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Smart Tips To Help Maximize Your Charitable Giving — and Your Tax Benefits

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By Ellen Smith-Israelson As the end of the year approaches, you’ve probably noticed your inbox filling up with requests from charities asking for year-end donations....
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With Israel Still Reeling From Oct. 7, Jewish Educational Group Steps up Its Support...

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By Larry Luxner NEW YORK — Ilan Abecassis of Sderot is still reeling from the events of Oct. 7. That morning, he watched from the window...
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Amid War, Food Rescue Group Switches From Relying on Farmers’ Generosity to Helping Them...

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By Elana Sztokman Yariv Hagbi, a farmer whose family has been growing produce in the area of southern Israel near Gaza for generations, spent part...
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800 People Attend Gala in Support of FIDF

Eight-hundred people gathered to support Friends of the Israel Defense Forces. The 2023 FIDF Annual Maryland Gala Dinner took place at Martin’s West on Nov....
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Rise in Antisemitism Has Impacted Baltimore, Say Community Leaders

By Ellen Braunstein and Selah Maya Zighelboim Since the Hamas attack on Oct. 7, the Anti-Defamation League has recorded a significant spike in antisemitic incidents...

Beth El Congregation Launches Podcast Network

Beth El Congregation recently announced the launch of a podcast network, in order to provide a new way for congregants to engage with the...
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Suspension Lifted for Maryland CAIR Director on Maryland Hate Crime Commission

Zainab Chaudry’s suspension from the Maryland Commission on Hate Crime Response and Prevention was lifted on Dec. 6 by Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown...
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Ambassador Deborah Lipstadt: Confronting and Combating Global Antisemitism

A world-renowned expert on antisemitism and the grave danger it presents, Deborah Lipstadt has been on the front lines of the battle to combat...
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What’s New at Baltimore’s Judaica Shops

Chanukah begins this evening, and local Judaica shops are full of gifts to help you celebrate the Festival of Lights. Here are some of them: Women...
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Baltimore Hebrew Congregation Event Features Orioles Assistant GM

Wearing a Baltimore Orioles T-shirt written in Hebrew, Orioles’ Assistant General Manager Eve Rosenbaum shared tidbits about growing up in Bethesda and in the...