Guilty plea in murder of visiting Israeli
A suspect has pleaded guilty to first degree murder charges in connection to last year’s killing of Efraim Gordon, an Israeli man who was...
Dr. Mort Mower, medical inventor and JNF innovator, dies at 89
When Russell Robinson, CEO of the Jewish National Fund-USA, asked his friend and colleague Dr. Morton Mower, who died April 25 at 89, what...
Rabbi Ari Goldstein offers support to Ukrainian refugees in Poland
During his journey in April to the Polish-Ukrainian border, Rabbi Ari J. Goldstein of Temple Beth Shalom in Arnold recalled meeting many Ukrainian refugees...
Rabbi Chai Posner settles into a position that is joyfully beshert
On a recent chilly, spring Sunday, Rabbi Chai Posner, 39, seemed relaxed, yet exhilarated, sitting in his office at Beth Tfiloh Congregation and School,...
BZD brings Anne Frank photo exhibit to Beth El
While reflecting on the Anne Frank: Private Photo Album Exhibit, Caren Leven, executive director of the Baltimore Zionist District, was struck by the sense...
Six years after fatal car accident, Maryland announces new highway project
When remembering her late friend, Neely Tal Snyder, one particular image of the mother of three stands out to Lisa Bodziner, the executive director...
Chizuk Amuno group supports Afghan family
When images of Afghan civilians desperate to escape their country before the Taliban takeover first began reaching American viewers last year, many likely felt...
Why count the omer?
When the Temple stood, the omer period began with the sacrifice of barley on the second day of Passover and ended seven weeks later...
HSOSC to celebrate installation of clergy with a festival
Not long after Har Sinai Congregation merged with Temple Oheb Shalom, the new congregation was hit with the pandemic, placing severe limitations on the...
Benefits of early diagnosis for children on the autism spectrum
By Jesse Berman and Laura Farmer
When someone hears the word “autism,” what first comes to mind are likely the disadvantages associated with the condition....