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Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett

Israeli PM to American Jewish leaders: ‘We have to redesign our relationship’

The first thing Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said, facing a room full of the leaders of the American Jewish community: “I wish my...
From left: Rabbis Yerachmiel Shapiro and Eli Finkelstein

Moses Montefiore Anshe Emunah turns rabbis into leaders

Moses Montefiore Anshe Emunah Hebrew Congregation’s rabbinic residency program is actively creating the next generation of rabbinic leaders in America. “It’s a post smicha internship,...

‘Unwelcoming and unsafe’: Online spaces see rise in antisemitism

Antisemitism has existed for millennia, but its appearance on the internet is a relatively new phenomenon, and it is on the rise. “We have seen,...
Elizabeth Kern and her son, Sam, pick apples

Celebrating the High Holidays across Baltimore

It’s been another unusual year, but the pandemic didn’t stop the Baltimore Jewish community from celebrating the High Holidays. Whether by baking challah for...
From left: Louise Cord, Edith Mayer Cord and Emily Cord-Duthinh

Holocaust survivor Edith Mayer Cord dies at 93

As much as anything else, Edith Mayer Cord may have owed her survival during the Holocaust to her facility with languages, said Emily Cord-Duthinh,...
Andy and Colin Vineberg

Local teen is on his way to the World Maccabiah Games

At just 16 years old, Colin Vineberg, a junior at St. Paul’s School for Boys, has already participated in over 100 golf tournaments and...

New traditions make Yom Kippur safer for Jews with eating disorders

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By Ella Rockart Shonna Levin is an Orthodox Jew, but this year, she wasn’t planning on spending Yom Kippur in a synagogue. The Brooklyn activist had...
Sukkah

Shemini Atzeret, explained

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By Sasha Rogelberg and Selah Maya Zighelboim Schrödinger’s cat is a thought experiment used in quantum mechanics that — without getting into the hairy details...
Architects Jordan Billingsley and Esther Furman crouch in front of their unconventional sukkah, titled “Woven"

Architects design string sukkah for public art installation

Esther Furman’s favorite part of Sukkah City x DC has been seeing attendees interact with the unique sukkah she built. Furman, a Pikesville native, is...
A protester holds a yellow star reading “Not Vaccinated = Jew” as protesters take part in a demonstration in Milan, Italy, July 24, 2021

Communal leaders reject comparing the unvaccinated to Holocaust victims

By Jesse Berman and Ben Sales Last month, Francois Amalega Bitondo was standing on a Montreal street, megaphone and cellphone in hand, protesting against COVID-19...