by Alan Feiler, Editor-in-Chief | Jan 13, 2021 | Baltimore, Community, Local, Maryland, News, Pikesville
At a special congregational meeting on Jan. 11, Pikesville’s Har Sinai-Oheb Shalom voted to approve Rabbi Rachel Sabath Beit-Halachmi as the Reform temple’s senior rabbi. The vote was preceded by the recommendation of the congregation’s board of... read more
by Alan Feiler, Editor-in-Chief | Dec 27, 2020 | Community, Coronavirus News And Resources, News
Dr. Aviva Weisbord, executive director of Shemesh, a local program that provides educational support for Jewish children with learning differences, passed away Dec. 25 after a battle with COVID-19. She was 72. In a statement, Shemesh called Dr. Weisbord “our... read more
by Alan Feiler, Editor-in-Chief | Dec 22, 2020 | Community, News
Paul P. Miller, who for more than eight decades taught mathematics to generations of students at 20 different institutions in the Baltimore metropolitan area, died on Dec. 22. He was 104. Miller — who attended a teachers college and then received graduate... read more
by Alan Feiler, Editor-in-Chief | Dec 15, 2020 | Blogs, Blogs & Opinion, The Balagan
When considering the word tzedakah, we tend to think of it in terms of the Almighty Dollar. After all, many of us have an array of “tzedakah boxes” — from ubiquitous blue tin pushkes to glitter-covered coffee cans made by children, to unique works of art — lining the... read more
by Alan Feiler, Editor-in-Chief | Dec 14, 2020 | Baltimore, Community, Local, Maryland, Pikesville
Dr. Steve Salzberg recalls occasionally running into Morris Rosen at a local gym and asking the nonagenarian how he was doing. “He always told me how he was slowing down,” Salzberg said with a laugh, “that he was only taking two Zumbas and a... read more