VANGER
On May 30, 2016, Irene Vanger; beloved mother of Leanna Chamish (Les Bradley) and Greg (Jennifer) Chamish; loving daughter of the late Morris and Ethel Vanger; cherished sister of Sybil Elaine Vanger;...
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On May 29, 2016, William E. Mackubin Jr.; beloved husband of Mathilde Bensimon Mackubin; beloved father of Sharon M. Blumberg, Ethel M. Maggio, Shirley J. Thomas; beloved grandfather of Rebecca A....
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On May 31, 2016, Sylvia Mazur (nee Sifen); beloved wife of the late Bernard “Buddy” Mazur; devoted mother of Ellen (Bob) Yerman and Steven (Mary) Mazur; loving daughter of the late Joseph and Mamie...
View ArticleLeap of Faith
The May 24 interfaith meetup might sound like a tired joke premise — a priest, a rabbi and an imam walk into a bar — but the topics of conversation are no laughing matter. The event, called an...
View ArticleNew Playground Fosters Common Ground for Community
About a year ago, it was determined that the playground structures that serve Chizuk Amuno Congregation and its surrounding schools were rotting and beyond repair, and it was time for an overhaul. The...
View ArticleArt Abramson Says Goodbye
When Arthur “Art” Abramson came to Baltimore in 1990, he was given three years to turn the Baltimore Jewish Council around. “When I came here, the board was 189 people. I will never forget that, it’s...
View ArticleShaky Steps in Building the Party Platform
Humorist Will Rogers once famously remarked: “I’m a member of no organized political party. I’m a Democrat.” That decades-old quip appears to be today’s political reality on the left, as tensions...
View ArticleAsleep at the Switch on BDS
In recent years, BDS has become the scourge of the organized Jewish community and the government of Israel. Everyone from B’nai B’rith International to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has declared...
View ArticleThe Power of Internal Peace
This Torah portion is called by our Sages, “the Torah of the Kohen-Priests” — the religious leadership of Israel whose task it was to minister in the Holy Temple and to teach Torah to the nation. A...
View ArticleUnable to ‘Do Everything,’ Hiller Finds Her Passion
It was during college that Sarah Hiller found herself questioning the impact she could have on the world. “I was learning about all of these things wrong with the world, all of the problems faced by...
View ArticleVoice of Reason
It’s hard enough sometimes for individual human beings to be consistent with their speech, making it seem as if some of us really are of two minds. Extend that reality to an entire community and it...
View ArticleYou Should Know … Shlomo Bolts
For nearly a decade, Shlomo Bolts, 27, has been an activist for human rights and against war atrocities as well as a proponent of Jewish-Arab dialogue. Born in New Jersey and raised Orthodox Jewish in...
View ArticleHello Jewish Times
This is Marc Shapiro. You probably already know me, having seen my byline in the paper or having met me out in the community. I’ve been at the Baltimore Jewish Times for almost three years, coming in...
View ArticlePERLMAN
On June 1, 2016, Dr. Anthony Perlman; loving husband of Patsy Perlman (nee Miller); cherished father of Daniel Perlman (Lili Zohar), Eric Perlman (fiance Janelle Peotter) and Ellen Perlman; devoted...
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On June 1, 2016, Lois Ellen Glaros (nee Auster); devoted mother of Greg (Rachel) Glaros and Stephanie (Jerry) Kiser; loving sister of Sheila (Joe) Shapiro; cherished daughter of the late Harold and...
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On June 1, 2016, Melvin Gilbert Kitt; beloved husband of Selma Kitt (nee Macks); loving father of Martha (Bernard) Hoffman, Susan Kitt (Steven Teitelbaum), Richard (Marci) Kitt and Julie Kitt (Michael...
View ArticleSachs
On June 1, 2016, Leonard Ruben Sachs, beloved husband of Lainy LeBow-Sachs (nee Levitov); loving father of Jacqueline (Mark) Yale, JoCarol (John) Snyder, Andrew (Diana) Sachs; devoted step-father of...
View ArticleFed Live! Honors Members, Celebrates Community
This year’s Jewish Federation of Howard County’s Fed Live! Stars & Stripes is sold out, and with good reason. On June 9, more than 400 attendees will enjoy the witty “we put the mock in Democracy”...
View ArticleMid-Atlantic Media Honored by MDDC
The Baltimore Jewish Times added to its publishing honors last month at the MDDC Press Association’s Editorial Awards luncheon, held May 13 at the BWI Westin hotel in Linthicum. Besting publications...
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