Children

How to Respond to the Measles Outbreak

by Simone Ellin, Associate Editor | Apr 18, 2019 | Children, Community, Community Resources

With more than 550 cases of measles in 20 states across the country — including four confirmed cases in Pikesville — members of Baltimore’s Jewish community are understandably alarmed about the outbreak of the disease. Exposure points in this area include...

This Cartoon Matzah Character is Huge in Holland — and Not Just Among Jews

by Cnaan Liphshiz | Apr 8, 2019 | Children, Community, Family, Religion

AMSTERDAM (JTA) — Anywhere else in Europe, a muscular cartoon character named Max the Matzah would have amounted to little more than an inside Jewish joke. But in the Netherlands, where matzah for many non-Jews is a household item year-round, Max became an unlikely...

GEM Event Aims to Help Disadvantaged Girls in Baltimore

by Peter Arnold | Apr 8, 2019 | Children, Community, Community Resources, Education, Family, Schools

High school girls from underserved communities in the Baltimore metropolitan area find inspiration and encouragement from Girls’ Empowerment Mission, a local volunteer-based organization. GEM is a three-year college preparatory program held twice a month after school...

How Jewish Summer Camps are Talking About Consent in the Age of #MeToo

by Josefin Dolsten, JTA | Mar 19, 2019 | Children, Community, Community Resources

(JTA) — Every summer, Jewish parents spend thousands of dollars to send their children to summer camp to learn about Judaism, make friends and be part of a community. They sometimes have another hope, too: that their child will meet his or her future spouse at camp....

Transforming the Core

by Rabbi Daniel Cotzin Burg | Mar 16, 2019 | Children, Community, Community Resources, Family, Religion, Spirituality

Community-building is a never-ending concept. The other day, I was walking my dog through the Reservoir Hill neighborhood. I crossed through German Park, our community playground, and found a father pushing his baby on the infant swings. I smiled. I couldn’t help...

Baltimore Curriculum Project to Host Annual ‘5th Grader’ Gala

by Elizabeth Heubeck | Mar 11, 2019 | Children, Community, Community Resources, Education, Schools

George B. Hess Jr. is smarter than a 5th grader. And he is deeply committed to improving the state of education in Baltimore City. That’s why Hess, 81, a retired business executive, serves as board co-chair of the Baltimore Curriculum Project, a nonprofit striving to...

Forum to Explore how Opioid Epidemic Impacts Families

by Simone Ellin, Associate Editor | Feb 8, 2019 | Children, Community, Community Resources, Education

When her son Jacob was a high school senior more than a decade ago, Lisa Hillman received a disturbing phone call. “It was from a beloved teacher calling to tell me that Jacob’s friends were worried about him,” recalls Hillman, a fundraising executive and former...

Owings Mills Couple Celebrates 75 Years of ‘Good Times’

by Simone Ellin, Associate Editor | Feb 7, 2019 | Children, Community, Community Resources, Engagements, Family, Milestones, Weddings

When first casting their eyes upon each other eight decades ago, Ida and Abraham Yaker were far too young to even think about marriage. Both Baltimore natives, Ida and Abe were, respectively, 14 and 16 years of age. “I was in a girl’s club at the [Young Women’s Hebrew...

The Love Issue: A Love Transcending Words

by Aliza Friedlander | Feb 4, 2019 | Children, Community, Family, Milestones, Parenting

How love is shown and expressed differs for all individuals — mothers included. What is the same is the belief that a mother’s love is indescribable, unconditional and never-ending. I was 26 when I had my first daughter, Lila, and 28 when I had my second daughter,...

Well-Known in Jewish Camping Circles, Michael Schneider Now Heads Beth Tfiloh Camps

by Jeff Seidel | Feb 1, 2019 | Children, Community, Community Resources, Education, Milestones, Schools

Stephen J. Thompson turns 57 next month. Still, Thompson, a pediatric neurologist with the University of Maryland School of Medicine, fondly remembers his youthful summer days spent at Camp Airy, including a particular counselor from Bunk 21. That counselor, Michael...