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Shelves at Moti’s Market

Supply chain shortages chafing Jewish businesses, organizations

By Benjamin Kahn and Sasha Rogelberg From toilet paper to dishwashers to cars, empty shelves and display cases across the country are emblematic of broken...
A student bikes across a college campus

New study from Hillel and ADL finds a third of students on campus experienced...

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By Philissa Cramer A third of Jewish college students say they have personally experienced antisemitism in the last year, according to a new survey conducted...
Dr. Vered Stearns

Dr. Vered Stearns, oncologist at Johns Hopkins, is on the cutting edge of breast...

By Jan Lee Vered Stearns was barely 5 years old by the time she had decided on her future career path. It may not be...
Okada and Jerilynn Payne at Beth Shalom Sisterhood’s Oct. 24 pie-baking event

Sisterhood bakes pies to fundraise for Beth Shalom

In 2018, when Beth Shalom’s Sisterhood initially had the idea to hold a pie baking event that could double as a fundraiser, they expected...
Dennis and Judi Myers

Dennis Myers pushes forward through Alzheimer’s with support

Years ago, when Dennis Myers worked with dementia and Alzheimer’s patients as a physician assistant, it never occurred to him that he might one...
Caren Leven

Friday roundup: Oct. 22

Here's a roundup of some of this week's news. BZD collaborates with evangelical community on screening of new documentary The Baltimore Zionist District is partnering with...
Blood donor John Steele, outside the Rosenbloom Owings Mills JCC

Owings Mills JCC hosts Red Cross blood drive to combat shortage

The Rosenbloom Owings Mills JCC partnered with the Red Cross on Oct. 20 to help address a national shortage of blood through a blood...

Baltimore Festival of Jewish Literature aims to foster dialogue

By Rudy Malcom The fourth annual Baltimore Festival of Jewish Literature will seek to foster dialogue around antisemitism and racism. The festival will include four events,...
From left: Rabbi Mitchell Wohlberg and Senator Ben Cardin

Sen. Ben Cardin talks Israel, civility and more at Beth Tfiloh

Standing behind a podium at Beth Tfiloh Congregation on the evening of Oct. 20, Sen. Ben Cardin said that one of the greatest challenges...
the Stein family at their daughter's bat mitzvah

Making b’nai mitzvah a little greener

When planning their own daughter’s bat mitzvah in January of 2020, Baltimore County resident Margaret Presley-Stein and her husband, Maryland Del. Dana Stein, turned...