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Jmore’s Most-Read Stories of 2018
In 2018, Baltimore’s Jewish community read about the mid-term election, area synagogue news and several high-profile losses. Here are the 10 most-read stories on jmoreliving.com from January 2018 to December 2018. Click each link below to read the original...
Community Philanthropist Marlene Greenebaum Dies at 80
Twenty-eight years ago, Marlene Goodman Greenebaum was diagnosed with breast cancer. For her and her husband, real estate developer and philanthropist Stewart J. Greenebaum, it was a transformative moment in their lives, one in which they decided to utilize their...
Chabad House in Towson Set to be Demolished Files Federal Lawsuit
(JTA) — A Chabad House serving Towson University in Maryland filed a federal lawsuit against Baltimore County alleging religious discrimination and defamation after a judge affirmed an order to demolish an over 4,000 square-foot addition. Chabad of Towson filed the...
Hebrew Orphan Asylum to be Repurposed As Health Care Facility
West Baltimore’s Hebrew Orphan Asylum building will be repurposed as a modern health care facility, announced the nonprofit preservation organization Baltimore Heritage on Dec. 20. Construction on the former orphanage and hospital will begin in the first week of...
Gilbert Sandler, the Bard of Jewish Baltimore, Dies at 95
Gilbert Sandler — author, history columnist, folklorist, radio personality, advertising exec, journalist, city life advocate, raconteur, bon vivant and the great chronicler of Jewish Baltimore — passed away Dec. 19 after a lengthy illness. He was 95 and...
Seasons Supermarket in Pikesville to Remain Open Under New Management
Pikesville’s Seasons Kosher Supermarket will remain open and operate under a new ownership, with a new, still-to-be-determined name, according to Shalom Rubashkin, one of the store’s prospective new owners. Rubashkin, who lives in Brooklyn, N.Y., is a...
Trio of Baltimore County Synagogues Receive ‘Suspicious Packages’
Three local synagogues received and/or reported what were deemed “suspicious packages” on Dec. 17 that required Hazardous Materials teams and emergency medical service personnel to be dispatched. “The letters appear to be similar in nature and do not...
Beth Am Synagogue to Relocate Temporarily
For the first time since worship services were held there in September of 1922, the stone, Byzantine-Moorish structure at the corner of Eutaw Place and Chauncey Avenue will not be used as a synagogue. Starting in January, the home of Beth Am Synagogue will undergo a... Battle Heats Up Over Chabad Center in Towson
For the past couple of years, a Chabad house near Towson University has been fighting with neighbors who say the center expanded its building illegally. Now, the battle is heating up after a Baltimore County Circuit Court judge recently affirmed an order to demolish...Upcoming Events
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7:00 pm Abbi Jacobson — SOLD OUT @ The Parkway Theatre
Abbi Jacobson — SOLD OUT @ The Parkway Theatre 
Mar 20 @ 7:00 pm
The Parkway kicks off its Contemporary Women Filmmakers series with a sneak preview of the next to last episode of “Broad City,” “Along Came Molly,” with series co-creator (and MICA grad) Abbi Jacobson. A conversation[...]
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all-day Baltimore Jewish Film Festival @ The Gordon Center
Baltimore Jewish Film Festival @ The Gordon Center 
Mar 23 – Apr 16 all-day
The BJFF presents internationally renowned Jewish-interest films. Here’s this year’s schedule: March 23, 8 p.m.: “The Last Suit” — An 88-year-old Jewish tailor runs away from Buenos Aires to Poland seeking a friend he hasn’t[...]
7:00 pm Bill Griffith’s Nobody’s Fool Ta... @ Atomic Books
Bill Griffith’s Nobody’s Fool Ta... @ Atomic Books
Mar 23 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Zippy the Pinhead creator Bill Griffith discusses and signs copies of his new book, “Nobody’s Fool — The Life and Times of Schlitzie The Pinhead.” Reserve your signed copy today.
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