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Joe Biden speaks at AIPAC in 2016

After 70 years on the sidelines, AIPAC will now officially fundraise for politicians

It has been for decades a recurring confusion for some in Washington: does AIPAC, the country’s largest pro-Israel lobby, have a PAC? Not until now. The...

BZD to take 55+ group on in-person Israel tour

“Next year in Jerusalem” is going to ring very true for participants of the Baltimore Zionist District’s upcoming tour of Israel. BZD is currently organizing...

David Harrison leads Beth El through unending pandemic

Despite any Martin Sheen-related quips that could suggest otherwise, David Harrison, board president of Beth El Congregation of Baltimore, doesn’t let his position or...
Miriam Marazin during her photoshoot

Baltimore residents help put Orthodox women back in the picture

A practice in some religious Jewish communities of removing women from photographs is facing pushback from the nonprofit Chochmat Nashim and its Jewish Life...

Rubashkin to share ‘The Inside Story’ in Baltimore

In 2010, Sholom Mordechai Rubashkin, then the CEO of Agriprocessors — at one time the largest kosher meat producer in the nation — was...
Erica Brown

Erica Brown’s ‘hineni’ moment

Erica Brown wept when she learned that her mentor, Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, had died. It was days after the tumultuous 2020 U.S. presidential...
OneTable event in New York City in 2017

Pearlstone, OneTable partnership brings new Shabbat experience to Baltimore

Baltimore-area residents who need a helping hand with hosting or joining a Shabbat meal at the end of the week are about to receive...
From left: Tova Natanzon, Rony Natanzon, Berly Hershkovitz and Avi Hershkovitz

Hundreds attend FIDF gala at Martin’s West

Close to 500 attendees joined in the Friends of the Israel Defense Forces 2021 Baltimore Chapter Gala at Martin’s West on Dec. 6. The...
Leslie Seid Margolis

Leslie Margolis supports social justice at Bolton Street

While she may not have begun her life with a great zeal for Judaism, Leslie Seid Margolis, president of Bolton Street Synagogue’s board of...
Joe Biden and Naftali Bennett

Is the Biden-Bennett honeymoon over? Here are 6 US-Israel issues that are raising tensions

“Behind closed doors” is a phrase that crops up a lot in conversation with senior U.S. and Israeli officials these days. That’s the place...