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Putting aside the fact you are catering mostly to teenagers, planning a bar or bat mitzvah is similar to planning a wedding. Where are you holding the ceremony? What kind of food are you serving? Do...
View ArticleBat mitzvahs around the world
Bat mitzvahs are a common occurrence in countries such as the United States and Israel, but what about Bolivia, Honduras and Cochabamba? “Today I am a women: Stories of Bat Mitzvah around the world” by...
View ArticleWhat’s Next?
We may not be witnessing a Third Intifada, but the near month-long upswing in Palestinian violence has its own name nevertheless, with commentators now taking to calling it the “stabbing Intifada.” As...
View ArticleTrusting in God
The haftarah for Parshat Lech Lecha is from the Book of Isaiah. Isaiah wrote during the time when the Israelites were in exile in Babylon. The people feared that they would never be able to return...
View ArticleThe Power of Community
This Shabbat, we read Parshat Lech Lecha, and the haftarah is from the Book of Isaiah. In the beginning of the haftarah, God tells the Israelites that they are His people and that they shouldn’t be...
View ArticleCareer of Compassion
After more than 30 years spent in three cities taking care of senior citizens, North Oaks Retirement Community executive director Mark Pressman is taking things down a notch. In December, Pressman, 66,...
View ArticleMower
Dr. Mort and Toby Mower (formerly of Baltimore) are pleased to announce their 50th wedding anniversary on Sept. 23, 2015. And “they” said it wouldn’t last!
View ArticleOut & About
HAPPY TOGETHER: The Baltimore Hebrew Congregation Brotherhood held its opening dinner on Sunday, Oct. 11. From left: Diane Bravmann, Sidney Bravmann, Russ Margo, Shannon Wollman, Mitch Feintuch and...
View ArticleTo the Rescue
In the month since a fire enveloped several townhouses on the 12000 block of Sleepy Horse Lane, the community has been rallying around many of the victims. Honi Bamberger, a mathematics professor at...
View ArticleKeeping Judaism at the Forefront
On Thursday, Oct. 8, hundreds of lawyers and judges gathered at Temple Oheb Shalom. It wasn’t for any type of formal programming that the legal professionals gathered; it was purely to schmooze. It was...
View Article‘Abbas: Worse than Arafat’
Israel is under attack, not just from the ongoing “stabbing intifada,” but from enemies who seek the delegitimization of the Jewish state through the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement,...
View ArticleKATZ
On October 22, 2015, FRANCES (nee Homel), beloved wife of the late Morris Katz; loving mother of Jeffrey (Eunice) Katz and Stanley Katz; cherished grandmother of Jonathan (Melissa) Katz;...
View ArticleRAPPAPORT
On October 22, 2015, MATTHEW ROBERT (Bob), cherished husband of Libby Rappaport (nee Crystal) and the late Ellen Rappaport (nee Marx); beloved father of David Morris (Carol) Rappaport and Jill...
View ArticleMax Ticktin’s Second Act
Max Ticktin was leading a tour of Israel with a group of American college students when their bus approached Kibbutz Lochamei Hagetaot, founded by Jews who had battled the Nazis during the siege of the...
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View ArticleBRAUNSTEIN
On October 24, 2015, RICHARD L., beloved husband of the late Bernice Braunstein (nee Kramer); devoted companion of the late Zoe Ugol; cherished father of Barbara (Ronald S.) Cohen and Sue (Hal) Furman;...
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On October 24, 2015, CHARLES CAHN, beloved husband of Patricia Baum (nee Purnell); devoted father of Katherine J. Baum, Matthew C. (Deborah) Baum, Staci B. (Andrew) Hodge, Elizabeth Bafford (Daniel...
View ArticleKATZ
On October 23, 2015, EDYTHE (nee Kirsch), beloved wife of the late Norman Katz; devoted mother of Andrew Katz; loving daughter of the late Harry and Mabel Kirsch; cherished grandmother of Lindsay,...
View ArticleCOHEN
On October 22, 2015 JAY L., of Delray Beach, Fla. Beloved husband of Adrienne Young Cohen; devoted father of Paul Cohen, Lisa (Robert) Friedman and Jodi Fraize; adored grandfather of Ben Cohen, Alyssa...
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