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Baltimore Jewish Film Festival to go Virtual This Year
Netflix, Amazon Prime and Hulu, move over. For the first time in its 32-year history, the William and Irene Weinberg Family Baltimore Jewish Film Festival will be presented entirely virtually, due to the coronavirus pandemic. From May 16 through June 10, the festival...
Baltimore Bargain House Served as Major Commerce Hub for Decades
It’s now known as the Nancy S. Grasmick Building in honor of the former superintendent of the Maryland State Department of Education. But for generations, the edifice at the corner of West Baltimore and Liberty streets was known as the Baltimore Bargain House....
Celebrity-Studded Seder Offered a New Look at American Jewry Today
With its glittering in-gathering of celebrities, jokes that worked and attendees who could, well, actually sing, it was the Zoom seder you wished you had. The “Saturday Night Seder” that aired last Saturday night, Apr. 11, on YouTube on the fourth night of...
Jewish Museum of Maryland to Host Baltimore’s First-Ever Jewish Folk Life Festival
Bagels and banjos. Hebrew and harmonicas. Isaac Bashevis Singer and Pete Seeger. You could say that Jewish culture and the American folk music tradition are a natural fit. Do banjos and Yiddishkeit mix? (File photo) The staff at the Jewish Museum of Maryland realized...
Golden Globes 2020: The Jewish Nominees
The 2019 Golden Globe nominees were announced Monday morning, Dec. 9, and the film “Marriage Story,” written and directed by Noah Baumbach, leads the pack with several nominations. Here is a roundup of Jews and Jewish productions that were nominated: “Marriage Story”...
The Food Issue 2019 – Dining out in Charm City
Do you remember where you used to go with your family to celebrate special occasions, or to grab a late night snack with friends? Maybe piling into your parents’ station wagon for an ice cream run to Windy Valley, or waiting for your burger to be delivered right...
Fall Arts 2019: Events Guide
We get it. The end of summer can be bittersweet. The days get shorter, the temps are cooler, school’s back in session and the pace picks up immeasurably. But fall is also a season of great beginnings. The High Holidays mark the beginning of the Jewish new year,...
Film on Team Israel to be Presented at Towson Hillel Event
Veteran filmmaker Jeremy Newberger says his latest documentary happened almost by accident. Good timing, an abundance of preparations and a confluence of events helped make “Heading Home: The Tale of Team Israel” a reality, he says. The 87-minute film tells the...
Fall Arts 2019: Vagabond Playing for Keeps
Keeping the lights on in a community theater is no easy feat. It takes talented actors, directors and designers willing to work for nothing or next to nothing; a cadre of dependable donors; a venue in which to stage performances; and, of course, theater-loving...Upcoming Events
Jan
17
Sun
all-day
JVC’s MLK Days of Service
@ Weinberg Park Heights JCC
JVC’s MLK Days of Service
@ Weinberg Park Heights JCC
Jan 17 – Jan 18 all-day
Join JVC as we move forward Dr. King’s vision of the Beloved Community. Volunteers can engage virtually in provocative learning experiences and a variety of service projects from home, as well as meaningful and physically[...]
Jan
19
Tue
12:00 pm
The Upside, presented by Jmore a...
The Upside, presented by Jmore a...
Jan 19 @ 12:00 pm – 12:30 pm
Join Jmore and The Associated every Tuesday at noon as we bring together some of Maryland’s most respected experts in their fields to answer your questions about the things that matter most in your life.[...]
Jan
21
Thu
11:00 am
Creating Calm in a Storm
@ Online
Creating Calm in a Storm
@ Online
Jan 21 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
We’re all going through a challenging time these days. This FREE monthly drop-in group offers the opportunity to share your stressors and get tools and strategies to help manage them in healthier ways. Group meets[...]
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