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Mark Zuckerberg Ends Silence on Cambridge Analytica Scandal
(JTA) — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg responded to growing pressure on the social media company, following reports that a British company used information inappropriately collected from 50 million accounts while working for the Trump presidential campaign. Zuckerberg...
MIDC to Kick Off Israel’s 70th Anniversary Series
Seven decades in the life and times of a nation is something to celebrate. Over the next five months — in Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Frederick, Howard and Montgomery counties — the Maryland/Israel Development Center will present “Start Up Nation: Israel’s...
Budweiser Brewery Acquires Israeli Startup that Provides Beer Stats
(JTA) — Anheuser-Busch InBev, the world’s largest brewer, has acquired an Israeli startup that collects data from bar taps. The deal to buy the startup Weissbeerger, according to a Monday article in the Israeli business publication Calcalist, is worth tens of millions...
Isaac’s eStand Teaches Young Entrepreneurs About Commerce
Isaac Kornbluth is like most kids his age. A Krieger Schechter Day School fourth-grader, he spends his days going to school, playing sports and hanging out with his friends and three younger siblings. But unlike other 9-year-olds, Isaac is well on his way to becoming...
Suburban House Restaurant Closes its Doors
The Suburban House restaurant — a culinary touchstone for generations of local lovers of delicatessen cuisine for nearly eight decades — recently closed its doors at its 1700 Reisterstown Road location of seven years. A simple, hand-written...
Developers Picked to Overhaul Penn Station Eyeing Hotel, Retail Space — Baltimore Fishbowl
Amtrak has chosen a team of largely Baltimore-area developers, architects, contractors and others to handle Baltimore Penn Station’s much-awaited renovation. Beatty Development Group, Cross Street Partners, Gensler, RK&K and Cho Benn Holback are among the local...
Israeli Technology Showcased at Baltimore Conference
Increasing safety in Baltimore and around the nation was a key theme of the Dec. 6 event “Technologies of the Future: Autonomous Vehicles, Robots and More.” The gathering was presented by the Maryland/Israel Development Center — a a public-private partnership...
How Israeli Women Techies are Opening Doors for Each Other in Silicon Valley
SUNNYVALE, Calif. (JTA) — Before she boarded the plane from Israel to Silicon Valley, Darya Henig Shaked already was bucking stereotypes of women in tech. Among married Israeli techies in the Bay Area, it’s assumed that the man in the marriage was the one who...
Facebook Still Lets Housing Ads Discriminate Against Jews and Other Minorities
NEW YORK (JTA) — A year after Facebook vowed to stamp out discriminatory advertising, landlords can still exclude specific races, minorities and other categories of people from seeing rental ads on the social media site. ProPublica bought dozens of rental housing ads...Upcoming Events
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Baltimore Jewish Film Festival
@ Gordon Center for Performing Arts
Baltimore Jewish Film Festival
@ Gordon Center for Performing Arts
Apr 19 all-day
The Baltimore Jewish Film Festival includes international films of Jewish interest. Here’s the schedule: April 8, 2 p.m.: “Body & Soul: An American Bridge” at Reginald F. Lewis Museum April 10, 7:30 p.m.: “Ben Gurion,[...]
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Friends of the Towson Library Bo...
@ Towson Library
Friends of the Towson Library Bo...
@ Towson Library
Apr 19 – Apr 22 all-day
Shop for gently used books in all subjects, plus plenty of children’s books. This one fills up fast and gets thoroughly picked over so come early and bring your book bags to fill up. For[...]
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Mixology Tisch
@ Beth El Congregation
Mixology Tisch
@ Beth El Congregation
Apr 20 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Intended to increase the joy of Shabbat, this event mixes three craft cocktails with three shots of Torah. Each month, a mixologist demonstrates how to mix drinks while three short pieces of Torah are explored.
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