Maryland

Dorman’s Lighting Closes After Nearly 80 Years in Business

by Lauren White | Jun 19, 2019 | Baltimore, Business, Local, Maryland, News

Another local Jewish family-owned business has bitten the dust. Dorman’s Lighting and Design in Lutherville-Timonium recently closed its doors after a 78-year run. Jmore recently spoke with the company’s longtime president, Stan Dorman, a Monkton resident, about the...

Q&A with Sheryl Goldstein, the Mayor’s Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations

by Peter Arnold | Jun 6, 2019 | Baltimore, Business, Local, Local Politics, Maryland, News

City officials estimate that the cost of the “file-locking” ransomware attack on the municipal government’s cyber system exceeds $18 million. And it’s expected to rise. Last month, hackers infected approximately 10,000 city computers and demanded a ransom of 13...

Melissa Hyatt Named 1st Female Baltimore County Police Chief

by Alan Feiler, Editor-in-Chief | Jun 4, 2019 | Baltimore, Local, Maryland, News

Sidney R. Hyatt, a retired Baltimore Police Department major, used to clown around with his daughter, Melissa R. Hyatt, that someday she would outrank him. “That was our little joke,” he said. “But she’s just kept going and going. I’m...

Q&A with Former Gourmet Again Owner Andy Hoffman

by Aliza Friedlander | May 29, 2019 | Baltimore, Business, Local, Maryland, News, Pikesville

Andy Hoffman, owner of the now-defunct Gourmet Again in Pikesville, said he is heartbroken over the May 28 closing of the independent food specialty store. But in an exclusive interview with Jmore, Hoffman said he has been overwhelmed by the community’s response and...

Boards of Har Sinai, Oheb Shalom Approve Merger Plan

by Alan Feiler, Editor-in-Chief | May 15, 2019 | Baltimore, Local, Maryland, News, Pikesville

On their long and winding path toward merging, Owings Mills’ Har Sinai Congregation and Temple Oheb Shalom in Pikesville have cleared yet another hurdle. On May 14, the boards of trustees of the historic Reform synagogues voted unanimously to approve a Letter of...

Steny Hoyer Comes to Rashida Tlaib’s Defense on Holocaust Remarks

by JTA | May 14, 2019 | International, Israel, Maryland, National, National Politics, News

Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.), the House majority leader and a pro-Israel stalwart in Congress, came to the defense of Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), who has come under attack because of her remarks on the Holocaust and Israel. “If you read Rep. @RashidaTlaib’s comments, it...

Senator Bobby Zirkin: ‘Details of Legislation Matter’

by Peter Arnold | May 7, 2019 | Baltimore, Local, Local Politics, Maryland, News, Pikesville

In the aftermath of the 2019 Maryland General Assembly session, Sen. Robert A. “Bobby” Zirkin (D-11th) came under fire from some gun control advocates for the legislative body’s inability to close the loophole in state law requiring background checks for long guns,...

Oheb Shalom, Rabbi Steven Fink Resolve Dispute

by Alan Feiler, Editor-in-Chief | May 3, 2019 | Local, Maryland, News, Pikesville

Rabbi Steven M. Fink and his former congregation of 19 years, Pikesville’s Temple Oheb Shalom, announced they have reached a resolution in their acrimonious, year-long dispute. Last October, Rabbi Fink was terminated by the historic Reform congregation after...

City Hall Approves Creation of a Downtown Baltimore Eruv

by Alan Feiler, Editor-in-Chief | May 1, 2019 | Baltimore, Local, Maryland, News

For Rabbi Etan Mintz, walking on an overcast morning May 1 from his East Baltimore home to City Hall was a journey more than five years in the making. Rabbi Mintz — who since 2012 has served as spiritual leader of the historic B’nai Israel Synagogue in the...

Har Sinai, Oheb Shalom Move Closer to Merging

by Alan Feiler, Editor-in-Chief | Apr 30, 2019 | Baltimore, Local, Maryland, News, Pikesville

A proposed merger between Har Sinai Congregation in Owings Mills and Pikesville’s Temple Oheb Shalom took a major step forward as a joint task force of the two historic Reform synagogues recommended combining their resources and institutions. In a “Town...