Volunteers recently gathered at Sol Levinson & Bros. to learn about different methodologies to research gravesites and cemeteries. (Provided photo)

Jewish Cemetery Association Strives to Create Comprehensive Graves Database

With the help of volunteers, the Jewish Cemetery Association of Greater Baltimore is working to catalog the Jewish cemeteries and graves in the area for its digital database, including the identification of graves at some of Jewish Baltimore’s oldest cemeteries.

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Located in the Bronx, New York, the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, was founded by Yeshiva University in 1955. In 2015, Yeshiva University transferred ownership of Einstein to New York’s Montefiore Medical Center. Einstein and Yeshiva are still closely affiliated.

Baltimorean Dr. Ruth Gottesman Donates $1 Billion to Einstein College of Medicine

The gift — which will be tuition-free for the indefinite future — is intended to attract a range of students to the medical school in New York.

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Last December, Elizabeth Hirsh Naftali (far right) and other family members of Americans taken hostage by Hamas on Oct. 7 spoke to the media outside the West Wing of the White House. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images, provided by JTA)

Relative of Former Child Hostage to Speak at ‘Braided Candle’ Event

At the Pikesville Hilton this Wednesday night, Elizabeth Hirsh Natfali will talk about the nightmarish saga of her great-niece Abigail Mor Edan since Oct. 7.

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Founded in 1885, Goucher College is a private liberal arts college in Towson with 1,100 undergraduates and 900 graduate students. About 26 percent of the student body is Jewish, according to Hillel International. (Photo by Rob Coyle, via Flickr)

Jewish Leaders Express Concerns about Support for Jewish Student Life at Goucher

Regional and national Jewish leaders are calling on Goucher College to support Jewish students and curb anti-Israel activities on the Towson campus.

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(Left to right) Baltimore residents Barbara Greenwald, Marcia Wagner and Tova Taragin of ACHI, American Communities Helping Israel. (Provided photo)

ACHI Virtual Marketplace Enables Americans to Help Israeli Merchants and Artisans

Founded during the Second Intifada, the nonprofit American Communities Helping Israel operates a website to benefit businesses in the Jewish state.

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