Events to ring in the High Holidays
With the High Holidays just around the corner, many in the community are likely looking forward to blowing shofars and dipping apple slices. Others...
Watch: COVID answers for kids — and for the rest of us
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How effective are the COVID vaccines? Why are some people choosing not to get vaccinated? Is there any reason for optimism?
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Where to go apple picking for the High Holidays
By Katie Beecher
Apple slices dipped in honey are probably the most quintessential Rosh Hashanah food-related tradition, which means apple picking is a great activity...
Sommelier to lead whiskey tasting at Har Sinai-Oheb Shalom Havdalah event
Attendees of Har Sinai-Oheb Shalom Congregation’s Aug. 21 Havdalah service can expect to be ignited both by the flame of Havdalah and of whiskey,...
Where are they now? The ‘Beshert’ section, 15 years later
Everyone wants to find their soulmate, what in Yiddish is called a “beshert.”
2006 was a year of love and besherts for the Baltimore Jewish...
Choosing a school for your child
By Amian Kelemer
Around the year 65 C.E., Yehoshua Ben Gamla noted that fathers teaching their children at home produced inconsistent results, and he began...
Schools consider protocols as COVID-19 cases rise among children
With the rise of COVID-19 cases in Maryland, particularly among children, schools are reassessing their protocols for the start of the new school year.
The...
The new rabbis around town
The Jewish New Year is fast approaching, and with the new year comes three new rabbis to Baltimore-area synagogues. Beth Am Synagogue, Har Sinai-Oheb...
Physical therapist Yoni Rosenblatt on his travels with Team Israel
Reflecting on the Israeli baseball team’s performance in this year’s Olympics, Yoni Rosenblatt, the team’s sports physical therapist, described them as coming “painfully close”...
Jewish humanitarian groups step in, or try to, as crises unfold
By Philissa Cramer
Two major humanitarian crises in Haiti and Afghanistan are eliciting the involvement of Jewish aid organizations, although it is unclear whether much...
