Community

KSDS and Cardinal Shehan School Come Together for Special Concert

by Linda L. Esterson | Jan 18, 2019 | Bar Mitzvah, Children, Community, Community Resources, Education, Family, Milestones, Religion, Schools

Harrison Fribush has the music in him, and he wants to share that passion with other kids throughout the Baltimore area. A seventh grade student at Krieger Schechter Day School, Harrison has embarked on a bar mitzvah project unlike that of most of his peers. On Jan....

Jews of Color on What Martin Luther King Jr. Day Means to Them in 2019

by JTA | Jan 18, 2019 | Community, Community Resources, Religion

By Josefin Dolsten and Ben Sales (JTA) — For many Jewish organizations, Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a time to talk about the current state of black-Jewish relations. There’s a lot to talk about this year, from the controversy over ties between Women’s March...

300 Women Join Rabbi Naomi Levy for an Evening of ‘Wine & Wisdom’ at The Soul Center

by Amanda Krotki | Jan 18, 2019 | Community, Community Resources, Education, Religion, Spirituality

It’s been a long week, you’re still sore from that cardio workout two days ago, there’s fluffy white stuff falling from the sky and all you want to do is go home and eat leftover cheese. You think to yourself, “Do I really need to go out to one more event this week?”...

ArtScroll Prayer Books Have Dominated in Orthodox Synagogues for Decades. Is that Ending?

by Ben Sales, JTA | Jan 16, 2019 | Community, Education, Religion

NEW YORK (JTA) — For decades, one name dominated the bookshelves and pews of American Orthodox synagogues: ArtScroll. The Brooklyn-based publisher of Jewish books put out the most widely used Orthodox prayer book, or siddur, as well as a popular text and translation...

Talmud-Inspired Learning Craze Sweeps South Korea

by Tim Alper | Jan 14, 2019 | Community, Community Resources, Education, Religion

SEOUL, South Korea (JTA) — In 2014, Kim Hye-kyung found herself staring into an educational abyss. The mother of two lives in study-mad South Korea, a nation where parents fork over a combined $17 billion on private tutoring every year. Children start early – 83...

In a 1st, a Transgender Person is Campus President of this Jewish Sorority

by Josefin Dolsten, JTA | Jan 9, 2019 | Community, LGBT, Schools

(JTA) — In December, the Jewish sorority at the University of Cincinnati elected a new president. The new leader was a founding member of the campus group who was highly involved in Jewish life at the university. But the 21-year-old’s election was surprising in at...

MIDC Event Focuses on Israeli Technology for Blind and Visually Impaired

by Peter Arnold | Jan 4, 2019 | Community, Community Resources, Education

For its countless technological innovations and contributions to the world, Israel has long been called a startup nation of great vision. Now, the Jewish state is doing something to help those who are blind or visually impaired. On Jan. 9, the Maryland/Israel...

Quick 5: The Fur Will Fly!

by Simone Ellin, Associate Editor | Jan 4, 2019 | Community, Community Resources

If Jmore’s “Pets Issue” has put you in a ‘pet-centric’ state of mind, you’re in luck. The 18th annual World of Pets Expo is coming to town. Brought to you by Premiere Events, a family-owned and operated business based in Westminster, the...

Outside Amsterdam’s Portuguese Synagogue, Spanish Olive Trees Endure Northern Winters

by Cnaan Liphshiz | Dec 30, 2018 | Community, Community Resources, Religion, Spirituality

AMSTERDAM (JTA) — Each year at the height of winter, city workers descend on the square opposite Holland’s oldest synagogue and pull gigantic yellow tarps over the canopies of 25 olive trees. The trees, each 250-300 years old, are Amsterdam’s oldest. They were brought...

Educator, Media Personality Leona S. Morris Dies at 104

by Staff Report | Dec 28, 2018 | Community, Education, Elderly

Leona S. Morris, a well-respected educator, committed community activist and popular TV personality, passed away on Dec. 23. The Virginia native and Northwest Baltimore resident was 104. Over the years, Morris was considered a groundbreaking pioneer for professional...