by Talya Knable | Jul 2, 2020 | Blogs, Blogs & Opinion, Coronavirus Opinion & Commentary, The Parenting Place
The further we get into the COVID-19 crisis, parents seem to be taking on more and more roles. We have been teachers, short-order cooks, playmates/friends and therapists to our children. More recently, we are also shifting to camp director/counselor, nature trail... read more
by JCS Career Center | Jun 30, 2020 | Blogs, Blogs & Opinion, Coronavirus Resources, Life@Work
At the end of February, the U.S. unemployment rate, at 3.5 percent, was at a 50-year low and businesses were booming. Many people were poised to begin new jobs, whether to begin their career or advance in their field. Then came COVID-19, and everything changed.... read more
by Michael Olesker | Jun 29, 2020 | Blogs, Blogs & Opinion, Michael Olesker
I still recall that sunlit afternoon the telephone rang and on the other end was the immortal Baltimore City Councilman Dominic “Mimi” DiPietro, a man who broke new linguistic ground whenever he surrounded an idea with the English language. Mimi, for example, thought... read more
by Michael Olesker | Jun 26, 2020 | Blogs, Blogs & Opinion, Michael Olesker
Professional sports may soon return to the virus-ridden American landscape, but certain sports bigots will not. So long, George Preston Marshall. Now, can Marshall’s old football team please give up its awful nickname? As America purges itself of lingering vestiges of... read more
by Talya Knable | Jun 25, 2020 | Blogs, Blogs & Opinion, Coronavirus Opinion & Commentary, The Parenting Place
“You’re always going to wonder if you’re doing things wrong. But that’s what it means to be a mom, to care so much about someone else that you just want to be as perfect as possible.” –Actress Naya Rivera We all have been tested... read more
by Alan Feiler, Editor-in-Chief | Jun 25, 2020 | Blogs, Blogs & Opinion, Opinion
Years ago, I covered a Baltimore Jewish Council meeting at the headquarters of The Associated back when the BJC’s offices were located there. The meeting featured a South African-born Jewish attorney and activist who’d relocated to Baltimore. He spoke about the... read more
by Michael Olesker | Jun 24, 2020 | Blogs, Blogs & Opinion, Michael Olesker
The Ouzo Bay restaurant video that’s now gone viral is one of the saddest sights in circulation because it shows there’s more than one way to commit murder. Around the nation these days, we’re reminded with sickening regularity of black people killed by white police... read more
by Jacke L. Schroeder | Jun 23, 2020 | Blogs, Blogs & Opinion
Elder abuse is an injustice and an epidemic that we all need to prevent and address. That’s why June is World Elder Abuse Awareness Month. The mistreatment or harming of older people occurs in private residences and at long-term care facilities, in relationships where... read more
by Michael Olesker | Jun 22, 2020 | Blogs, Blogs & Opinion, Michael Olesker
Somewhere in her shame and humiliation, Catherine Pugh begins to pack her bags. She leaves for federal prison this week, leaving behind a city that once elected her mayor and still misses a leader with her political experience and skills. But greed got in Pugh’s... read more
by Michael Olesker | Jun 19, 2020 | Blogs, Blogs & Opinion, Michael Olesker
The last time American Jews gave the majority of their votes to a Republican presidential candidate was precisely a century ago, when they were foolish enough to vote for Warren G. Harding. They won’t make that same mistake in 2020 with Donald J. Trump. Certainly not... read more
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