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HeBros annual golf outing works to bolster group members, assist Baltimore SEED School

Black and Jewish businessmen teed off on Oct. 17 at the seventh annual HeBrOpen Golf Outing, a fundraising-based golf tournament held in Baltimore. Players...

Columbia scores big in two national rankings on livable cities

Columbia, Md., has made headlines twice in just a few weeks — and for good reason. The fairly new locale in terms of American history...

New J Life program aims to foster direct, creative family interactions under arts umbrella

The Jewish Community Center of Greater Baltimore is always looking for new ways to engage the Baltimore area’s Jewish population. With the launch of...

The ancient Jewish practice of ‘hakhel,’ an every-seven-years’ gathering, gets a 21st-century revival

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Jackie Hajdenberg | JTA Every seven years in ancient times, Jewish men, women and children would gather at the Temple on the first day of...

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

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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...

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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...