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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.

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)

Community Local Maryland National Obituaries

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)

Community Israel Local Maryland News

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 12, 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.

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

Community Education International Israel Local Maryland

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)

Community Food & Drink Local Maryland

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.

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.)

Arts & Life Community Local Maryland Obituaries The Arts

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.

The author (right) is shown here on Apr. 15 with her sister, Adriana, in a clementine orchard in the Israeli town of Gedera. (Provided photo)

Community Israel Local Maryland Opinion

Eyewitness to a Miraculous Happening

April 25, 2024April 26, 2024 Guest Contributor

Pikesville resident Jamie Neumann offers a firsthand account of being in Israel during the recent Iranian attack against the Jewish state.

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Community Education Local Maryland News

Former Pikesville High Employee Arrested for Trying to Frame Principal as Racist and Antisemitic

April 25, 2024April 26, 2024 JTA

Former PHS athletic director Dazhon Darien was charged by Baltimore County Police with disrupting school activities, retaliation, stalking and theft.

Demonstrators gather outside of the Israeli Embassy in Washington, D.C., to demand a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war. (Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images via JTA)

Community International Israel Local Maryland National News

Son of Prominent Maryland Rabbi Arrested After Altercation with Protesters in D.C.

April 19, 2024April 19, 2024 Ron Kampeas, JTA

Ezra Z. Weinblatt, son of Baltimore native Rabbi Stuart G. Weinblatt, allegedly pushed anti-Israel protesters and broke their sound equipment Apr. 16 in front of the Israel Embassy.

As part of his Congressional Award requirements, Guy Taylor (center) led a seven-day sailboat expedition in Florida. (Provided photo)

Community Local Maryland National News

Beth Tfiloh Student Guy Taylor Will Be Among Recipients of Congressional Award

April 18, 2024April 17, 2024 Linda L. Esterson

This June, Pikesville resident Guy Taylor, a junior at Beth Tfiloh Dahan Community Day School, will receive the Congressional Award, which recognizes service, initiative and achievement among young Americans.

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