Bar Mitzvah
Family Celebrates B’nai Mitzvah of their Adopted Children
For Renée and Andrew Dain, the concept of adoption comes down to two of their most cherished values – family and Judaism. The Dains, who live in Ellicott City and belong to Pikesville’s Temple Oheb Shalom, recently adopted Renée’s three half-siblings, Raquel, Gregory...
Bar Mitzvah Boy Makes Generous Donation to the Children’s Guild
A few months before his bar mitzvah last January, Jacob Hahn toured the Northeast Baltimore group homes and TranZed Conference Center of the Children’s Guild. The guild provides services, programming and resources for children, adolescents and families with emotional,...
This Teen Had a Gender Neutral B’nei Mitzvah
(JTA) — When Esther Thorpe came out as non-binary a year ago, identifying neither as male nor female, Miriam Taylor Thorpe was worried. Esther’s mother already had a child come out as gay and feared that Esther, 14, would have trouble finding a Jewish community...
Women Don’t Read Torah … Or Do They?
“Mazel tov!” “Yasher Koach!” These phrases were recently thrown at me, along with handshakes and hugs, as I left the bimah and made my way to my seat in Beth Am Congregation’s magnificent sanctuary in Reservoir Hill. The previous five minutes were a blur, but these...
The Parting Shot
Just as the cold snap clipped the autumn leaves off the trees and ushered in a frost, my seventh-grade students and I set about our annual ritual — making tallitot, or prayer shawls. Since this will be the year the students become b’nai mitzvah, they’ll be able to...Upcoming Events
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all-day American Craft Show @ Baltimore Convention Center
American Craft Show @ Baltimore Convention Center 
Feb 22 all-day
The American Craft Show, which is in its 45th year, is a three-day celebration of all things handmade. Shop crafts like you’ve never seen before from more than 650 of the country’s top contemporary jewelry,[...]
Feb
23
Sat
all-day American Craft Show @ Baltimore Convention Center
American Craft Show @ Baltimore Convention Center
Feb 23 all-day
The American Craft Show, which is in its 45th year, is a three-day celebration of all things handmade. Shop crafts like you’ve never seen before from more than 650 of the country’s top contemporary jewelry,[...]
Feb
24
Sun
all-day American Craft Show @ Baltimore Convention Center
American Craft Show @ Baltimore Convention Center
Feb 24 all-day
The American Craft Show, which is in its 45th year, is a three-day celebration of all things handmade. Shop crafts like you’ve never seen before from more than 650 of the country’s top contemporary jewelry,[...]
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