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Weinberg Place Celebrates 50th Anniversary

by Aliza Friedlander | 1 hour ago | Baltimore, Local, Maryland, News

For Shirley Crowder, Weinberg Place is more than just an apartment building. It’s her home. “I was very sick when I moved in here a little over six years ago and I have progressively gotten better,” said Crowder, 68. “My neighbors check on me and call me...

Jemicy School Dedicates Attman Family & Alumni Center

by Simone Ellin, Associate Editor | Sep 15, 2017 | Baltimore, Local, Maryland, News

When their son, Jeffrey, was 8 or 9, Phyllis and Leonard J. Attman noticed he was struggling with reading. “We kept flipping him from school to school,” recalled Leonard Attman. “The schools said they knew how to help him, but none of them actually had that...

Har Sinai, Oheb Shalom to Explore Merger

by Simone Ellin, Associate Editor | Sep 14, 2017 | Baltimore, Local, Maryland, News, Pikesville

This story was updated on Sept. 15, 2017. In a letter emailed to congregants yesterday, Sept. 13, Har Sinai Congregation’s Rabbi Linda Joseph and President Anne L. Berman announced that the Owings Mills synagogue has created a “strategic partnership” with Temple Oheb...

Hearing Examines Baltimore’s Epidemic of Violence

by Peter Arnold | Sep 14, 2017 | Baltimore, Local, Maryland, News

In Annapolis on Tuesday, Sept. 12, Sen. Robert A. “Bobby” Zirkin (D-11th ) organized and ran a hearing on violence in Baltimore. “Any level of violence is too much, but this is out of control. It has gotten outrageous,” Zirkin said. “Baltimore City is the...

Israeli Diplomat Speaks at Jewish National Fund Breakfast

by Alan Feiler, Editor-in-Chief | Sep 14, 2017 | Baltimore, Israel, Local, Maryland, News, Pikesville

Ron Prosor loves telling a good story. The former Israeli ambassador to the United Nations recalled once having a speaking engagement and noticing an audience member stand up and starting to walk out. “I asked him where he was going and he said, ‘Out to get a...

Firefighters, Area Groups Remember 9/11

by Aliza Friedlander | Sep 11, 2017 | Baltimore, Local, Maryland, National, News, Pikesville

For Michele Kornbluth of Reisterstown, memories of the deadliest terrorist attacks in U.S. history hit particularly close to home. “I’m from New Jersey, so 9/11 had a real impact on me,” said Kornbluth. “We could smell the smoke from where we were. My town was a...

Sen. Cardin, Faith Leaders Gather for ‘Conversation’ at the Associated

by Peter Arnold | Sep 11, 2017 | Baltimore, Local, Maryland, National, News

Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.) joined 65 Baltimore area faith and community leaders last Friday morning, Sept. 8, at the headquarters of The Associated: Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore for a “Conversation on Improving Community Unity.” “We have seen a...

Commission to Determine Fate of Pikesville Armory — Baltimore Fishbowl

by Ethan McLeod | Sep 6, 2017 | Baltimore, FROM OUR PARTNERS, Local, Maryland, News, Pikesville

Pikesville’s vacant but historic Maryland National Guard Armory, located at 610 Reisterstown Rd., may soon be a candidate for redevelopment and revitalization. On Tuesday, Sept. 5, Gov. Larry Hogan established a 16-member commission to determine the best way to...

Baltimore Musician Organizes Concert for Hurricane Harvey Victims

by Simone Ellin, Associate Editor | Aug 29, 2017 | Baltimore, Local, Maryland, National, News

This Thursday night, Aug. 31, Baltimore-based singer-songwriter Sonia Rutstein was all set to travel to Kerrville, Texas, for the three-day Kerrville Fall Music Festival. But due to the impact of Hurricane Harvey, which made landfall in Texas last Friday night, Aug....

Baltimore Area Jews to Raise Funds for Hurricane Harvey Victims

by Simone Ellin, Associate Editor | Aug 28, 2017 | Baltimore, Howard County, Maryland, National, News

Since Hurricane Harvey made landfall in Texas on Aug. 25, Pikesville resident Dr. Arthur C. Abramson has watched the hurricane’s progress closely. “The Jewish community in Houston is right alongside a bayou,” said Abramson, a former Houston resident. “That’s where the...