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by JTA | 14 hours ago | Baltimore, Local, Maryland, National, News
(JTA) — Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg will donate $1.8 billion to Johns Hopkins University, which he attended, to provide more financial aid to low-and middle-income students. It is reported to be the largest private donation to higher education, and... read more
by Ethan McLeod | Nov 15, 2018 | Baltimore, FROM OUR PARTNERS, Local, Maryland, News
A man who stood up during intermission Nov. 14 at the performance of “Fiddler on the Roof” at the Hippodrome Theater downtown was escorted out of the building, and was permitted to walk away free after police made contact with him. The incident, reported by The... read more
by Simone Ellin, Associate Editor | Nov 13, 2018 | Baltimore, Local, Local Politics, News, Politics
Rachel Garbow Monroe, president and CEO of the Owings Mills-based Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, will co-chair the transition team for John A. Olszewski Jr., who was recently elected Baltimore County Executive. Olszewski, best known as “Johnny O,” announced... read more
by Peter Arnold | Nov 9, 2018 | Baltimore, Elections, Local, Local Politics, Maryland, National, National Politics, News
When meeting with Jmore’s editorial board on Sept. 24, Rep. John Sarbanes (D-Md.) repeatedly expressed concerns about the potential for an autocracy in the United States if Republicans won both the House of Representatives and Senate in the midterm elections on Nov.... read more
by JMORE Staff | Nov 7, 2018 | Elections, Local, Local Politics, Maryland, News
Here are the early unofficial results from the Maryland Board of Elections for the major races of interest to the local Jewish community: Governor/Lt. Governor Larry Hogan and Boyd K. Rutherford Comptroller Peter Franchot Attorney General Brian E. Frosh U.S. Senator... read more
by Ben Sales, JTA | Nov 6, 2018 | Elections, Local, Local Politics, Maryland, National, National Politics, News, Politics
(JTA) — Democrats took control of the House of Representatives in the midterm elections held Nov. 6, with Jewish Congress members poised to take key leadership roles. Republicans looked to increase their majority in the Senate. Five Jewish Democrats are set to chair... read more
by Simone Ellin, Associate Editor | Nov 2, 2018 | Baltimore, Local Politics, Maryland, News, Pikesville
For Marc B. Terrill, president of The Associated: Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore, the massacre of 11 worshipers at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh on Oct. 27 was deeply personal. Speaking to approximately 200 Jewish communal leaders, elected... read more
by Simone Ellin, Associate Editor | Oct 29, 2018 | Baltimore, Local, Maryland, News
In the wake of the massacre of 11 worshipers at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life Synagogue on Oct. 27, Jewish communities around the nation are considering ways to beef up security. For instance, Philadelphia’s historic Rodeph Shalom Congregation announced its... read more
by Staff Report | Oct 29, 2018 | Baltimore, Local, Maryland, National, News
The following is a statement on the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting released by Marc B. Terrill, president of The Associated: Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore: Shocking, surreal, tragic and yet believable. How incredibly sad that we are at this place. I was... read more
by Alan Feiler, Editor-in-Chief | Oct 28, 2018 | Baltimore, Local, Maryland, National, National Politics, News, Pikesville
As she made her way into Baltimore Hebrew Congregation’s sanctuary on Oct. 28, a somber Tammy Routman Heyman greeted friends and acquaintances at the community memorial service for the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting massacre that left 11 worshipers dead the previous... read more
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