High Holidays
Mobile Sukkah Tour Offers Holiday Celebrations During Pandemic Era
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!)....
Beth El’s Cantor Thom King Participates in a Virtual Nationwide Holiday Service
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...
This Yom Kippur, Jonah’s Story Resonates More than Ever
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...
God as Our Partner
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...
Jerusalem’s Beit Avi Chai Creates High Holiday Programming for Pandemic Era
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...
Cantor Randy Herman Makes his Debut at Chizuk Amuno’s Selichot Services
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,”...
Memories of Freddie Gray and those Fiery ‘Five Days’ of Reckoning in Baltimore
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...
Giant Food to Expand Kosher Selection for this High Holiday Season
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...
Yom Kippur, Scattered Feathers and the Power of Words
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...Upcoming Events
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JVC’s MLK Days of Service
@ Weinberg Park Heights JCC
JVC’s MLK Days of Service
@ Weinberg Park Heights JCC
Jan 17 – Jan 18 all-day
Join JVC as we move forward Dr. King’s vision of the Beloved Community. Volunteers can engage virtually in provocative learning experiences and a variety of service projects from home, as well as meaningful and physically[...]
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The Upside, presented by Jmore a...
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Join Jmore and The Associated every Tuesday at noon as we bring together some of Maryland’s most respected experts in their fields to answer your questions about the things that matter most in your life.[...]
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Creating Calm in a Storm
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Creating Calm in a Storm
@ Online
Jan 21 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
We’re all going through a challenging time these days. This FREE monthly drop-in group offers the opportunity to share your stressors and get tools and strategies to help manage them in healthier ways. Group meets[...]
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