Opinion

What You’re Saying About Mary Bubala

by JMORE Staff | May 9, 2019 | Blogs & Opinion, Opinion

WJZ-TV anchor Mary Bubala asked a racially insensitive question during a recent interview about the resignation of Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh. The station subsequently fired her. Here’s Bubala’s original apology: A sincere apology...

Next Year in … Uganda?

by Sophia Neiman | Apr 23, 2019 | Blogs, Blogs & Opinion, Opinion

Hosting a Passover seder recently in the northern Ugandan city of Gulu taught me two important things. First, it is crucial to add matzoh balls to soup just a half-hour before serving; otherwise, they will disintegrate into something more like matzoh mush. Second...

God Bless America, Warts and All

by Alan Feiler, Editor-in-Chief | Apr 23, 2019 | Blogs, Blogs & Opinion, Opinion

The other day I was reading a new biography, Ray Connolly’s “Being John Lennon: A Restless Life,” when I came upon a passage in which Brian Epstein, the Beatles’ brilliant yet self-destructive manager, announced he would write his autobiography. It was eventually...

How Karl Lagerfeld Cleansed Chanel of its Anti-Semitic, Nazi Past

by JTA | Feb 20, 2019 | Blogs & Opinion, Opinion

By Michelle Honig (JTA) — If you walk into any wealthy Jewish American neighborhood, a careful eye will spot designer duds – Gucci, Prada, Louis Vuitton – sported by well-coiffed men and women as they walk through town. But in a sea of expensive excess, one designer’s...

The Steep Price of Getting Stumped

by Alan Feiler, Editor-in-Chief | Feb 6, 2019 | Blogs, Blogs & Opinion, Opinion, The Balagan

“And the devil jumped upon a hickory stump and said, ‘Boy, let me tell you what …’” –The Charlie Daniels Band, “The Devil Went Down to Georgia” I learned something last week. It’s no fun being on the stump. No, I don’t mean wading into the sordid,...

Why I Plan to Attend the Baltimore Women’s March

by Jessica Klaitman | Jan 17, 2019 | Blogs, Blogs & Opinion, Opinion

At an historic time in our nation’s history, when women are running for political positions, being elected to office, advocating, speaking out and marching in the streets in record numbers, one of the most visible parts of this movement – the national...

Why Veganism Conforms with Jewish Values

by Jamie Cohen | Jan 9, 2019 | Blogs, Blogs & Opinion, Opinion

I am vegan. But probably like you, I grew up eating meat. As a child, when I became concerned about the animals that were killed to put food on my plate, I was told that the animals are here to be eaten and they don’t feel anything when they are killed. That...

Community Thoughts and Wishes for Janet Kurland

by JMORE Staff | Nov 28, 2018 | Blogs, Blogs & Opinion, Opinion

For the past 42 years, Janet Kurland has been a fixture at Jewish Community Services, having long ago established herself as the “go-to person” for all matters pertaining to the care and well-being of older adults. But on Nov. 29, Kurland, 88, a Pikesville resident,...

After the Vote

by Alan Feiler, Editor-in-Chief | Nov 7, 2018 | Blogs, Blogs & Opinion, Opinion

Mazel tov. We’re now past the midterms of 2018. No matter how you feel about the results, you have to be glad that these elections are over. I know I am. I can’t recall a more contentious, divisive or bitter election in my lifetime. Still, in the aftermath of it all,...

Wake Up Call

by Simone Ellin, Associate Editor | Oct 30, 2018 | Blogs, Blogs & Opinion, Opinion

On the Monday morning after the massacre that killed 11 at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, my editor-in-chief expressed surprise that he hadn’t heard from me over the weekend. I was out of town visiting my son at college, and although I was aware of the...