International
4 Highlights from Benjamin Netanyahu’s Whirlwind Trip to Russia
By Marcy Oster JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel hasn’t had any problems with the Assad regime in Syria but will not accept the presence of Iranian troops near his country’s border, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said July 12 following a two-day trip to Russia. The Israeli...
Israel to Launch Moon Mission from Florida in December
(JTA) — Israel will launch a rocket from Florida in a bid to become the fourth country to reach the moon. Israel Aerospace Industries and the nonprofit SpaceIL announced July 10 that they plan a December launch from Cape Canaveral to land on the moon on Feb. 13. The...
Max Fuchs, US Soldier Who Led Historic Jewish Service in Germany During WWII, Dies at 96
NEW YORK (JTA) — Max Fuchs, an American soldier who helped lead a historic Jewish religious service in Germany during World War II, has died. Fuchs, an Army rifleman who led the 1944 Shabbat service in Aachen alongside Army chaplain Rabbi Sidney Lefkowitz, for some 50...
Mexico City Elects 1st Jewish Mayor
(JTA) – Mexico City elected a Jewish woman as mayor on July 1 — setting two firsts for the largest city in North America. A woman had previously been appointed Mexico City’s mayor on an interim basis for a year in 1999, but Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo is the first woman...
Baltimoreans to Play in Lacrosse World Championship Games in Israel
Four years ago, Matt Popeck was a camper at the Top 205 Lacrosse Camp in Towson, and his roommate, David Metzger, arrived a day late. The reason? An Israel Lacrosse event. “What’s that?” Popeck, then a sophomore at Sherwood High in Olney, Md., asked Metzger. Back...
5 Must-Know Facts About Prince William’s Visit to Israel
(JTA) — Prince William will soon embark on a historic visit to Israel. During the trip, which also includes stops in Jordan and the West Bank, Britain’s Duke of Cambridge will visit important sites in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv and meet with Israeli Prime Minister...
US Leaves UN Human Rights Council Over Israel Bias
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The Trump administration has withdrawn the United States from the U.N. Human Rights Council because of its bias against Israel. Nikki Haley, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, and Mike Pompeo, the secretary of state, jointly announced the...
Israel and the White House: 13 Chapters in US-Israel Relations for Israel’s 70th Birthday
Israel turns 70 this year. And no relationship has been more important than its on-again, off-again friendship with the United States and its presidents. In this series, JTA’s veteran Washington reporter Ron Kampeas describes the U.S.-Israel friendship through...
Serial Sperm Donor’s Samples Reportedly Banned in Israel
(JTA) — The sperm of a Brooklyn mathematics professor who has fathered at least 33 children in the last decade has been banned for use in Israel. The New York Post reported on June 17, Father’s Day in the United States, that an Israeli woman flew Ari Nagel, 42, to...Upcoming Events
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all-day Artscape 2018 @ MICA Campus
Artscape 2018 @ MICA Campus 
Jul 20 – Jul 22 all-day
Artscape goes back to the basics this year with a focus on ART. Special events include a Silent Disco, Squonk Opera’s Pneumatica, art installations, an artist-run art fair, free pedicab rides, comedy from Baltimore Improv[...]
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7:30 pm World Acappela: Iberi Choir of G... @ B'nai Israel Congregation
World Acappela: Iberi Choir of G... @ B'nai Israel Congregation 
Jul 26 @ 7:30 pm
This concert is another in the continuing series of sacred music inside B’nai Israel’s majestic sanctuary, sponsored by the Creative Alliance and B’nai Israel Congregation with the generous support of the Jacob & Hilda Blaustein[...]
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8:00 pm David Byrne @ Merriweather Post Pavilion
David Byrne @ Merriweather Post Pavilion
Jul 28 @ 8:00 pm
The former Talking Heads frontman David Byrne is getting rave reviews for his choreographed 12-piece “American Utopia” show. The CD (which was included with every ticket purchased) is pretty excellent, as well. This IS your[...]
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