Family

Some Doggone Fun at Baltimore Humane Society’s Dogfest 2017

by Staff Report | Sep 18, 2017 | 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...

Aberdeen IronBirds Introduce Ultimate Kids Day

by SPONSORED CONTENT | Aug 22, 2017 | Children, Community, Family, SPONSORED

As the sun sets on the last days of summer and the kids begin to pack their backpacks with newly sharpened pencils and heavy textbooks, the all-too-familiar complaints of not wanting to go back to school surface. With hours of homework on the horizon, how are you and...

Gone but Not Forgotten

by Simone Ellin, Associate Editor | Aug 21, 2017 | Community, Community Resources, Family

Casey Cares Foundation provides essential support for grieving families after the loss of a child. Few if any tragedies are as devastating as the loss of a child. Parents are not meant to outlive their children. Yet, sometimes the unthinkable occurs. It happened to...

Remembering Yaazor, Baltimore Jewry’s Lost Agricultural Colony

by Carol Sorgen | Aug 18, 2017 | Community, Community Resources, Family

The concept of Jewish farming may seem like an oxymoron to some people. But for a while in the early to mid 20th century, Jewish farming communities could be found from upstate New York to Northern California and, yes, even here in Baltimore. These colonies may be...

Moms Help Out Charm City’s Youngest

by Staff Report | Aug 17, 2017 | Community, Community Resources, Family, Parenting

The statistics are impressive: 4,400 diapers wrapped, 6,542 diapers inventoried, 962 clothing items counted and 28 newborn bundles assembled. This slideshow requires JavaScript. Last Monday, Aug. 14, 19 moms came out for a volunteering event to benefit the local...

Moms Hit Pottery Studio for Big Night Out

by Staff Report | Aug 7, 2017 | Community, Community Resources, Family, Parenting

On Aug. 1, about 40 young local Jewish mothers got together at Amazing Glaze in Mount Washington for a “Moms’ Night Out” event. Among the activities were eating, drinking, painting, mingling and learning about Hiddur Mitzvah, the beautification or...

Street Smarts

by JMORE Staff | Jul 31, 2017 | Community, Family, Religion

The organized Jewish community gets hip to city living “Communities come into being when and where a critical mass of people choose to live, for whatever reason. Communal institutions sometimes materialize in anticipation of people’s arrival, and sometimes they follow...

In The House!

by Alan Feiler, Editor-in-Chief | Jul 31, 2017 | Community, Family, Religion

The Moishe House offers informal Jewish programming to millennials living in pockets of the city. Yitzy Childress recently stood on a deck atop a Federal Hill rowhouse, gazing at the city skyline on a clear, breezy afternoon. The bearded, lanky 27-year-old, who this...

Playtime in the City

by Simone Ellin, Associate Editor | Jul 31, 2017 | Community, Family, Religion

The Downtown Baltimore JCC brings a sense of Jewish community to Federal Hill. Situated in an unobtrusive, three-story office building on 1118 Light St. in Federal Hill, the Downtown Baltimore Jewish Community Center bears no resemblance to the sprawling campus of the...

Repair and Relevance

by Alan Feiler, Editor-in-Chief | Jul 31, 2017 | Community, Family, Religion

Repair the World: Baltimore taps into millennials’ desire to find meaningful community service opportunities. On a busy, gritty stretch of Eastern Avenue in Highlandtown, a nondescript storefront bears a sign on its façade distinguishing the operation from the area’s...