Community

Falafel and Blueberries Abound at Pikesville Farmers’ Market

by Staff Report | Jun 23, 2017 | Community, Community Resources

Once again, the Pikesville Farmers’ Market is in full bloom. The market, held every Tuesday from 2-6 p.m. in the parking lot of Pomona Square shopping center at 1700 Reisterstown Road, offers a variety of area fresh produce, food, bakery, plants, clothing,...

Westminster Man Waits for Living Kidney Donation

by Jordan Loux | Jun 21, 2017 | Community, Community Resources, Education

As a longtime clinical social worker, Dean C. Wolf has spent a good chunk of his life trying to help people struggling with mental illness and addiction issues. Now, as a patient with end-stage renal failure, Wolf, 68, is asking others to help him. A Westminster...

Shabbaton for Deafblind Community held at Pearlstone

by Staff Report | Jun 20, 2017 | Community, Community Resources, Education, Spirituality

Approximately 90 people — support service providers, staff and 18 members of the Jewish deafblind community from across North America and Israel — came together on June 16-18 for the fifth annual “Deafblind Shabbaton” at the Pearlstone Retreat...

ShareBaby and La Food Marketa Team Up for ‘Tacopalooza’

by Aliza Friedlander | Jun 19, 2017 | Community, Family

The nonprofit and the restaurant are joining forces to help Baltimore families with diaper needs and other essentials for children. Approximately 25,000. That’s how many diaper-age children are estimated to be living in poverty in Baltimore and whose parents struggle...

Hold On To Those Mouse (Y)ears!

by Dana Hemelt | Jun 15, 2017 | Children, Community, Family, Parenting

Disney World visits are something to savor with older children, too. We’re a family of late sleepers. It’s not unusual for the four of us to be pajama-clad and bed-headed at 11 on weekend mornings. But under rare circumstances, my teenagers do pop out of bed before...

Retiring, Beloved Pikesville High Teacher Receives Big Surprise

by Jeff Seidel | Jun 13, 2017 | Community, Community Resources, Education, Schools

For a long time, Jerry Dresner has dreamed of traveling to Hawaii with his wife, Kim Berney. They originally planned a 10-day trip for this November. But now, Dresner, who worked at Pikesville High School for the past 21 years and recently retired, and Berney will be...

Pikesville Schools Dedicate Mosaic for Police

by Staff Report | Jun 12, 2017 | Community, Community Resources, Education, Schools

Last Friday morning, June 9, third-grade students from Krieger Schechter Day School and Milbrook Elementary School came together to show their support for local law enforcement officials by celebrating the dedication of a special mosaic at the Milford Mill IV Precinct...

HoCo Jewish Federation Hosts Beatlemania Returns

by JMORE Staff | Jun 12, 2017 | Community, Community Resources

The Jewish Federation of Howard County decided to “Get Back” to basics and encourage everyone to “Help” themselves to a good time on June 7 at its annual gala Fed Live! Approximately 300 federation supporters attended the four-hour “Come...

Israeli Support for Gay Marriage Found to be at All-Time High

by JTA | Jun 9, 2017 | Community, Family, Religion, Weddings

TEL AVIV (JTA) — Ahead of Tel Aviv Pride, 79 percent of Israeli Jews told pollsters they support allowing same-sex marriage or civil unions for gay couples. According to Hiddush, the religious pluralism group that commissioned the poll released Thursday, public...

Young Families Enjoy ‘Shabbat in the Park’

by Staff Report | Jun 6, 2017 | Children, Community, Community Resources, Education, Family

Fifteen young Jewish families came together on June 2 at Meadowood Regional Park in Brooklandville for “Shabbat in the Park,” presented by the Louise D. and Morton J. Macks Center for Jewish Education. The families — all with children under the age of 4 and who...