Gillian Blum, Author at JMORE

Looking Back on a Semester Unlike Any Other

by Gillian Blum | Jan 5, 2021 | Blogs, Blogs & Opinion, Coronavirus Opinion & Commentary

Since the first semester of the 2020-2021 school year came to a close last month, I’ve been doing a lot of reflecting. I’m a high school senior at the Bryn Mawr School. Going into the academic year, I knew it would be a strange one. Rather than being in classrooms, I...

This Year’s Howard County ‘Challah Bake’ Still Rises

by Gillian Blum | Nov 9, 2020 | Columbia, Community, Community Resources, Coronavirus News And Resources, Ellicott City, Family, Howard County, Local, Maryland, Religion

“There will be days when we feel fully risen and expansive and up to facing life’s most difficult challenges, and we will gaze at our lovely fat challahs with pride.” –Author Rochie Pinson, “Rising: The Book of Challah” For many...

Beth El’s Cantor Thom King Participates in a Virtual Nationwide Holiday Service

by Gillian Blum | Sep 25, 2020 | Community, Coronavirus Resources, High Holidays, Pikesville, Religion, Spirituality

It’s been a couple of weeks, but Beth El Congregation’s Cantor Thom King is still walking on air from the experience. A Pikesville resident, Cantor King was part of an effort to help create a memorable Selichot program for a nationwide audience through an original and...

Kappa Guild Members Now See Fruits of their Labors Virtually

by Gillian Blum | Sep 14, 2020 | Community, Community Resources, Coronavirus News

For many years, members of the Kappa Guild — a Baltimore-based group that raises approximately $10,000 annually for children’s health causes — have known all about the good work they do in the community. But the coronavirus pandemic has inadvertently...

Flower Project Benefits Ronald McDonald House Residents and Families

by Gillian Blum | Aug 31, 2020 | Community, Community Resources, Coronavirus News

It turns out that the COVID-19 pandemic is no match for the folks who call themselves “the Baltimore Flower Ninjas.” These volunteers of the Baltimore Flower Project have found a way to bring hope and a generous spirit to those who need it most – residents and...