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by Alan Feiler, Editor-in-Chief | Mar 27, 2020 | Baltimore, Community, Community Resources, Coronavirus News, Education, Family, Local, Maryland, National, News, Pikesville, Wellness
Dr. Panagis Galiatsatos admits he tends to be rather conservative when it comes to approaching health and medical matters. “But I’d rather be laughed at for being over-reactive than yelled at for being under-reactive,” he says. Dr. G. — as... read more
by Ben Sales, JTA | Mar 17, 2020 | Community, Community Resources, Family, International, National, News, Passover During The Pandemic, Spirituality
Silver Spring acupuncturist Rena Munster was looking forward to hosting a Passover seder for the first time. In past years, her parents or another relative hosted the meal. But this year, Munster invited her parents, siblings and other extended family to her... read more
by Ron Kampeas, JTA | Mar 16, 2020 | Community, Coronavirus News, International, Israel, National, National Politics, News
President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have much in common when it comes to policy and style. They stand together in recommending tough action to contain Iran, and are comfortable dealing with autocracies (Saudi Arabia) and increasingly... read more
by Ron Kampeas, JTA | Feb 5, 2020 | Community, International, Israel, National, National Politics, News, Politics
President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign is now in overdrive, judging by the way he turned much of this year’s State of the Union into a campaign pitch. “We are moving forward at a pace that was unimaginable just a short time ago, and we are never going back!” he... read more
by Ben Sales, JTA | Jan 7, 2020 | Community, Community Resources, Education, International, Local, Maryland, National, National Politics, News
An estimated 25,000 people marched across the Brooklyn Bridge and held a rally on Jan. 5 to protest rising anti-Semitism in and around New York City. The rally comes following a spate of attacks on Jews, including most recently a stabbing attack at a rabbi’s home in... read more
by Marcy Oster | Dec 11, 2019 | Community, National, News
The gunmen who entered a kosher supermarket in Jersey City, N.J., on Dec. 10 and engaged in a deadly shootout with police deliberately chose the store, the city’s mayor said. “Based on our initial investigation (which is ongoing) we now believe the active shooters... read more
by Marcy Oster | Nov 13, 2019 | National, National Politics, News, Politics
White House senior policy adviser Stephen Miller promoted white nationalist materials to the right-wing website Breitbart News as the 2016 presidential election neared. Many of the 900 emails sent by Miller to Breitbart from March 2015 to June 2016 “showcase the... read more
by Marcy Oster | Oct 30, 2019 | Community, National, News
Wildfires across California have led to the evacuations of several Jewish institutions in the Los Angeles area and communities in the northern part of the state. The Getty fire in Los Angeles, which erupted early Monday morning, Oct. 28, in the hills north of the... read more
by Josefin Dolsten, JTA | Oct 28, 2019 | Community, National, National Politics, News
Earlier this month, Jacob Frey went from being the relatively unknown mayor of Minneapolis to an instant Internet celebrity, thanks to some venomous tweets by President Donald Trump. Trump recently lashed out at Frey, whom he called a “lightweight mayor,” after Frey... read more
by Ben Sales, JTA | Oct 18, 2019 | Community, International, National, News
When arguing with her first grade teacher about the Arab-Israeli conflict, Ceen Gabbai didn’t realize she was taking a huge risk. It was around September of 2000, and the second Intifada, the outbreak of Palestinian violence in Israel, was underway. Gabbai was one of... read more
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