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Local Jewish Federations to commemorate Yom HaShoah

One of the more upsetting aspects of the 1942 Wannsee Conference, at which Nazi Germany settled on its Final Solution for Europe’s Jews, was...
Steve, left, and Ron Samuelson at their store on Quarry Lake Drive

Samuelson’s jewelry business marks 100 years

Steve Samuelson recalls when he began working summers at his father’s business as a teen in the 1960s. Milton Samuelson ran a successful business...

BHC hosts death penalty event

What does it feel like to be sentenced to death by the state — then spend the next two decades waiting for it to...

ARIEL bridges gap between Eastern European Jews on both sides of Atlantic

When the Russian war machine began steamrolling onto Ukrainian soil, it cut the lines of communications between some Ukrainian Jews and their friends and...
Jerry and Shari Caplan amongst their themed Passover seder decorations

Shari and Jerry Caplan ready for return of a family Passover tradition

Is there room in the Passover seder for cowboys, the Emerald City, reality television and “Phantom of the Opera?” Shari and Jerry Caplan say that...
Rabbi Chesky Tenenbaum (second from left) teaches Passover 101 at the Veterans Administration in a previous year

JUSA to hold seder for those who serve in uniform

  Correction 4/8/2022: The photo caption has been updated to correctly identify the pictured event. The Baltimore Jewish Times regrets this error. Rabbi Chesky Tenenbaum, director...
Amian Kelemer

Kelemer ready to take on role at Mayberg Foundation

Asked what it is that appeals to her about working for Jewish organizations, Amian Frost Kelemer reflected on the value she got out of...

Local Chabad houses organize community seders

To anyone without a place at a seder table this coming Passover, or anyone who doesn’t have the time or energy to put together...

Columbia Jewish Congregation to host expert for climate change program

During Columbia Jewish Congregation’s upcoming April 10 event, What Climate Change Means to our Community, Professor Peter Goodwin hopes to talk about the Ukrainian...
Caregiver helps senior woman

Who will care for us?

By Bob Roth Every day in the United States, 10,000 or more people are turning 65. This is representative of the Baby Boomers (nearly 71...