Ravensbruck By Sarah Helm
Welcome to hell on earth. This Nazi nightmare is called Ravensbruck, a slave labor camp for women. The prisoners worked and lived in unspeakable conditions, were fed almost nothing and abused by their...
View ArticleWhat is your favorite dairy product during Shavuot?
Carol Weis: Cheesecake. Esther Rosenstock: Blintzes. Marcia Leavey: Cheese blintzes. Judy Rosenberg: Ice cream. Want to place an order online? Visit www.goldbergsbagels.net now. The post What is your...
View ArticleThe Ethics of Memory: Religious Amnesia and Social Justice
According to Scripture, Shavuot is not the holiday of matan torah, the giving of the Torah to the Jewish people, but rather a national festival. Deuteronomy 26 describes the ceremony performed on...
View ArticleSmash Hit
In March 1956 at the Y in Passaic, N.J., Sheila Aronowitz spotted a competitive pingpong match between “tall, dark and handsome” Danny Stern and another boy. Sheila called for a match with the winner,...
View ArticleNessa Raskin
Nessa Raskin, daughter of Rabbi Adam and Sari Raskin, will become a bat mitzvah on Saturday, June 6 at Congregation Har Shalom in Potomac, Md. Nessa is a sixth-grader at Berman Hebrew Academy and is...
View ArticleReform Biennial to Feature Presidential Hopefuls
“Meet the Press” moderator Chuck Todd has been tapped to host a presidential candidates’ forum at the Union for Reform Judaism’s biennial in November. The NBC News political director will interview...
View ArticleA Music Man
The room was filled with posters and statues of Hollywood’s biggest and brightest names — the Iron Lady, the Three Stooges and the Dark Knight — but the name on everyone’s mind that night at the Pikes...
View ArticleSweetness of Freedom
Memorial Day brings the holiday weekend that ushers in the beginning of everything summer. And Shavuot occurs at the same time, reminding us of the Exodus from slavery in Egypt. The Torah was given to...
View ArticleRepair the World Takes a Step Back
Repair the World launched almost two years ago with the mission of making volunteerism a crucial part of young adult Jewish life in Baltimore, Detroit, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. With about 10...
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View ArticleROSENBLOOM
On May 22, 2015, EVE, beloved sister of Sonia (late Solomon) Caplan and the late Sophia (Nathan) Pashen; cherished daughter of the late Samuel and Ida Rosenbloom. Services at SOL LEVINSON & BROS.,...
View ArticleGROVE
On May 21, 2015, PAULA B. (nee Friedman), beloved wife of Kirby A. Grove; devoted mother of Danielle Grove (Tim Pritchett) and Shaun (Alison) Grove; dear sister of Russel Friedman; cherished...
View ArticleA Vaudeville Approach
An academic journey that took 14-year old Eitan Murinson to the days of vaudeville will be taking him to Israel next month. Murinson, an eighth-grader at Beth Tfiloh Dahan Community School in...
View ArticleOU Advocates Outline Priorities
Community advocates who gathered May 17 for the annual Orthodox Union Advocacy Center’s Maryland Legislative Breakfast to lay out their legislative priorities for the coming year pushed for funding for...
View ArticleVaad Changes Policy on Food Certification
In a major reversal of policy, the Vaad Harabanim of Greater Washington has announced that it will allow any kosher food that is certified by specific outside Orthodox organizations to be served in its...
View ArticleThe Role of the Rabba
NEW YORK— When Yeshivat Maharat ordains six women next month, the New York institution will more than double the number of Orthodox clergywomen in the field. For the past couple of years, the...
View ArticleDisaster Relief on the Way for Houston
It has been more than 36 hours after massive flooding crippled parts of Texas and Oklahoma and Jewish organizations in Houston are beginning to evaluate the impact of the storm in order to determine...
View Article‘Labor of Love’
A local teen is using his upcoming bar mitzvah project to try to make the lives of his friends a little easier, raising money for a family of siblings who lost their parents in a car crash in 2011....
View ArticleESTERSON
On May 28, 2015, JEROME FRANK, beloved husband of the late Lois Esterson (nee Rosenthal); loving father of Elana (Avie) Rock and Eric “Rick” (Linda Lampel) Esterson; devoted brother of Morton (late...
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