News

World Briefs: German synagogue reports shattered window during Yom Kippur services and more

0
German synagogue reports shattered window during Yom Kippur services A broken window interrupted the final moments of Yom Kippur services in Hanover, Germany, unsettling a...

Israeli-American pitcher Dean Kremer on Orioles’ strong season, Team Israel in off-season

Howard Blas | Special to the JT Dean Kremer recently completed his best season ever with the Baltimore Orioles—and the Jewish star-wearing pitcher can tell...

Sukkahs in the city: Urban congregations discuss challenges of construction

Sukkot arrives this year just as the temperature is dropping and the air becomes crisp and clear; it’s officially fall sweater weather. The Jewish...

Baltimore steps up to offer hurricane relief rescue and aid to battered Southwest Florida

Faygie Holt | Special to the JT Though separated by more than 1,000 miles, Baltimore’s Jewish community has embraced those in Southwest Florida who have...

Did you enter a Jewish building, event or program this year? You probably unknowingly...

0
Larry Luxner | JTA When Jewish summer camps unexpectedly had to cancel their summer programs two years ago after the COVID-19 pandemic hit and before...

Parents and grandparents pull up a chair next to the kids at Kol HaLev

Sunday school is no longer just for youngsters at Kol HaLev, a Baltimore-area Reconstructionist synagogue. Through its new “Making It Real” program, parents will be...

World Briefs: Jewish woman to be knighted for helping Sephardic Jews gain Spanish citizenship...

0
Jewish woman to be knighted for helping Sephardic Jews gain Spanish citizenship Doreen Alhadeff was the first American Jew granted Spanish citizenship under Spain’s 2015...

Baltimore chapter of IDF friends honors local lone soldiers at annual gala

At a time when antisemitism is rampant, and support for Israel and the Israel Defense Forces is challenged, Friends of the IDF (FIDF)—an organization...

Working to address the mental-health crisis among children and teenagers

Though many consider the COVID-19 pandemic to be over, the effects it has had on young people’s mental health are not so easily dealt...

Pikesville man, once a refugee from Egypt, pays it forward in Israel

Mara Fahl | Special to JT Joseph Marzouk arrived in Baltimore with his parents and baby sister at the age of 6 following the expulsion...