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Eli Siegel

Matzah shortage in Maryland? Jewish groceries weigh in

Is Maryland running low on the bread of affliction? According to one Baltimore-area Jewish grocery, recent geopolitical events are currently resulting in at least...
woman holding alcoholic beverage

Staying sober on Purim

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Rachel Román | JTA When Jerry was 21, he was invited to a “white kiddush,” a twist on the Shabbat eve service that substitutes vodka...
Eliezer Abramson

Chai Lifeline announces new advisory board members

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By Leenika Belfield-Martin Chai Lifeline, a children’s health support network, has selected nine prominent Jewish Baltimoreans to head the company’s Mid-Atlantic Region advisory board....
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Germany loosens asylum requirements for Ukrainian Jews amid war

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By Toby Axelrod Germany is easing immigration requirements for Jewish refugees from Ukraine, the country’s main Jewish umbrella group announced. In a deal worked out with...
Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright

Madeleine Albright, first woman secretary of state and a refugee who discovered her...

WASHINGTON (JTA) — Madeleine Albright was the quintessential late 20th-century Jewish diplomat, haunted by the Holocaust and determined to use what tools her adopted...
Nadine Simpson and Scott Stofenberg, dressed as a salt box and a Be Kind sign, respectively

Photos: Baltimore turns out for Purim

Lockdowns and social distancing hit the country soon after the Purim celebrations of 2020. Two years later, Baltimore’s Jewish community proved ready to come...
Sharon Musher’s daughter Elena (center) at her bat mitzvah in 2016

A century after first bat mitzvah, the Jewish coming-of-age ceremony has come a long...

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By Sasha Rogelberg and Jesse Berman For some Jewish tweens, Judith Kaplan Eisenstein’s reality was their worst nightmare. The evening before, Eisenstein’s father, Rabbi Mordechai Kaplan,...
Joan Grayson Cohen

Organizations receive funds to support Holocaust survivors

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By Isabella Lefkowitz-Rao and Selah Maya Zighelboim Two Maryland Jewish community social service organizations are slated to receive parts of a $720 million grant for...
Mark Schenerman

Beth Israel presentation to explore how vaccines work

Can vaccines mutate a person’s DNA? This is the sort of concern Mark Schenerman, a member of Beth Israel Congregation who holds a doctorate in...
From left: Rabbi Eli Yoggev and Phaygi Chinn

With help from preschoolers, Beth Tfiloh rabbi proposes to preschool administrative assistant

Normally on Fridays, Beth Tfiloh Congregation has a Kabbalat Shabbat service for its preschoolers. But something different happened at the service this past Friday. Beth...