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Lil Dicky is Becoming the Larry David of Rap (and a TV Star to Boot)
If you haven’t heard of the comic rapper Lil Dicky, and you are at least tangentially interested in rap or comedy, you should familiarize yourself with him. Of course, you’ll need to be OK dealing with a good amount of blatant vulgarity. You read his name...
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...
Netflix’s ‘Unorthodox’ Miniseries is Just What We All Need Right Now
Back in 2012, when Deborah Feldman’s memoir “Unorthodox” came out, several people recommended I read this bestselling tale about a young woman leaving the Satmar Chasidic sect. I didn’t follow their advice, but I absolutely should have. It’s an important and...
Arts Groups Offer Virtual Programming Options During Pandemic
“Art is the only way to run away without leaving home.” –Twyla Tharp, dancer, choreographer and author Since Gov. Larry Hogan declared a state of emergency in Maryland on Mar. 5, theatrical productions, concerts, book talks and exhibition openings around the...
David Simon Says Trump’s Election Convinced Him to Tackle ‘Plot Against America’
David Simon originally read Philip Roth’s “The Plot Against America” around the time the novel was released in 2004. An alternate history, the book posits that Charles Lindbergh defeated Franklin Roosevelt in the 1940 presidential election, signed a non-aggression...
6 Jewish Takeaways from the 2020 Oscars
When Adam Sandler was shut out of this year’s Academy Award nominations for “Uncut Gems,” the Oscars lost out on the chance to have an acceptance speech as hilarious as the one Sandler delivered Saturday at the Independent Film Spirit Awards. But this year’s...
How the ‘Shtisel Effect’ Impacts Today’s Haredi Community in Israel
Pnina Pfeuffer is a social activist, writer, feminist, mother of two, Jerusalem resident and former political candidate who holds both a bachelor’s degree in liberal arts and a master’s degree in organizational behavior. She’s also a Haredi, or ultra-Orthodox, Jew on...Upcoming Events
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Jewish Museums Across the Seas: ...
@ Jewish Museum of Maryland Online
Jewish Museums Across the Seas: ...
@ Jewish Museum of Maryland Online
Aug 9 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Discover the history of Jewish people in Britain with the Jewish Museum London. From a medieval mikvah telling the story of the first Jewish community in Britain to photographs belonging to children who travelled on[...]
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11
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11:00 am
Masada virtual tour with BZD
@ ZOOM
Masada virtual tour with BZD
@ ZOOM
Aug 11 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
On this tour we will visit one of the most important sites to visit in Israel- Masada! The last stronghold of the Jewish revolt against Rome and its legions before the long exile. We will[...]
12:00 pm
The Upside, presented by Jmore a...
The Upside, presented by Jmore a...
Aug 11 @ 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.[...]
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