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JUFJ Leaders Talk about Immigration Issues
Immigration may be the single most polarizing issue in American life today, whether it’s the Trump administration’s proposed travel ban, the building of a border wall or the recent controversy regarding the separation of migrant families at the southwest border. While...
Richard Siegel, Educator Who Co-Edited ‘The Jewish Catalog,’ Dies
NEW YORK (JTA) — Richard Siegel, an educator who advocated for Jewish culture and arts and co-edited the seminal “Jewish Catalog” series of guides to “do-it-yourself” Judaism, died July 12 in Los Angeles. He was 70 and had been battling...
Bomb Threat Called into Jewish Military History Museum in DC
(JTA) — A bomb threat was called into the National Museum of American Jewish Military History in Washington, D.C., on July 12. The museum has been cleared by police and operations have returned to normal after it received the threatening call at around 12:30 p.m....
Melanie Kaye/Kantrowitz, Jewish Activist for Racial Equality, Dies at 73
NEW YORK (JTA) — Melanie Kaye/Kantrowitz, a writer and progressive activist who was the founding director of Jews for Racial and Economic Justice, has died. Kaye/Kantrowitz died July 9 from Parkinson’s disease, her partner, Leslie Cagan, wrote on Facebook. She was 73....
How Supreme Court Nominee Brett Kavanaugh Could Affect Issues That Matter to Jews
(JTA) — President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nomination of Brett Kavanaugh, a Republican establishment favorite who has worked in the George W. Bush administration, has triggered reactions from Jewish groups ranging from furious to relieved. Progressive groups...
Trump Nominates Brett Kavanaugh to Serve on Supreme Court
(JTA) — President Donald Trump nominated Brett Kavanaugh to replace Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy upon his retirement at the end of July. A federal appeals court judge in Washington, Kavanaugh, 53, is well respected by the Republican establishment, although...
Max Fuchs, US Soldier Who Led Historic Jewish Service in Germany During WWII, Dies at 96
NEW YORK (JTA) — Max Fuchs, an American soldier who helped lead a historic Jewish religious service in Germany during World War II, has died. Fuchs, an Army rifleman who led the 1944 Shabbat service in Aachen alongside Army chaplain Rabbi Sidney Lefkowitz, for some 50...
Retiring Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy’s Jewish Legacy
NEW YORK (JTA) — Not an hour after Anthony Kennedy announced his retirement as associate justice on the Supreme Court, the National Council of Jewish Women tweeted its dismay. “Justice Kennedy’s retirement could drastically shift the balance of the Supreme...
Baltimoreans to Play in Lacrosse World Championship Games in Israel
Four years ago, Matt Popeck was a camper at the Top 205 Lacrosse Camp in Towson, and his roommate, David Metzger, arrived a day late. The reason? An Israel Lacrosse event. “What’s that?” Popeck, then a sophomore at Sherwood High in Olney, Md., asked Metzger. Back...Upcoming Events
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all-day Artscape 2018 @ MICA Campus
Artscape 2018 @ MICA Campus 
Jul 20 – Jul 22 all-day
Artscape goes back to the basics this year with a focus on ART. Special events include a Silent Disco, Squonk Opera’s Pneumatica, art installations, an artist-run art fair, free pedicab rides, comedy from Baltimore Improv[...]
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7:30 pm World Acappela: Iberi Choir of G... @ B'nai Israel Congregation
World Acappela: Iberi Choir of G... @ B'nai Israel Congregation 
Jul 26 @ 7:30 pm
This concert is another in the continuing series of sacred music inside B’nai Israel’s majestic sanctuary, sponsored by the Creative Alliance and B’nai Israel Congregation with the generous support of the Jacob & Hilda Blaustein[...]
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8:00 pm David Byrne @ Merriweather Post Pavilion
David Byrne @ Merriweather Post Pavilion
Jul 28 @ 8:00 pm
The former Talking Heads frontman David Byrne is getting rave reviews for his choreographed 12-piece “American Utopia” show. The CD (which was included with every ticket purchased) is pretty excellent, as well. This IS your[...]
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