High Holidays
by JTA | Oct 2, 2020 | Community, Community Resources, Education, Family, High Holidays, Religion, Spirituality, Spirituality During The Pandemic
By Shira Hanau Sukkot, the harvest festival observed this year from Oct. 2-9, would seem to be designed for the COVID-19 pandemic. After all, the holiday is typically observed outdoors in temporary structures, allowing for more of the fresh air that is considered one... read more
by Staff Report | Oct 2, 2020 | Children, Community, Community Resources, Coronavirus Resources, Education, Family, High Holidays, Schools, Spirituality
Looking for a festive yet socially distant way to celebrate Sukkot, the Festival of Booths that will be observed this year from Friday night, Oct. 2, to Friday evening, Oct. 9? The Jewish Community Center of Greater Baltimore has got you well covered (pun intended!).... read more
by Gillian Blum | Sep 25, 2020 | Community, Coronavirus Resources, High Holidays, Pikesville, Religion, Spirituality
It’s been a couple of weeks, but Beth El Congregation’s Cantor Thom King is still walking on air from the experience. A Pikesville resident, Cantor King was part of an effort to help create a memorable Selichot program for a nationwide audience through an original and... read more
by JTA | Sep 25, 2020 | Community, High Holidays, Religion
By Mayim Bialik Yom Kippur. The Day of Atonement. After a year unlike any we could have ever anticipated, I have been waiting for this day, not for atonement so much as a reset. Jewish tradition teaches us that our fate for the year ahead is sealed on Yom Kippur, and... read more
by Rabbi Eli Yoggev | Sep 18, 2020 | High Holidays, Religion
Our Father, Our King, Avinu Malkeinu. When I was a student at Bar Ilan University in Israel, I attended a lecture titled, “Is portraying God as King helpful today?” The professor answered in the negative, asking how many kings actually still rule today. He then went... read more
by JTA | Sep 16, 2020 | Community, High Holidays, Religion, Spirituality, Spirituality During The Pandemic, SPONSORED
This article was sponsored by and produced in partnership with Beit Avi Chai, a center for the creation, development, and expression of Jewish and Israeli culture and education aimed at the full spectrum of the Jewish people in Israel and around the world. This... read more
by Aliza Friedlander | Sep 11, 2020 | Community, High Holidays, Religion
Cantor Randy Herman never expected to start his new role at Pikesville’s Chizuk Amuno Congregation outside of the synagogue. But that’s the reality as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. “It’s tricky getting to know a community virtually, but that’s what I’m doing,”... read more
by Rabbi Daniel Cotzin Burg | Aug 11, 2020 | Baltimore, Community, Education, High Holidays, Local, Maryland, National, Religion, Spirituality
In his new book “Five Days: The Fiery Reckoning of an American City” (One World), Wes Moore describes his experience on Apr. 27, 2015, the day Freddie Gray was laid to rest. Moore had attended the funeral but left early to catch a plane to Boston for a speech he was... read more
by Staff Report | Jul 13, 2020 | Community, Community Resources, High Holidays, Kosher
Giant Food recently announced it will expand its selection of new and traditional kosher products at Baltimore area stores through an enhanced partnership with Kayco, the nation’s leading purveyor of kosher food, and the A&L Foods distributor. The Landover-based... read more
by Rabbi Joyce Newmark | Oct 3, 2019 | Community, High Holidays, Religion
For nearly 50 years, my father had a best friend named Al. They grew up in the same neighborhood in Brooklyn, N.Y., and after returning home from World War II, they each married and moved to the same Long Island town and opened related businesses. They were closer... read more