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BBYO Leader: ‘Teens Need Tools to Understand Antisemitism and How to Respond’

Growing up in Owings Mills and attending the Beth Tfiloh Dahan Community School, Nora Leavey says she has a strong and solid Jewish identity,...

New Grant for Maryland Students to Enable High-Schoolers to Learn in Israel

Mara Fahl High-school students in the state of Maryland have a new way to access Israel-education experiences with the establishment of generous grants towards tuition...

In Turkey, Festival Revives a Jewel of the Sephardic World and Aims to Break...

IZMIR, Turkey — Since the fall of the Iron Curtain, Prague has been a popular tourist destination for both Jewish travelers and others interested...

World Briefs: Jewish LGBTQ Donor Network Names New Executive Director and more

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Jewish LGBTQ Donor Network Names New Executive Director The Jewish LGBTQ Donor Network announced that it named Neil Spears as its new executive director. The agency...

Massive trove of prewar Jewish artifacts unearthed by construction workers in Poland

Construction workers renovating an old tenement house in Lodz, Poland, unearthed a surprising find: an untouched cache of hundreds of Jewish artifacts believed to...

Interfaith concert draws hundreds for inspiration as the calendar turns to 2023

It was billed as a night of music and prayer, a collective and contemplative way to send off one year and ring in the...

Marc Irwin brings musicality everywhere he goes, even to synagogue

The Classic Theatre of Maryland is celebrating a full decade of professional theater in Annapolis. And local Jewish musician Marc Irwin has been along...

Red Cross needs blood donations, say those who make it a habit of volunteering

Faygie Holt | Special to the JT When John Miller was growing up in Owings Mills in the 1970s and ’80s, he watched his father,...

Jewish Community Services selected as one of Baltimore’s top workplaces

Jewish Community Services (JCS) has been ranked by The Baltimore Sun as one of the “Top Places to Work in 2022.” The rankings, announced on...

Brad Ausmus, Kevin Youkilis join Team Israel coaching staff for 2023 World Baseball Classic

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Former MLB All-Stars Brad Ausmus and Kevin Youkilis have joined Team Israel as coaches ahead of the 2023 World Baseball Classic. The team’s manager, Ian...