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Sol Levinson & Bros. Marks 125 Years of ‘Helping People at a Difficult Time’

by Alan Feiler, Editor-in-Chief | Jul 21, 2017 | Community, Community Resources, Family, Milestones, Obituaries

Matt Levinson gets the question all the time: “Did you always want to work in your family’s funeral home business?” The fifth generation of his family to work at Sol Levinson & Bros., he says it wasn’t initially a slam-dunk. “I worked here in the summers during...

Secular Young Jews Come Here for Drinks, Socializing — and Torah Learning

by Josefin Dolsten, JTA | Jul 21, 2017 | Community, Community Resources, Religion

NEW YORK (JTA) — The scene inside the brick-walled locale minutes from Union Square has the typical trappings of a New York hangout. On a recent Wednesday, 20-somethings in jeans and button-downs crowd around tables, raising their voices to be heard over the loud pop...

Ken Rosenthal: Large Shadow

by PressBox | Jul 19, 2017 | Community, FROM OUR PARTNERS

By Steve Ginsburg, PressBox With his youthful appearance and animated demeanor, Ken Rosenthal scurries around the Orioles’ clubhouse looking more like a batboy than one of Major League Baseball’s most influential broadcasters. When the diminutive...

100s Turn Out for Pikesville 5K Run/Walk

by Staff Report | Jul 17, 2017 | Community, Community Resources

On July 16, approximately 800 people — including 600 runners and walkers — turned out for the Pikesville Chamber of Commerce’s annual “Miles That Matter Pikesville 5K Run/Walk” at the Woodholme Center. This slideshow requires JavaScript....

Postcards from Camp: Spencer A., Camp Airy

by Linda L. Esterson | Jul 17, 2017 | Children, Community, Community Resources, Postcards from Camp

Spencer A., 11 Back when Camp Airy’s huge zipline, called the Mega Zip, first opened in the summer of 2016, I was nervous about whether or not I should try it. So I didn’t. Now this year, I have finally tried the tall 60-foot zipline. I regret not doing it last year...

Yiddish Comes Alive in Warsaw Every Summer

by Katarzyna Markusz | Jul 14, 2017 | Community, Community Resources, Education, Schools

WARSAW, Poland (JTA) — When Gołda Tencer, the director of the Shalom Foundation and the Jewish Theater in Warsaw, lit the Sabbath candles last Friday, she was accompanied by dozens of people from various countries. Though their mother tongues differed, the...

Baltimore Orchard Project Brings Hope to City Neighborhoods

by Peter Arnold | Jul 12, 2017 | Community, Community Resources, Education, Schools, Spirituality

Founded by environmental activist Rabbi Nina Beth Cardin in 2012, the Baltimore Orchard Project strives to strengthen Baltimore’s neighborhoods and communities through planting and cultivating fruit tree orchards, by teaching neighbors to be long-term stewards...

Pikesville Tourney Reunites Basketball Players for a Good Cause

by Jeff Seidel | Jul 12, 2017 | Community, Community Resources, Education, Family

It all started in 1995 as an unusual backyard basketball tournament. A bunch of Jewish kids got together and played two-on-two games, then hopped on their bikes and rode to several other locations in Pikesville, and went at it some more. Slowly, the details and...

Shabbat in the Park!

by Staff Report | Jul 10, 2017 | Community, Community Resources, Education, Family, Parenting, Spirituality

Approximately 30 local Jewish families with kids under 4 gathered at Meadowood Regional Park on July 8, for a “Shabbat in the Park” event. The Community Connector gathering was organized by Laurie Rosen, Community Connector for the Pikesville and Mount...

Postcards from Camp: Ava P., Camp Louise

by Linda L. Esterson | Jul 10, 2017 | Children, Community, Community Resources, Postcards from Camp

Ava P., 9 Summer 2017 at Camp Louise has officially begun! Camp only started two weeks ago, but it’s already been an awesome summer. Camp is a place where you can be someone who you never thought you could be. At camp, I have learned that I really love the nature and...