Community Resources

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....

Quick 5: JPride’s Adam Landy

by Simone Ellin, Associate Editor | Mar 18, 2019 | Community, Community Resources, Education, LGBT

It’s been more than four months since JPride Baltimore — formerly known as JQ Baltimore — celebrated its relaunch. JPride is Jewish Baltimore’s LGBTQ outreach, education and support organization. Adam Landy, 29, has been actively involved with the group’s...

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...

Taking Things a Little Too Far

by Rabbi Andy Gordon | Mar 15, 2019 | Community, Community Resources, Religion

Right now, we are preparing for one of the most celebratory Jewish holidays of the year: Purim! This festival, which will be observed this year March 20-21, truly lives up to the old phrase, “They tried to kill us, we won, now let’s eat!” Long ago in Persia, the evil...

Opening Doors

by JMORE Staff | Mar 15, 2019 | Community, Community Resources, Family

Jews of 21st-century Baltimore live all over the Charm City region. It must be something in the water. For generations, the conventional wisdom about Baltimore Jewry has been the following: nobody ever leaves. Of course, we know that’s not true. Plenty of Jews who...

Opening Doors: Let There Be Light

by Alan Feiler, Editor-in-Chief | Mar 15, 2019 | Community, Community Resources, Family

When his life partner, Joel Pearson, died suddenly nearly six years ago, Jon Adler Kaplan says he never really considered moving out of their Bolton Square townhouse. “This is my piece of Joel,” says Kaplan, 56, looking around his living room of hardwood floors,...

Opening Doors: Classic Living

by Simone Ellin, Associate Editor | Mar 15, 2019 | Community, Community Resources, Family

When she and her husband, David, began house-hunting in 2009, they knew they wanted to live among neighbors who felt like “extended family,” says Brandy Dopkin. They found that type of close-knit atmosphere in a cul-de-sac at Creekside at Quarry Lake. “There aren’t...

Opening Doors: Where Upside Down Feels Right

by Simone Ellin, Associate Editor | Mar 15, 2019 | Community, Community Resources, Family

When first visiting her family’s Canton townhouse in 2012, Dr. Rebecca Dezube says there was no question in her mind that she wanted to live there. “I love the windows, the lights, the arched, wood-paneled ceilings in the master bedroom, and all the little details,”...

Opening Doors: ‘Feels Like a Hug’

by Alan Feiler, Editor-in-Chief | Mar 15, 2019 | Community, Community Resources, Family

As a veteran interior designer working out of a home office, Wendy Appleby knows people have high expectations when entering her Columbia residence of 27 years. But she shrugs it off. “My home has a certain style that wouldn’t be for everyone,” says the proprietor of...

Beth El’s Mikvah Serves Multiple Roles for Baltimore’s Jewish Community

by Simone Ellin, Associate Editor | Mar 13, 2019 | Community, Community Resources, Religion, Spirituality

After having a miscarriage three years ago, Cara Parsons found solace and healing by way of an ancient Jewish practice. “I thought the cleansing ritual of the mikvah could help me move on,” says Parsons, who was 30 at the time. “Each month we didn’t conceive...