Maryland
by Ben Sales, JTA | Jan 7, 2020 | Community, Community Resources, Education, International, Local, Maryland, National, National Politics, News
An estimated 25,000 people marched across the Brooklyn Bridge and held a rally on Jan. 5 to protest rising anti-Semitism in and around New York City. The rally comes following a spate of attacks on Jews, including most recently a stabbing attack at a rabbi’s home in... read more
by Peter Arnold | Jan 7, 2020 | Baltimore, Community, Local, Local Politics, Maryland, News, Pikesville
The 441st legislative session of the Maryland General Assembly will convene this Wednesday, Jan. 8, in Annapolis and runs through April 6. To gauge the issues that will be of most importance to Marylanders, Jmore recently spoke with four local Jewish political leaders... read more
by Alan Feiler, Editor-in-Chief | Dec 30, 2019 | Baltimore, Business, Community, Local, Maryland, News, Pikesville
First, there was Suburban House. Then, there was Gourmet Again. (And let’s not even get started about the old Fields Cafe.) Now, you can add another Pikesville landmark to the dustbin of local culinary and noshing history. Edmart Deli closed its doors Dec. 31... read more
by Staff Report | Dec 12, 2019 | Baltimore, Business, Community, Local, Maryland, News, Pikesville
In light of the deadly Dec. 10 attack on a kosher grocery in Jersey City, N.J., Baltimore County has placed police camera towers at Pikesville’s two kosher supermarkets, Seven Mile Market and Market Maven Baltimore, to monitor any potentially suspicious... read more
by Peter Arnold | Dec 9, 2019 | Community, Maryland, News
What kind of state will future Marylanders inherit? That question was on the minds of more than 100 people who attended “Charting the Course for Environmental Change in Maryland” on Dec. 9 at Brown Advisory in Fells Point. State Sen. Sarah K. Elfreth... read more
by Alan Feiler, Editor-in-Chief | Dec 3, 2019 | Baltimore, Community, Elections, Local, Local Politics, Maryland, News, Pikesville
A veteran of state politics and the local Jewish community, Sen. Robert A. “Bobby” Zirkin (D-11th) announced he will resign from office next month. The highest-ranking Jewish member of the State Senate, Zirkin, who has served as chairman of the high-profile Senate... read more
by Alan Feiler, Editor-in-Chief | Oct 29, 2019 | Baltimore, Community, Local, Maryland, News, Obituaries
A well-known figure in local media and marketing circles for decades, Jeffrey C. Raymond died on Oct. 26 of a heart attack. He was 56. A North Baltimore resident who belonged to Bolton Street Synagogue, Raymond served as chief of the division of communications... read more
by JTA | Oct 24, 2019 | Education, Maryland, News
State officials recently announced that the requirements for Holocaust education in Maryland’s middle and high schools will be enhanced and expanded. The announcement by Dr. Karen B. Salmon, state superintendent of schools, came days before the one-year anniversary of... read more
by Staff Report | Oct 17, 2019 | Baltimore, Community, Maryland, National Politics, News
Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-7th) died Oct. 17 at the age of 68 from longstanding health issues. Throughout his long political career, Cummings, a Baltimore native, enjoyed a particularly close relationship with the Jewish community of Maryland. Cummings was the namesake... read more
by Marcy Oster | Sep 17, 2019 | Community, Maryland, News
A same-sex couple from Chevy Chase, Md., is suing the U.S. State Department for refusing to grant birthright citizenship to their infant daughter. Kessem Kiviti, who is six months old, was born via surrogacy in Canada, according to Immigration Equality, a New... read more
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