Liberal Baltimore native runs for Congress in deep-red West Virginia
By Lee Chottiner
Barry Wendell hardly fits the mold for a West Virginia politician. Not only is he a liberal Jew from Baltimore in a...
Ukrainian Jews in Baltimore mourn attack on their homeland, loved ones
On Monday, Vladimir Besser flew from Baltimore to Poland with plans to cross the border to Ukraine and get his family to safety.
Besser is...
Beth Shalom members reach out to Jewish women in correctional facility
How does someone hold a Passover seder when they’re not allowed to bring food into the building?
This was just one of the challenges that...
Julia Ioffe, BT Dahan Community School alum, offers assessment of Ukraine invasion on ‘Late...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvxGPczSiHM
When Julia Ioffe — the Washington correspondent for Puck news with more than 15 years of experience covering Russia — appeared on the Feb....
Virtual symposium explores how Holocaust should be taught
If you only have an hour to teach a class of students about the Holocaust, what do you leave in, and what do you...
Russian bombs appear to hit site of Babyn Yar Nazi massacre near Kyiv
Russian troops appeared to strike part of the Babyn Yar memorial site, which pays tribute to the tens of thousands of Jews buried in...
Volodymyr Zelensky was a Jewish comedian. Now the world’s eyes are on him.
Four years ago, Volodymyr Zelensky was an actor on the humorous Ukrainian TV show “Servant of the People,” starring as an unlikely president of...
BBYO teens urged to see past stereotypes
Among the different events available to teen attendees at the BBYO International Convention 2022 was “Israel: For the Sake of Argument,” featuring Robbie Gringras,...
Meeting mask to mask: For teens, BBYO conference was a chance to meet in...
By Jesse Berman and Alex Krutchik
Thousands of Jewish teens from across the world converged at one of the main event stages of the Baltimore...
Ukrainian Jews, scarred by a bloody history, find themselves refugees once again
Across Ukraine, Jews are engaging in a historically Jewish experience: becoming refugees.
And hundreds of them from Odessa have headed to an unlikely destination, the...