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Team gold medals for Baltimore competitors were won in junior boys’ soccer and junior boys’ baseball home run derby. (Photo courtesy of JCC of Greater Baltimore)

Local Young Athletes Score Big at the Mid-Atlantic Mini & Junior Maccabi Games

May 10, 2024May 10, 2024 Staff Report

More than 100 young local Jewish athletes participated in the 2024 Mid-Atlantic Mini & Junior Maccabi Games in Wilmington, Delaware last Sunday, May 5.

During the pandemic, chef and social entrepreneur David Hertz started Solidarity Kitchens, a project to enable chefs to use their own kitchens to prepare meals for Brazil’s most vulnerable. (Edipo Ferraz via JTA)

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Brazilian Chef David Hertz Uses Food to Bring about Social Change

May 10, 2024May 7, 2024 JTA

David Hertz’s entire adult life has been focused on food. But what interests this Jewish chef from Brazil most is using food as a tool to alleviate poverty and address social injustice.

Over the years, Judy Oppenheimer's writing for the Village Voice, Washingtonian, the Washington Post Magazine, Salon, The Forward, Moment and other publications earned numerous awards. (Provided photo)

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Veteran Journalist, Author Judith Oppenheimer Dies at Age 82

May 8, 2024May 8, 2024 Guest Contributor

A former local Jewish journalist with a long history as a writer and editor, Oppenheimer was the author of a pair of acclaimed books.

Idan Tzameret: "They don’t have the right to do that to my property or my flag. There’s no room for hate, there’s no room for antisemitism.” (Provided photo)

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Israeli Flag of Falls Road Business Desecrated by Vandals

May 8, 2024May 8, 2024 Alan Feiler, Editor-in-Chief

An Israeli flag posted outside of the Mount Washington business Kitchen Design by Idan was spraypainted last weekend.

Rabbi Nina Beth Cardin: "We celebrate the success of our freedom, the need to protect oneself and do what is necessary to preserve one’s existence and dignity and culture." (File photo)

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Rabbi Nina Beth Cardin to be Honored by Federation of Jewish Women’s Organizations

May 8, 2024May 7, 2024 Simone Ellin, Associate Editor

On May 16, the Federation of Jewish Women’s Organizations of Maryland will honor Rabbi Nina Beth Cardin with the E.B. Hirsh Lifetime Achievement Award. Jmore spoke with Rabbi Cardin about the award, her new leadership positions, and more.

Among the many recent controversies in the literary world was a protest against the free-speech group PEN America for inviting Mayim Bialik, a pro-Israel actor, to participate in an event. (Amanda Edwards/Getty Images, via JTA)

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New Initiative Targets Antisemitism in Literary World

May 6, 2024May 1, 2024 JTA

A new initiative targets antisemitism in the literary world since the start of the Israel-Hamas war.

(Photo by Anne Nygard on Unsplash.com)

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Lost Postcards of Doomed Jewish Community Returned to Polish City of Lublin

May 3, 2024April 30, 2024 JTA

In advance of the commemoration of Holocaust Remembrance Day on May 5-6, the granddaughter of a German World War II soldier honors the victims of a lost Jewish community.

Zoie Verstanding: "No one deserves to feel hated, no matter what religion or race they are." (Provided photo)

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Fifth-Grade Student Zoie Verstandig Writes Special Poem for Holocaust Remembrance Day

May 1, 2024April 29, 2024 Simone Ellin, Associate Editor

A Chizuk Amuno congregant and fourth-generation Holocaust survivor, Zoie read the poem at Roland Park Country School’s annual Holocaust remembrance gathering.

Joel Wyman, owner of Celestial Dreams in Owings Mills, hands out car fresheners at his booth at the Pikesville Farmers Market. (File photo by David Stuck)

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Pikesville Farmers Market to Return to Pomona Square on May 7

April 30, 2024April 25, 2024 JMORE Staff

A community staple, the market will be held every Tuesday from 2 to 6 p.m. (rain or shine) in the parking lot of Pomona Square shopping center.

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Media Blackouts, Pesky Reporters and ‘Sleepy Don’

April 28, 2024April 28, 2024 Michael Olesker

Michael Olesker wonders why Americans must rely solely on journalistic accounts for information about former President Trump’s hush money trial.

On TikTok, Kyle Marisa Roth had an account of more than 202,000 followers while her videos received more than 5 million “likes” in total. (Photo courtesy of Sol Levinson & Bros.)

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Maryland-Based Social Media Personality and Influencer Kyle Marisa Roth Passes Away at 36

April 26, 2024April 26, 2024 JMORE Staff

A Chestertown resident who grew up in Anne Arundel County, Kyle Marisa Roth was a popular producer of celebrity gossip on TikTok and other platforms.

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