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Boards of Har Sinai, Oheb Shalom Approve Merger Plan
On their long and winding path toward merging, Owings Mills’ Har Sinai Congregation and Temple Oheb Shalom in Pikesville have cleared yet another hurdle. On May 14, the boards of trustees of the historic Reform synagogues voted unanimously to approve a Letter of...
Senator Bobby Zirkin: ‘Details of Legislation Matter’
In the aftermath of the 2019 Maryland General Assembly session, Sen. Robert A. “Bobby” Zirkin (D-11th) came under fire from some gun control advocates for the legislative body’s inability to close the loophole in state law requiring background checks for long guns,...
Oheb Shalom, Rabbi Steven Fink Resolve Dispute
Rabbi Steven M. Fink and his former congregation of 19 years, Pikesville’s Temple Oheb Shalom, announced they have reached a resolution in their acrimonious, year-long dispute. Last October, Rabbi Fink was terminated by the historic Reform congregation after...
City Hall Approves Creation of a Downtown Baltimore Eruv
For Rabbi Etan Mintz, walking on an overcast morning May 1 from his East Baltimore home to City Hall was a journey more than five years in the making. Rabbi Mintz — who since 2012 has served as spiritual leader of the historic B’nai Israel Synagogue in the...
Har Sinai, Oheb Shalom Move Closer to Merging
A proposed merger between Har Sinai Congregation in Owings Mills and Pikesville’s Temple Oheb Shalom took a major step forward as a joint task force of the two historic Reform synagogues recommended combining their resources and institutions. In a “Town...
Gino Marchetti, Former Baltimore Colt, Dies At 92 — PressBox
Gino Marchetti, one of the most dominant and feared defensive linemen in the NFL when he played for the Baltimore Colts during the 1950s and ’60s, has died at the age of 92. One of his nicknames was “Gino The Giant.” He was a 6-foot-4, 245-pound...
Prominent D.C. Synagogue Accused of Harboring Sexual Predator
The attorney general of Washington, D.C., is investigating allegations made by eight families that a teacher at Washington Hebrew Congregation’s preschool repeatedly sexually abused their children over the past two years. In addition, the families are charging that...
Q&A: City Councilman Zeke Cohen on the Mayor Pugh Case
The Baltimore City Board of Ethics has opened an investigation into Mayor Catherine Pugh, who recently announced an indefinite leave of absence to focus on her health after a bout with pneumonia. This announcement came in the wake of allegations...
Community Celebrates the Official Reopening of The Pikes Theatre
Standing near a large, state-of-the-art movie screen, Izzy Patoka looked out at the hushed crowd seated in a darkened cinema of The Pikes Theatre and yelled out, “Hey, anyone ever been here on a date before?”After the laughter subsided, someone replied quite...Upcoming Events
May
23
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7:30 pm Spotlight 2019: Don Felder & Ban... @ Beth Tfiloh Congregation
Spotlight 2019: Don Felder & Ban... @ Beth Tfiloh Congregation 
May 23 @ 7:30 pm
Join Beth Tfiloh for SPOTLIGHT 2019, the annual scholarship event, featuring Don Felder, formerly of The Eagles, and his band performing legendary classic rock hits, including “Hotel California,” “Life in the Fast Lane,” “One of[...]
May
24
Fri
8:00 pm Art After Hours @ Baltimore Museum of Art
Art After Hours @ Baltimore Museum of Art
May 24 @ 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Celebrate the closing weekend of “Monsters & Myths: Surrealism and War in the 1930s and 1940s” and “Nathalie Djurberg & Hans Berg / Delights of an Undirected Mind” with a surrealism-themed Art After Hours. The[...]
May
25
Sat
7:00 am Tulip Dig @ Sherwood Gardens
Tulip Dig @ Sherwood Gardens
May 25 @ 7:00 am – 11:00 am
The annual dig helps Sherwood Gardens make room for next year’s flowers. So, bring your buckets, bags and shovels and dig up some bulbs. They make great gifts for your gardening friends. Proceeds from the sale[...]
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