Community Resources

Getting an Early Jump on Rosh Hashanah

by Staff Report | 19 hours ago | Community, Community Resources, High Holidays, Religion

To celebrate the impending arrival of 5778, the Jewish Federation of Howard County held its annual Jew Year’s Eve celebration on Sept. 14. About 130 people attended the festive gathering. This slideshow requires JavaScript. The event, held at the Gudelsky Center...

Some Doggone Fun at Baltimore Humane Society’s Dogfest 2017

by Staff Report | 22 hours ago | Children, Community, Community Resources, Family

Billed as “the ultimate furry fun and games family experience,” “Dogfest” is the Baltimore Humane Society’s biggest annual fundraising and community event. Despite the oppressive heat, the six-hour gathering was held on Sept. 16, at...

‘Blessing Bags’ Assembled for Homeless at Interfaith Event

by Staff Report | Sep 15, 2017 | Community, Community Resources, Education, Spirituality

It was a night of faith, a night of fellowship, a night to help those in need. Coinciding with Gov. Larry Hogan’s “Day to Serve” initiative and Jewish Volunteer Connection’s “Day to Unite,” the Baltimore Jewish Council and the...

This Factory Makes Thousands of Shofars Each Year

by Andrew Tobin, JTA | Sep 12, 2017 | Community, Community Resources, High Holidays, Spirituality

GIVAT YOAV, Golan Heights (JTA) – Shimon Keinan has a business to run. He doesn’t have time to teach you how to blow the shofar. But if you come all the way to his Kol Shofar factory here, Keinan is going to make sure you walk away with the horn that’s...

High Holidays 2017: Recipes, Memories, Tips and More

by JMORE Staff | Sep 12, 2017 | Community, Community Resources, Education, High Holidays, Religion, Spirituality

The High Holiday season includes Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year (Sept. 20-22); Yom Kippur, the most solemn and sacred day on the Hebrew calendar (Sept. 29-30); Sukkot, an agriculture-based festival (Oct. 4-11); Shemini Atzeret, which includes the prayer for rain...

Tailgate Event Benefits Hurricane Victims and Others

by Staff Report | Sep 11, 2017 | Community, Community Resources

About 200 members of Baltimore’s Jewish community celebrated the Ravens’ season opener while helping victims of Hurricane Harvey and others in need. This slideshow requires JavaScript. For its “Day to Unite,” Jewish Volunteer Connection...

Tree-Painting Project to Benefit Nikki Perlow Foundation

by Aliza Friedlander | Sep 8, 2017 | Community, Community Resources, Education

Debbie Dauer has a story to tell, of how she survived substance abuse and how it impacted her and her son. “He spent nine years with me in active addiction and now 11 years with a recovering mom,” says Dauer, co-founder of IMPACT Recovery Houses in Baltimore. “But...

Former Nightlife Promoter Wants to Make Volunteering Easy and Fun

by Josefin Dolsten, JTA | Sep 6, 2017 | Community, Community Resources

NEW YORK (JTA) — Deevee Kashi used to promote parties at some of New York’s most exclusive nightclubs, including a celebrity- and model-laden hotspot once described as a “dark, opulent, high-energy venue for the hottest acts and most beautiful people working...

Bubbe Lives in the Path of Hurricane Irma. Now What?

by Ben Sales, JTA | Sep 6, 2017 | Community, Community Resources, Elderly

(JTA) — Beatrice Marks’ one-story home might flood this week. But she laughs off the threat. “It doesn’t faze me one bit. Not anymore,” said Marks, 86, whose community of seniors lies in the path of Hurricane Irma, which is set to make landfall in Florida at the...

Baltimore Hebrew Congregation Hosts Paul’s Place Camp

by Hannah M. Heller | Sep 1, 2017 | Children, Community, Community Resources, Education

Tikkun Olam, or repairing the world, is a core Jewish value, one that encompasses so much of what synagogues, temples, and Jewish communal organizations and institutions do on a daily basis. So when a synagogue forms a strong partnership with a local nonprofit...