Community

Associated Celebrates Raising More than $30 Million for 2018 Campaign

by Alan Feiler, Editor-in-Chief | Jun 21, 2018 | Community, Community Resources, Education, Elderly, Family, Religion, Schools, Spirituality

Kenneth R. Feinberg says people often ask him what he considers to be the toughest part of his job. A Washington, D.C.-based attorney and mediation specialist, Feinberg, 72, has worked on numerous high-profile compensation cases, including those involving 9/11...

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These Dutch Holocaust Survivors Have Been Madly in Love for 70 Years

by Cnaan Liphshiz | Jun 19, 2018 | Community, Elderly, Family, Milestones

AMSTERDAM (JTA) — More than 70 years have passed since Meijer van der Sluis first laid eyes on the love of his life. He was at a home for child survivors of the Holocaust, and he opened the door for her. He still remembers her short haircut and exactly what she...

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How a Biracial Orthodox Rabbi is Using his Background to Create a Unique Community in Brooklyn

by Josefin Dolsten, JTA | Jun 18, 2018 | Community, Community Resources, Religion

NEW YORK (JTA) — Growing up in the Orthodox community of Monsey, N.Y., as the son of an African-American mother who converted to Judaism and a white Ashkenazi father who became religious later in life, Isaiah Rothstein knows what it’s like not to fit in. The New York...

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Hundreds Participate in Annual Pikesville 5K

by Staff Report | Jun 18, 2018 | Community, Community Resources, Family

Nearly 600 runners participated in the 18th annual Miles That Matter Pikesville 5K, which was held on June 17 at the Woodholme Center in Pikesville. The event, which was attended by 1,000-1,200 people, was hosted by the Pikesville Chamber of Commerce. Brady Marksamer,...

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Tour de Court Now Serves as Fundraiser and Memorial

by Jon Minkove | Jun 12, 2018 | Community, Community Resources

For kids growing up in Baltimore in the 1980s and ‘90s, there was no athlete more beloved than Cal Ripken Jr. But as much as we loved Cal, my friends and I (at least subconsciously) spent most of our days trying to emulate Ray Kinsella, the fictional character from...

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Easton Temple Dedicates New Spiritual Home

by Staff Report | Jun 12, 2018 | Community, Community Resources, Spirituality

On June 10, Rabbi Peter E. Hyman of Easton’s Temple B’nai Israel led his congregants — carrying three Torah scrolls under a chuppah — around the parking lot of their new spiritual home at 7199 Tristan Drive. More than 250 people participated in...

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Take Threats of Suicide Seriously, Advises JCS Psychologist

by Alan Feiler, Editor-in-Chief | Jun 8, 2018 | Community, Community Resources, Education

This week, the world was stunned by the high-profile suicides of a pair of American pop culture icons: celebrity chef and TV host Anthony Bourdain, 61, and fashion designer and businesswoman Kate Spade, 55. Suicide is a national epidemic that cuts across all ethnic,...

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Despite Stormy Weather, Thousands Attend JCC Community Block Party

by Staff Report | Jun 4, 2018 | Children, Community, Community Resources, Family

Driving rain and stormy weather failed to dampen the spirits of community members who turned out for the fifth annual Community Block Party on June 3 at the Owings Mills Jewish Community Center. Approximately 3,000 people attended the five-hour event, according to JCC...

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Israeli TV Star Speaks to Jewish National Fund Supporters

by Staff Report | Jun 1, 2018 | Community, Community Resources, Education

At the Jewish National Fund’s Major Donors Reception on May 31, Lior Raz, co-creator and star of the critically-acclaimed “Fauda,” offered an insider’s perspective into the creation of the hit Israeli TV political thriller that airs in more than 100 countries. Raz, a...

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Synagogues Become Nightclubs in Eastern Europe

by Cnaan Liphshiz | Jun 1, 2018 | Community, Community Resources, Religion

TRNAVA, Slovakia (JTA) — Growing up, Robert Sajtlava remembers playing near what used to be his native city’s Orthodox Synagogue. A rectangular structure with a deceptively unimpressive facade, its ornate ceiling and interior walls suffered extensive damage from...

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