Schools

KSDS Teacher Honored for her Commitment to Jewish Education

by JMORE Staff | May 10, 2019 | Community, Community Resources, Education, Schools, Spirituality

Sally W. Grobani, a lower school Hebrew and Judaics teacher at Pikesville’s Krieger Schechter Day School, was recently named the 2019 recipient of the Sam Kahan Distinguished Educator Award/Grinspoon Award for Excellence in Jewish Education. The award honors...

Towson Hillel to Celebrate 21st Birthday with Festival

by Anna Lippe | Apr 23, 2019 | Community, Community Resources, Education, Schools

It’s not every day that you turn 21. So for this milestone, Towson Hillel will celebrate its 21st with an outdoor family-friendly music festival and fund-raiser on May 5 from 1 to 4 p.m. at Tiger Plaza, 251 University Ave., on the campus. The event will include...

GEM Event Aims to Help Disadvantaged Girls in Baltimore

by Peter Arnold | Apr 8, 2019 | Children, Community, Community Resources, Education, Family, Schools

High school girls from underserved communities in the Baltimore metropolitan area find inspiration and encouragement from Girls’ Empowerment Mission, a local volunteer-based organization. GEM is a three-year college preparatory program held twice a month after school...

Arab and Jewish Israeli Students Visit Pikesville High School

by Simone Ellin, Associate Editor | Apr 2, 2019 | Community, Community Resources, Education, Schools

Before visiting the United States, Radn Shalata said she expected a place like Pikesville High to resemble the American schools she’d typically seen “in the movies.” An Israeli Arab from the northern Israeli city of Sakhnin, Radn, 17, said her expectations were met...

Baltimore Curriculum Project to Host Annual ‘5th Grader’ Gala

by Elizabeth Heubeck | Mar 11, 2019 | Children, Community, Community Resources, Education, Schools

George B. Hess Jr. is smarter than a 5th grader. And he is deeply committed to improving the state of education in Baltimore City. That’s why Hess, 81, a retired business executive, serves as board co-chair of the Baltimore Curriculum Project, a nonprofit striving to...

Well-Known in Jewish Camping Circles, Michael Schneider Now Heads Beth Tfiloh Camps

by Jeff Seidel | Feb 1, 2019 | Children, Community, Community Resources, Education, Milestones, Schools

Stephen J. Thompson turns 57 next month. Still, Thompson, a pediatric neurologist with the University of Maryland School of Medicine, fondly remembers his youthful summer days spent at Camp Airy, including a particular counselor from Bunk 21. That counselor, Michael...

KSDS and Cardinal Shehan School Come Together for Special Concert

by Linda L. Esterson | Jan 18, 2019 | Bar Mitzvah, Children, Community, Community Resources, Education, Family, Milestones, Religion, Schools

Harrison Fribush has the music in him, and he wants to share that passion with other kids throughout the Baltimore area. A seventh grade student at Krieger Schechter Day School, Harrison has embarked on a bar mitzvah project unlike that of most of his peers. On Jan....

In a 1st, a Transgender Person is Campus President of this Jewish Sorority

by Josefin Dolsten, JTA | Jan 9, 2019 | Community, LGBT, Schools

(JTA) — In December, the Jewish sorority at the University of Cincinnati elected a new president. The new leader was a founding member of the campus group who was highly involved in Jewish life at the university. But the 21-year-old’s election was surprising in at...

Ravens’ Bradley Bozeman and his Fiancée Speak to Students about Bullying

by Peter Arnold | Oct 31, 2018 | Children, Community, Community Resources, Education, Parenting, Schools

With his young family, thriving political career and law firm Zirkin & Schmerling, State Sen. Robert A. “Bobby” Zirkin (D-11th) has plenty to keep him busy. But Zirkin recently started a brand new project. A fixture on the Annapolis political scene since 1999 and...

Krieger Schechter Comes to the Aid of Young Hurricane Refugees

by Aliza Friedlander | Sep 17, 2018 | Children, Community, Community Resources, Education, Family, High Holidays, Religion, Schools, Spirituality

When 9-year-old Ryan Bailey and his little brother, Caleb, 6 came to visit family in Baltimore last week for Rosh Hashanah, little did they know they would stay longer than anticipated. Because of Hurricane Florence, Ryan and Caleb — who live in Norfolk, Va.,...