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Baltimore To Offer Several Inclusive Seders Ahead of Passover

Many people will be holding seders for their families to read the haggadah and enjoy classic holiday dishes. But not everyone is able to...

5 Last-Minute Purim Costumes

So you spent too much time making hamantaschen, planning a Purim carnival and otherwise preparing for the holiday, or maybe it just completely slipped...
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Salted Caramel Hamantaschen

By Paula Shoyer Salted Caramel Hamantaschen | Dairy Makes four dozen hamantaschen Dough: 3 large eggs 1 cup sugar ½ cup canola or vegetable oil 1 teaspoon...
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Here Are a Few of the Creative Purim Spiels Taking Place in Baltimore

With Purim comes celebrations, carnivals and, of course, Purim spiels. These annual plays based on the Purim story are widely considered to be the...

Shinshinim Ring in Purim with First-Ever Baltimore Mishloach Manot Exchange

The Baltimore Shinshinim, in partnership with community organizations including 4Front, The Associated: Jewish Federation of Baltimore and the Jewish Connection Network, are currently organizing...
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3 Jewish Dating and Marriage Traditions You Might Not Have Heard Of

It’s February, and love is in the air. While it’s still a long way off from Tu B’Av, which is commonly regarded as the...

Celebrating Chanukah and Doing Mitzvot at Chabad of Downtown

Chabad of Downtown is offering Baltimore’s young Jewish adult population an opportunity to do good for Israel while celebrating Chanukah. The upcoming YJP Drinks &...

Chanukah House of Pikesville Gears Up for Second Year of Festivities

For 11 months out of the year, the Hefter family lawn is a fairly unremarkable yard like any other in Pikesville. But from Nov....

B’nai Mitzvah Gift Ideas for the Young Teens in Your Life

Seeing a child — whether they are your own, a relative’s or a friend’s — become a b’nai mitzvah and take the first step...

Sukkot: Building a Joyous World

By Rabbi Naomi Zaslow Arriving just four days after Yom Kippur, Sukkot carries us from the headspace of Yom Kippur’s meditative contemplation into full joyful...