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New all-digital Hunger Museum charts US response to food insecurity through a Jewish lens

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An 1888 portrait of Ellen Swallow Richards and her all-female home economics class at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. A 1915 campaign poster that maps out the 20...

Temple Isaiah Counts the Omer With Cereal Drive

In ancient times, the Jewish people would deliver sheaves of grain — known as omer — to the Temple in Jerusalem to celebrate the...

Why Veterans of Israel’s 1948 War of Independence Took up the Fight

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Many see the creation of the modern-day state of Israel as part of a historical narrative, in which Israeli independence was a reaction to...

World Briefs: ‘Death to the Jews’ Chants Heard at Berlin Pro-Palestinian Rally And More

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‘Death to the Jews’ Chants Heard at Berlin Pro-Palestinian Rally Berlin police are investigating a pro-Palestinian rally where demonstrators allegedly chanted “Death to the Jews”...

The Associated, BJC Join Partnership to Stand up to Antisemitism

The Associated: Jewish Federation of Baltimore and the Baltimore Jewish Council have partnered and joined the Foundation to Combat Antisemitism in its current campaign...

Baltimore to Celebrate Israel’s 75th Anniversary in Style

April 26 marks Yom Ha’atzmaut, more commonly known as Israel Independence Day. The holiday honors the founding of Israel in 1948, when David Ben-Gurion...

Jewish Volunteer Connection Marks Good Deeds Day With Community Aid

Members of Baltimore’s Jewish community joined with people from more than 110 countries to do good for others. Jewish Volunteer Connection was just one...

NBA Star Domantas Sabonis’ Wife Says He Is Converting to Judaism

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Domantas Sabonis, 26-year-old All-Star and Sacramento Kings center, is in the process of converting to Judaism, according to his Jewish wife, Shashana Sabonis (née...

Comedian Modi to Bring Laughs to Baltimore Hebrew Congregation

Baltimore Hebrew Congregation will be putting on a night of comedy to raise funds for their education programs with the help of a beloved...

A Group of Israeli Emissaries Toured a Palestinian Museum in DC, and Came Away...

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For Rotem Yerushalmi, a professional campus pro-Israel advocate, what stood out during a recent visit to the Museum of the Palestinian People was an...