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Purim party in Towson Commons space

Towson University Hillel opens new space

Towson University Hillel has a new space at the Towson Commons building. The 2,500-square-foot Commons space features a full kitchen, a large multipurpose room, workspaces,...
Factories in Ukraine account for about 15-20% of the market share in the U.S. for shmura matzah.

War in Ukraine could put a crunch on ‘shmura’ matzah supplies

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By David I. Klein | JTA  On Feb. 24, two shipping containers laden with 20,000 pounds of shmura matzah were slated to head out of...
Deborah Lipstadt walks a red carpet for "Denial" during the 11th Rome Film Festival at Auditorium Parco Della Musica in Rome, Oct. 17, 2016.

Senate unanimously confirms Deborah Lipstadt as antisemitism monitor

The Senate in a voice vote unanimously confirmed Deborah Lipstadt, the Holocaust scholar who endured delays and a contentious hearing in her nomination to...

JT journalists taste test Passover desserts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65Xi2CCFiWU Journalists from the Baltimore Jewish Times, the Philadelphia Jewish Exponent, Washington Jewish Week and Baltimore's Child came together virtually to hold a taste test...

Inflation hits Passover seders

Will inflation prove to be the 11th plague for Passover this year? Some Baltimore-area grocers and consumers are taking note of higher than normal prices...
Table of mishloach manot

Ukrainians welcomed in Israel with kittens and paperwork

By Fran Kritz JERUSALEM – A ballroom at Jerusalem’s Caesar hotel on Jaffa Road was strikingly quiet, considering that it was Purim in the rest...
Ukrainian refugees in the border community of Medyka, Poland

Associated volunteers meet with Ukrainian refugees in Poland

On a recent mission to Poland to meet with Ukrainian refugees, Robin Neumann, a volunteer with The Associated: Jewish Federation of Baltimore, recalled hearing...
Sheryl Gloria Grossman

Sheryl Grossman, advocate for disability rights, dies at 46

Despite having a disability herself, Sheryl Gloria Grossman always thought about others. A disability rights advocate, Grossman died on March 28 after battling multiple cancers....
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Disability rights advocate Sheryl Gloria Grossman dies at 46

Sheryl Gloria Grossman, a disability rights advocate, died March 28, following a 17-year struggle with multiple cancers. A resident of Pikesville, she died surrounded by...
Students attend Kol Nefesh's Hebrew school program

Kol Nefesh works with Columbia Jewish Congregation to form new Hebrew school

Students at Kol Nefesh’s Hebrew school can expect to make new friends this fall, as the program is combining with Columbia Jewish Congregation’s Hebrew...