Israel Takes Anti-Boycott Fight to Halls of UN
It was an incongruous sight: The U.N. General Assembly hall filled to capacity with 1,500 cheering people waving miniature Israeli flags and singing “Hatikvah,” Israel’s national anthem. No, hell...
View ArticleYou Should Know … Dan Samuels
Since 2006, Dan Samuels has been working behind the scenes and on stage to enrich the Baltimore music scene. The 28-year-old Bucks County, Pa., native provides the drums for local bands Brooks Long and...
View ArticleShabbos at the JCC: Crossing The Line
Last week, the board of the JCC voted overwhelmingly to open the Owings Mills JCC for the full day on Shabbos, expanding on the afternoon opening that was initiated seven years ago. This is a troubling...
View ArticleA ‘Rupture’ Over the Wall?
The stalled implementation of the plan to bring pluralistic Jewish prayer to the Kotel probably won’t cause a major rupture between American Jews and Israel, but it is further proof of the complaint...
View ArticleCelebrating Shavuot … and More
Shavuot is a two-day holiday that celebrates the giving of the Torah. Dairy foods are often eaten because when receiving the Torah, the Jewish people could not cook meat in pots that had not yet been...
View ArticleProviding the Highest Form of Charity
Eleven years ago, 8,600 residents from 17 Israeli settlements that made up Gush Katif — a small sliver of land on the Gaza Strip that Israelis and Palestinians transformed from desert to fertile...
View ArticleThe Glory of Gold: Reva Says Goodbye
Of those honored at the Talmudical Academy’s 99th Anniversary Banquet on Sunday, June 5, no one received a reception quite as rousing as Reva Gold. As the longtime high school secretary received her...
View ArticleYUFEST
On June 8, 2016, Khana Yufest (nee Reznichenko); beloved wife of the late Grigoriy Yufest; cherished mother of Igor and Roman (Yelena) Yufest; dear daughter of the late Kreina and Boris Reznichenko....
View ArticleMITTLEMAN
On June 2, 2016, Thelma “Tara”, owner of Jacquie’s Place Nail Salon; loving daughter, wife and mother. Survived by her daughter Barbara and three sons. Interment at Oheb Shalom Memorial Park, Berrymans...
View ArticleENGEL
On June 11, 2016, Stanley Alvin Engel, beloved husband of Rona L. Engel (nee Ricklin); devoted father of Cheryl (Jeffrey) Gramling, Alan (Mindy) Lipsey and Steven (Stacey) Engel; dear brother of Sheila...
View ArticleSANDERS
On June 12, 2016, Ronald A. Sanders; beloved husband of the late Merle Sanders (nee Freedman); cherished father of Phyllis Sanders, Dr. Steven (Cindy) Sanders and Alan Sanders; dear brother of Robert...
View ArticleSCHWARTZMAN
On June 11, 2016, Florence Schwartzman (nee Kipness); cherished wife of the late Stanley Schwartzman; devoted mother of Barbara (Benjamin) Green and Robert (Debbie) Schwartzman; adored grandmother of...
View ArticleSHUGAR
On June 9, 2016, Donald Nelson Shugar; beloved uncle of Michael (Amy) Shugar; dear great-uncle of Erin Shugar; devoted brother of the late Harold (Anne) Shugar; cherished son of the late Morris and...
View ArticleLEVIN
On June 10, 2016, Sharon D. Levin (nee Gurewitz); devoted wife of Sylvan Levin; loving mother of Lloyd R. (Shelley) Levin, Michael A. (Courtney) Levin and Justin K. (Dianna) Levin; adored sister of the...
View ArticleMYERS
On June 12, 2016, Bernice Myers (nee Isaacson); beloved wife of the late Robert Myers; devoted mother of Fred R. Myers and the late Aleen Gergely; dear mother-in-law of Faye Ginsburg; loving sister of...
View ArticleLAYTON
On June 13, 2016, Irwin A. Layton; devoted husband of Marsha Layton (nee Rothenberg); loving step-father of Amy (Jimmy) Kuntz and David (Shari) Fuller; dear brother of Howard Layton; cherished son of...
View ArticleFOREMAN
On June 15, 2016, Olga Foreman (nee Buchwald), 94, beloved wife of 72 years of Eugene “Buddy” Foreman; loving mother of Barbara (Arnold) Sindler, Alan (Randi) Foreman, Edward (Sally) Foreman and Brian...
View ArticleWYMAN
On June 14, 2016, M. Richard Wyman; beloved husband of Judith Wyman (nee Wertheimer) and the late Marjorie Wyman (nee Weinstock); devoted father of Jean Wyman (James Carter) and Frank (Deborah) Wyman;...
View ArticleLIPSETTS
On June 12, 2016, Ruth Ann Keyser Lipsetts: beloved wife of the late Irvin S. Keyser and Nathan Lipetts; devoted mother of Fred Jerry Keyser, Steven Marc Keyser and Lynn S. Keyser; dear step mother of...
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