Maryland

Brandeis University Study Examines Jewish Baltimore’s Response to Pandemic

by Simone Ellin, Associate Editor | Nov 12, 2020 | Baltimore, Community, Community Resources, Coronavirus News, Local, Maryland, National, News

The Associated: Jewish Federation of Baltimore recently participated in a Brandeis University study on the impact of COVID-19 on the Jewish community during the first three months of the pandemic. Baltimore was one of 10 Jewish communities to participate in “Building...

This Year’s Howard County ‘Challah Bake’ Still Rises

by Gillian Blum | Nov 9, 2020 | Columbia, Community, Community Resources, Coronavirus News And Resources, Ellicott City, Family, Howard County, Local, Maryland, Religion

“There will be days when we feel fully risen and expansive and up to facing life’s most difficult challenges, and we will gaze at our lovely fat challahs with pride.” –Author Rochie Pinson, “Rising: The Book of Challah” For many...

Owings Mills Resident Jennie Faber Schwartz Wins FIDF Virtual Poker Tournament

by Alan Feiler, Editor-in-Chief | Nov 3, 2020 | Baltimore, Community, International, Israel, Local, Maryland, Pikesville

As an OB/GYN in town for nearly a quarter-century, Dr. Jennie Faber Schwartz is best known for delivering babies, not for being dealt royal flushes, straights or full houses. But Schwartz, 53, recently became the first place winner of the first-ever Virtual...

Baltimore Heritage Offers a Look at Beth Am Synagogue and Baltimore’s Jewish History

by Staff Report | Nov 2, 2020 | Baltimore, Community, Community Resources, Education, Local, Maryland

In the latest installment of his “Five Minute Histories” video series, Johns W. Hopkins, executive director of the nonprofit Baltimore Heritage, offers an engaging look at Reservoir Hill’s Beth Am Synagogue and a general overview of the history of Baltimore’s Jewish...

Hannah L. Storch, Orthodox Community Matriarch and Benefactor, Dies at 98

by Staff Report | Oct 30, 2020 | Baltimore, Community, Local, Maryland, Pikesville

Pikesville resident Hannah L. Storch, a prominent real estate developer, philanthropist and matriarch of the local Orthodox community, passed away on Sunday, Oct. 25. She was 98. A native of Atlanta, Mrs. Storch was born Hannah Hirmes and was married for 18 years to...

Local Leaders, Jmore Readers Share their Memories of Jilly’s Bar & Grill

by JMORE Staff | Oct 29, 2020 | Community, Maryland, Pikesville

A Pikesville culinary staple for decades, Jilly’s Bar & Grill was the scene of a three-alarm blaze on Oct. 28. According to Baltimore County Police, Pikesville resident David Michael McDermott was charged with second-degree arson in connection with the fire. In...

Jewish Museum of Maryland Announces Appointment of New Executive Director Bryan Solomon ‘Sol’ Davis

by Simone Ellin, Associate Editor | Oct 29, 2020 | Baltimore, Community, Local, Maryland, News

The Jewish Museum of Maryland recently announced that Bryan Solomon “Sol” Davis will become the fourth executive director in its history. The announcement came after a 10-month nationwide search conducted by the JMM’s board of trustees. Davis, who is...

Arson Suspect Arrested in Connection with Blaze at Jilly’s Bar & Grill in Pikesville

by Alan Feiler, Editor-in-Chief | Oct 28, 2020 | Business, Community, Maryland, News, Pikesville

A veritable Pikesville culinary institution for nearly four decades, Jilly’s Bar & Grill partially collapsed in a three-alarm fire on Oct. 28. According to Baltimore County Police, Pikesville resident David Michael McDermott was charged with second-degree...

Noted Baltimore Philanthropist Lillian Patz Hackerman Dies at 100

by Staff Report | Oct 19, 2020 | Baltimore, Community, Community Resources, Local, Maryland, News, Pikesville

Known as one of Baltimore’s most generous and dedicated philanthropists along with her late husband, Willard, Lillian Patz Hackerman died of natural causes on Sunday, Oct. 18. She was 100. “My parents were a team and a force,” said Nancy Hackerman, a resident of...

Community Leader and Real Estate Developer Samuel K. Himmelrich Sr. Dies at 89

by Alan Feiler, Editor-in-Chief | Oct 12, 2020 | Baltimore, Community, Community Resources, Local, Maryland, News, Pikesville

“He was a mensch in every sense of the word.” That’s how Marc B. Terrill, president and CEO of The Associated: Jewish Federation of Baltimore, sums up the life and character of Samuel K. Himmelrich Sr. A prominent commercial real estate developer,...