA said it is investigating his use of the slur and he will...
At Beth Tfiloh lecture, Nikki Haley talks defending Israel, leaving Iran deal
Growing up in a small South Carolina town, where she and her family were the only Indian people, Nikki Haley knew what it was...
What happens when Rosh Hashanah falls on the first day of school?
By Philissa Cramer
An unusually early Rosh Hashanah is causing cities across the United States to rethink the timing of the first day of school...
Columbia communal seder to honor multicultural traditions
With less than a month before the beginning of Passover, Columbia Jewish Congregation is hard at work preparing for their community seder on the...
Frederick’s new police chief has roots in Tree of Life synagogue
By Toby Tabachnick
From the time he was a child growing up in Pittsburgh’s Squirrel Hill neighborhood, it was Jason Lando’s dream to be a...
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,...
