VORONSKIY
On August 23, 2015, ABRAM, loving husband of Klara Voronskaya (nee Nacheyman), beloved father of Margarita Voronskaya (Iosif Genkin) and Zina Sagan (Aleksandr Zhenin); cherished brother of Sarra (late...
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On August 23, 2015, LILLIAN L., beloved wife of the late Irving I. Zale; devoted mother of Dr. Jeffrey Marc (Karen) Zale and the late Sanford B. Zale; loving sister of the late Harriet Goodfried;...
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On August 24, 2015, MARTIN, loving father of Andrea (Glenn) Foster and Dawn (Daniel) Malone; cherished brother of Phyllis Lichter and the late Ralph Spector; devoted son of the late Irvin and Edna...
View ArticlePreparing for the Year-End and the New Year
The beginning and end of each year are times that stimulate all of us to think. Even those who are not in the habit of making a daily “accounting of this world” (Bava Batra 78b) tend to do so at these...
View ArticleFor or Against? Let’s Debate
Instead of engaging in a series of debates on the merits and demerits of a controversial Iran deal, the Obama administration has resorted to ad hominem attacks on its detractors, including liberal...
View ArticleYoung Jews: Stop Apologizing
I think that [newly elected president of the student arm of J Street] Amna Farooqi misses the point entirely (“What Do You Think I Should Do?” Aug 21). We have a serious issue with organizations such...
View ArticleAs Gen. Lee Said:Put Away the Flag
I cannot stand by silently and allow Murray Resnick (Your Say, Aug. 19) as well as Carl Berenholtz (Your Say, Aug. 12) to spit in Gen. Robert E. Lee’s punim (face). If, as Berenholtz contends, the...
View ArticleBlack or White, No Minyan for a Woman
While I have no doubt the author has experienced racism as an African-American Orthodox woman, the question of being counted in a minyan is not applicable to her (“Confronting Racism in Orthodox...
View ArticleA Dangerously Bad Deal
The Iran deal that President Barack Obama is promoting seems to be a danger to the United States and its Middle East allies, including Israel (“What Happens Next?” Aug. 21). This deal only lasts 10 to...
View ArticlePals with Paws in Pikesville
When Dr. Shani Scherr, 36, left her job at Liberty Animal Clinic in Randallstown, and after struggling with her organic chemistry and physics course at Towson University, she had no intention of...
View ArticleCitron Coming to Quarry Lake
About 150 people, including several local elected officials, gathered last month at Quarry Lake at Greenspring to break ground for Charles Levine’s first permanent venture in the restaurant industry,...
View ArticleFor the Love of the Sport
The Israel Lacrosse Association finished two major international tournaments this August: the 2015 Federation of International Lacrosse Women’s U19 World Championships in Edinburgh, Scotland and the...
View ArticleHands Off!
CASTELNUOVO BERARDENGA, Italy — Up a windy road in the tranquil Tuscan hills, down a gravel path and past acres of grapevines, a visitor will come across a stainless steel door frame secured with a...
View ArticleYes to Iran Deal? That’s Treason
Why can’t anyone say what is obvious? Paving the way to a nuclear Iran is not just insane, it should be called what it certainly is: treason (“For or Against? Let’s Debate,” Aug. 28). There is no...
View ArticleIran Situation Needs Kennedy-like Strength
There should never have been any negotiations with Iran (“The Day After the Iran Deal,” Aug. 21). This pipsqueak nation brought the U.S., the biggest and strongest country in the world, down to its...
View ArticleRawlings-Blake Joins ‘Mayors United Against Anti-Semitism’
Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake hosted American Jewish Committee leaders at city hall Tuesday as she signed the AJC’s “Mayors United Against Anti-Semitism” statement. The statement has mayors...
View ArticleBaltimore County Crime Dropped 7.2 Percent in 2014
Baltimore County Police Chief Jim Johnson and County Executive Kevin Kamenetz announced a 7.2 percent overall decrease in crime in 2014 at a news conference on Aug. 26. Among the types of crime that...
View ArticleConstruction Begins on New Metro Centre Building
Construction began on a 200,000-square-foot office and retail building at the Metro Centre at Owings Mills, marked by a groundbreaking on Aug. 27. The new construction is part of 1.2 million square...
View ArticleMarvin Mandel Passes Away at 95
Former Maryland Gov. Marvin Mandel, the state’s first and only Jewish governor, passed away Sunday afternoon. One of Maryland’s most prolific political figures, Mandel served as governor from 1969...
View ArticleSeeking Divine Intervention
An Orthodox Jewish outreach group that is against the Iranian nuclear deal is asking Jews around the world to recite two chapters from the Book of Psalms on Sept. 8 both to pray for Israel and to unify...
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