A Shining Light
This has certainly been a summer of transition for Jewish Baltimore, with departures of top officials at community institutions and area nonprofits. Earlier this month, the JT profiled Art Abramson,...
View ArticleIncoming Arts Chair Prepares to Make Her Mark
Pikesville resident Shelley Morhaim is poised to make an impact on Maryland artists as the incoming chair of the Maryland State Arts Council, the organization that supports and promotes the arts across...
View ArticleYou Should Know … Alex VanNess
For more than a decade, Alex VanNess has been a proponent of positive dialogue about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Born and raised in Detroit, he ended up in Washington D.C., to practice political...
View ArticleThe JCC’s Slippery Slope
We must always give credit to the leadership and dedicated staff and volunteers of The Associated: Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore and to its affiliated agencies. Baltimore has been extremely...
View ArticleBrexit’s Unintended Consequences
The United Kingdom’s vote last week by 52 percent to 48 percent to leave the European Union promises to present a primer in the law of unintended consequences. From its economic and trade...
View ArticleHoward County Federation Director Resigns
Michelle Ostroff has resigned from her position as executive director of the Jewish Federation of Howard County, according to an email distributed to the community last week. Ostroff will officially...
View ArticleSummertime and the Livin’ is Kosher
Ah … summertime is officially here. And so is reading outdoors in the shade. And what is my favorite read? Cooking magazines, of course! I get many, but my favorite is Joy of Kosher by Jamie Geller....
View ArticleKAPLAN
On June 30, 2016, Lev Kaplan; cherished husband of Tatyana Fishkina; devoted father of Vadim (Marina) Fishkin and Irina Kaplan; loving brother of Asya Caesarskiy; beloved son of the late Abram and Luba...
View ArticleKALLENS
On June 30, 2016, Henrietta ‘Hank’ Kallens (nee Adler); beloved wife of the late Mickey Kallens; loving mother of Frederick Kallens, Steven Kallens and Randi (Stephen) Goodman; devoted sister of Anita...
View ArticleElie Wiesel Gave the Holocaust a Face and the World a Conscience
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Elie Wiesel, the Holocaust survivor and Nobel laureate who became a leading icon of Holocaust remembrance and a global symbol of conscience, died Saturday at 87. His death was the...
View ArticleFOX
On July 5, 2016, Norma Fox (nee Goldberg); beloved wife of the late Joseph Fox; devoted mother of Stuart (Sherri) Fox and David Fox; dear sister of Alfred Goldberg and the late Harry, Frank, William...
View ArticleGOLDBERG
On July 4, 2016, Marvin Goldberg; cherished husband of Muriel Goldberg; loving father of Ellen (Chris) Sollers, Jerry Goldberg (Sheila Sis) and Jeanne Goldberg; devoted son of the late Louis and Bertha...
View ArticleKALLENS
On June 30, 2016, Henrietta ‘Hank’ Kallens (nee Adler); beloved wife of the late Mickey Kallens; loving mother of Frederick Kallens, Steven Kallens and Randi (Stephen) Goodman; devoted sister of Anita...
View ArticleMYERS
On July 4, 2016, Bernard “Doc” “Dooey” Myers; loving father of Shelley Marks Weissglass (Cory Weissglass); devoted brother of the late Ellis, Charles, Irving and Morton Myers; devoted son of the late...
View ArticlePIESTO
On July 3, 2016, Darryl I. Piesto; beloved husband of Cydney Piesto (nee Tregob); cherished father of Blake and Chase Piesto; devoted brother of Kevin and Lisa Piesto; loving son of the late Robert and...
View ArticlePLANSKY
On July 1, 2016, Merlyn Harriet Plansky; beloved mother of Mary Beth (Joseph) Makias, Beverly Plansky and the late Carl Plansky; cherished grandmother of Yishai (Donna) VanHoose; dear great-grandmother...
View ArticleRUDER
On June 17, 2016, Daryl Mark Ruder, passed away peacefully, surrounded by family; beloved husband of Karen Lee (nee Mahoney) Ruder; devoted father of Sean M. Ruder and his wife Kate, Michael A. Ruder,...
View ArticleSCHINER
On July 3, 2016, Brian Schiner; loving father of Madison Honkofsky, Benjamin, Jack and Rebecca Schiner; adored brother of Jay (Elizabeth) Schiner and Jodi (Arthur) Grossman; cherished son of Barbara...
View ArticleSERY
On July 4, 2016, Bella Sery (nee Kogan); cherished wife of the late Zunya Sery; loving mother of Marina (Leonid) Sherman; devoted sister of the late Sonya Novikova and Michael Kogan; adored grandmother...
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