The Mall Comes Down
When it opened in 1986, the Owings Mills Fashion Mall (as it was called then) was touted as “the cornerstone of one of the biggest building boons on the East Coast,” WJZ’s Frank Luber reported. “Tres...
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On August 15, 2016, Sam Unger; cherished husband of Ester Unger (nee Drapkin); loving father of Larry (Sherry) Unger and Nancy Unger (Michael) Goldstein; adored brother of Rose Unger Markow and the...
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On August 16, 2016, Geraldine Levitt (nee Shapiro); beloved wife of the late LeRoy Levitt; devoted mother of Michael (Karis) Levitt and Abbe (Michael) Silver; dear sister of the late Sydney “Nanny”...
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On August 16, 2016, Anna F. Bulmash (nee Burgan); beloved wife of the late David A. Bulmash; devoted mother of Michael (Christine) Bulmash and Judy (Laurence) Siegel; loving daughter of the late Yetta...
View ArticleFINK
On August 16, 2016, Barry M. Fink; cherished father of Shelly (Robert) Coyle and Candice (Joseph) Geer; loving brother of Rebecca (Leigh) Sanderoff; beloved grandfather of Amanda Coyle, Ryan Coyle and...
View ArticleSCHWARTZ
On August 16, 2016, Lucille Schwartz (nee Caplan), beloved wife of the late Oscar Schwartz; loving mother of Barbara London and the late Arlene Brownstein; devoted mother-in-law of Perry London,...
View Article|Snapshots|
Can you identify anyone in this photo? Contact Joanna Church, 443-873-5176 or jchurch@jewishmuseummd.org. To see more of the Jewish Museum’s extensive collection and find out who has been identified...
View ArticleMy Summer of Social Justice, Judaism
This summer, I had the opportunity to participate in the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism’s Machon Kaplan summer study-internship program as part of a group of 30 college students from...
View ArticleA Celebration of B’nai Yisrael
Today, we read Parshat Va’etchanan. We see the beautiful words of the Shema that tells all of B’nai Yisrael that there is only one God. Earlier, when God commanded Moses to talk to the rock so it would...
View ArticleTheir Color? Jewish
The JT’s “Jews Conflicted by Black Lives Matter Platform” (Aug. 12) comments on the challenges Jews of color face because of the anti-Israel agenda of the Black Live Matter movement. I don’t see a...
View ArticleJEA to Celebrate 107 Years
The Jewish Educational Alliance will celebrate its 107th anniversary at Moses Montefiore Anshe Emunah Congregation on Sunday, Aug. 28. WJZ-TV reporter Ron Matz, who was inducted into the JEA’s Hall of...
View ArticleKohelet Prize to Reward Innovative Day School Teachers
In late September, the Kohelet Foundation will begin accepting entries for the Kohelet Prize — six $36,000 awards to be distributed among Jewish educators or teams of educators for what the...
View ArticleA Plaque of Honor
The wonderful obituary/tribute “Roy Hoffberger: Philanthropist, Art Patron, Proud Jew” (Aug. 12) recounts that he always kept a plaque on his desk that read: “Further discussion is unnecessary. I have...
View ArticleThe Susiya Shuffle
The Palestinian village of Susiya is in the southern Hebron hills of Judea, part of the land known to many as the West Bank. The village is home to 300 people. Israel says that the residents built...
View ArticleProtesters Link Justice for Black Americans, Palestinians
A group advocating that American Jewry end its support of Israel’s occupation of the West Bank staged a protest of the mainstream Jewish community’s rejection of the Black Lives Matters policy platform...
View ArticleOrganizations Troubled By DOJ Report on Baltimore Police
The findings of a U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division’s investigation of the Baltimore Police Department, which revealed a number of practices that violate the Constitution and federal...
View ArticleDespite Setback, Clarke Confident $15 Minimum Wage Will Pass
The fate of Baltimore’s lowest-paid workers remains uncertain after the city council voted on Monday to send a bill that would raise the city’s minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2022 back to committee....
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