Maryland
by Ron Kampeas, JTA | Aug 9, 2019 | Israel, Local, Local Politics, Maryland, National, National Politics, News
Rep. Steny Hoyer, the longtime congressman from Maryland’s 5th District, is currently the Democratic Party’s majority leader, one step below Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi. But for years he was the party’s house whip, responsible in part for managing how... read more
by Marcy Oster | Jul 25, 2019 | Baltimore, International, Local, Maryland, National, News, Pikesville
Pikesville resident Anne Neuberger has been tapped to head the National Security Agency’s new Cybersecurity Directorate at Fort George G. Meade. The granddaughter of Auschwitz survivors, Neuberger, 43, who belongs to Pikesville’s Suburban Orthodox Congregation... read more
by Arielle Kaplan | Jul 24, 2019 | Baltimore, Local, Maryland, National, News
This article originally appeared on Kveller. Rain Pryor Vane, who relocated to Baltimore from Los Angeles in 2006, has never lived in the shadow of her famous father, the late comedian Richard Pryor. A singer, actress, author and comedian, Pryor Vane has carved a... read more
by Ron Kampeas, JTA | Jul 15, 2019 | International, Israel, Local, Local Politics, Maryland, National, News
After canceling an earlier screening of an anti-Israel film — following complaints by Washington area Jewish officials — a Maryland suburb of D.C. will now screen the movie narrated by British rock musician Roger Waters later this month. The municipality... read more
by Adam Stone | Jul 10, 2019 | Baltimore, Business, Local, Maryland, News
When Geoff Mirkin co-founded his company, Solar Energy World, a decade ago, the solar power industry was just in its infancy. Today, Mirkin and his partners, Tope Lala and Al Gleeson, are solidly in the mainstream, with the residential solar energy business expected... read more
by Aliza Friedlander | Jul 10, 2019 | Baltimore, Business, Local, Maryland, News
When visitors to the Edward A. Myerberg Center enter the Northwest Baltimore facility and notice vases of fresh-cut, vibrantly colored flowers, they can’t help but smile. ReVased, a local organization that offers new life to event flowers, is responsible for ushering... read more
by Ethan McLeod | Jul 2, 2019 | Baltimore, FROM OUR PARTNERS, Local, Maryland, News
For more than two decades, Ron Matz has appeared down in Fells Point bright and early every week, hosting guests and strangers belting out the Bangles’ “Manic Monday” live on-air for WJZ-TV. But July 1 marked the final edition of the zany weekly segment, with the... read more
by Staff Report | Jun 26, 2019 | Baltimore, Local, Maryland, National, News
Gary Rosenblatt, the Baltimore-born editor and publisher of the New York Jewish Week, the nation’s largest Jewish publication, recently announced he is stepping down at the end of September. He is considered by many in the field “the dean of Jewish journalism.” “For... read more
by Peter Arnold | Jun 24, 2019 | Baltimore, Local, Local Politics, Maryland, News
In the wake of former Mayor Catherine E. Pugh’s resignation, Baltimore City Councilman Brandon M. Scott (D-2nd) was unanimously elected president of the Baltimore City Council on May 6. A Democrat and two-term councilman first elected to office in 2011, Scott... read more
by Alan Feiler, Editor-in-Chief | Jun 21, 2019 | Baltimore, Local, Maryland, News, Pikesville
Dr. Barbara G. Zirkin, a former assistant dean for distance learning at Stevenson University and former dean for academic administration at Baltimore Hebrew University, died on June 20. She was 75. A Pikesville resident and Beth El congregant, Dr. Zirkin was the... read more
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