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Lessons from Local Jewish University and College Presidents

by Staff Report | Jul 2, 2018 | Community, Community Resources, Education, Schools

By Simone Ellin and Aliza Friedlander Jews are famously known as the “People of the Book.” Perhaps that explains in part why so many of Baltimore’s leading institutions of higher learning have Jews at the helm. But like so many other institutions in American society,...

What in the World Is ‘Locanthropy’?

by Rabbi Daniel Cotzin Burg | Jun 29, 2018 | Community, Community Resources, Religion, Spirituality

In a world where problems seem insurmountable, we need to return to basics. Each December, the Oxford English Dictionary chooses a “Word of the Year” — or sometimes two, one for the United States and one for the United Kingdom — as the year’s philological cultural...

They Tried to Take Judaism Out of Synagogue Spaces. Now They’re Coming Back to Them.

by Ben Sales, JTA | Jun 29, 2018 | Community, Community Resources, Religion, Spirituality

NEW YORK (JTA) — For 10 years, Rabbi Dan Ain has tried to take Judaism out of the synagogue. He’s convened Friday night prayers in auditoriums with musicians like Matisyahu and Lisa Loeb. He’s held Rosh Hashanah services in a bowling alley/concert venue. He...

This Orthodox Rabbi Just Took a Job at an LGBT Synagogue

by Ben Sales, JTA | Jun 26, 2018 | Community, Community Resources, LGBT, Religion, Spirituality

NEW YORK (JTA) — In many ways, Mike Moskowitz is a typical haredi Orthodox rabbi. He wears a black suit and black hat. He sports a thick, curly beard beneath a closely shaved head. He peppers his speech with liturgical Hebrew and Yiddish words. He quotes from Jewish...

Associated Celebrates Raising More than $30 Million for 2018 Campaign

by Alan Feiler, Editor-in-Chief | Jun 21, 2018 | Community, Community Resources, Education, Elderly, Family, Religion, Schools, Spirituality

Kenneth R. Feinberg says people often ask him what he considers to be the toughest part of his job. A Washington, D.C.-based attorney and mediation specialist, Feinberg, 72, has worked on numerous high-profile compensation cases, including those involving 9/11...

These Dutch Holocaust Survivors Have Been Madly in Love for 70 Years

by Cnaan Liphshiz | Jun 19, 2018 | Community, Elderly, Family, Milestones

AMSTERDAM (JTA) — More than 70 years have passed since Meijer van der Sluis first laid eyes on the love of his life. He was at a home for child survivors of the Holocaust, and he opened the door for her. He still remembers her short haircut and exactly what she...

How a Biracial Orthodox Rabbi is Using his Background to Create a Unique Community in Brooklyn

by Josefin Dolsten, JTA | Jun 18, 2018 | Community, Community Resources, Religion

NEW YORK (JTA) — Growing up in the Orthodox community of Monsey, N.Y., as the son of an African-American mother who converted to Judaism and a white Ashkenazi father who became religious later in life, Isaiah Rothstein knows what it’s like not to fit in. The New York...

Hundreds Participate in Annual Pikesville 5K

by Staff Report | Jun 18, 2018 | Community, Community Resources, Family

Nearly 600 runners participated in the 18th annual Miles That Matter Pikesville 5K, which was held on June 17 at the Woodholme Center in Pikesville. The event, which was attended by 1,000-1,200 people, was hosted by the Pikesville Chamber of Commerce. Brady Marksamer,...

Tour de Court Now Serves as Fundraiser and Memorial

by Jon Minkove | Jun 12, 2018 | Community, Community Resources

For kids growing up in Baltimore in the 1980s and ‘90s, there was no athlete more beloved than Cal Ripken Jr. But as much as we loved Cal, my friends and I (at least subconsciously) spent most of our days trying to emulate Ray Kinsella, the fictional character from...

Easton Temple Dedicates New Spiritual Home

by Staff Report | Jun 12, 2018 | Community, Community Resources, Spirituality

On June 10, Rabbi Peter E. Hyman of Easton’s Temple B’nai Israel led his congregants — carrying three Torah scrolls under a chuppah — around the parking lot of their new spiritual home at 7199 Tristan Drive. More than 250 people participated in...