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Women’s cancer foundation welcomes men as members

Though historically a women’s organization, the Mildred Mindell Cancer Foundation has now begun allowing men to join as members. The new male members bring a...

A new building for Suburban Orthodox Congregation Toras Chaim

Almost 60 years since its formal dedication at 7504 Seven Mile Lane, Suburban Orthodox Congregation Toras Chaim isn’t just getting a facelift — it’s...
Israeli doctors

Two medical advancements in Israel worth noting

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By Maayan Hoffman Technology aims to make more livers available for transplantation For the first time in Israel, donor liver machine perfusion (MP) was performed before...
A view of the Congregation Beth Israel synagogue

Top US security officials: Colleyville was a ‘terrorist attack on Jewish community’

Top United States security officials told Jewish Americans on a pre-Shabbat call last week that the attack in Colleyville, Texas, was a “terrorist attack...
Holocaust survivor Alfred Munzer lights a candle at Holocaust commemoration event

How is Holocaust commemoration changing?

Thursday marked the 77th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp, commemorated by the United Nations since 2005 as International Holocaust Remembrance...
Art Spiegelman

Tennessee school board removes ‘Maus,’ iconic Holocaust book, from its curriculum

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By Philissa Cramer A Tennessee school board voted unanimously to remove “Maus,” Art Spiegelman’s graphic memoir about his father’s Holocaust experience, from its curriculum after...
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Following in her footsteps

This year marks the 50th anniversary of Rabbi Sally Priesand’s graduation from the Hebrew Union College-Institute of Religion’s rabbinical school. Today, an ordinary achievement,...
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After Colleyville, community renews focus on security

Jews around the world are still reeling from the horrors of the hostage situation at Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas. In Baltimore, the...
Supreme Court justices John Roberts, Elena Kagan and Stephen Breyer

Jewish Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is retiring

Stephen Breyer, the oldest justice on the Supreme Court and one of its minority of three liberal justices, is set to retire, multiple reports...

Baltimore firm is architect of Jewish memorial center

By Alex Krutchik Levin/Brown & Associates of Baltimore is the architect of a new memorial center and chapel at the Garden of Remembrance Memorial Park. Located...