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‘Rising’ to the Challenge at Park Heights Chabad, JCC Challah Bake

In preparation for the High Holidays, the Chabad of Park Heights and the Weinberg Park Heights JCC are hosting a challah bake for Baltimore-area...

Talmudical Academy Student Raises Money for Chai Lifeline With Sweet Treats

Sometimes, doing good for others can be as simple as selling sweets out of your front yard. That’s what Yehuda Shor learned when he set...
School supplies

Build-A-Backpack Service Project Benefits Students in Need of School Supplies

When students attending Cross Country Elementary/Middle School in Northwest Baltimore arrived to get a peek at their seats on Aug. 22, they got a...
Rabbi Andrew Busch

In Wake of Pittsburgh Shooter’s Sentence, Rabbis Focus on Mourning

Rabbi Andrew Busch of Baltimore Hebrew Congregation began his rabbinical career at Rodef Shalom Congregation in Pittsburgh, getting to know the Jewish community there. When...

Bet Aviv Prepares Programming With Scientists in Synagogues Grant

Bet Aviv in Columbia is one of 15 congregations that have been selected for the 2023 Scientists in Synagogues grant, which offers synagogues across...

What’s New at School? Jewish Day Schools Prepare for Fall Semester

As summer comes to an end, Jewish day schools around the Baltimore area are gearing up for the start of the 2023-2024 school year....

Holocaust Memorial May Benefit From Nearby Building Demolition

Baltimore City Community College recently approved a contract to demolish its Bard Building on August 2 — a move that may prove beneficial to...

UMBC Hillel Gets Ready to Welcome Students Back

Hillel chapters on college campuses across the country and all over the world provide a home away from home for Jewish students. They host...

Philanthropist Harvey ‘Bud’ Meyerhoff, Former US Holocaust Memorial Museum Chair, Dies at 96

By Andrew Lapin and Jillian Diamond In 1986, eight years after Jimmy Carter established the President’s Commission on the Holocaust with Elie Wiesel as its...

At Summer Teachers’ Institute, Educators Tackle Holocaust Denial

Every year, the Baltimore Jewish Council holds Summer and Winter Teachers’ Institutes in partnership with the Jewish Museum of Maryland. The Summer Teachers' Institute recently...