ROFFMAN
On March 2, 2015, LEONARD, beloved husband of the late Ethel Roffman (nee Marcus); dear son of the late Louis and Mollie Roffman; devoted father of Susan Simon, Marc Roffman and Leslie Roffman; devoted...
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On March 2, 2015, WILLIAM “WILLIE,” beloved husband of the late Shirley Shavitz (nee Guthoff); loving father of Michael (Debbie) Shavitz, and Lynne (Dr. Joseph) Levy; devoted brother of the late Harry...
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On March 3, 2015, MILTON “MOKE,” beloved husband of the late Florence Butler (nee Dworkin); loving father of Shelley Butler (Neil) Rothstein and Adrienne (Robert) Hausman; cherished son of the late...
View ArticleDeiner — Jacobs
Judy Deiner of Pikesville and Robin and Howard Jacobs of Owings Mills are thrilled to announce the engagement of their children, Emily Jordyn Deiner and Andrew Richard Jacobs. Emily is also the...
View ArticleA Different Moses Emerges for All Time
What is the significance of the dazzling radiance of Moses’ face and why did it not attain this shining glow until he received the Second Tablets on Yom Kippur? And, perhaps the most difficult question...
View ArticleIsraeli Innovation Takes Center Stage
Israeli innovation was showcased throughout the three-day AIPAC Policy Conference with presentations given on the main stage and breakout sessions highlighting the successes of Israeli startups....
View ArticleRio 2016 Olympic Village to Commemorate Munich Massacre
The International Olympic Committee will erect a place to mourn family and friends at the 2016 Games in Rio, including the 11 Israeli athletes killed by terrorists at the 1972 Munich Olympics. The...
View ArticlePulling No Punches
WASHINGTON — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech, in the end, was about reminding Americans that the enemy of your enemy may still be your enemy. He may have lost some friends in the...
View ArticleIs it too soon to start thinking about Passover?
Simcha Berman: Day to day life makes it hard for people to prepare this early. Jael Freedman: It’s my favorite holiday! For me it’s always about rites of passage, going into something more beautiful....
View ArticleLincoln and the Jews: A History
By Jonathan D. Sarna and Benjamin Shapell Thomas Dunne Books, 272 pages A great coffee-table book about Jewish history, let alone American Jewish history, doesn’t come around in a great while. All the...
View ArticleNew Blood
National Democrats looking to take back the Senate in 2016 scored what they considered a victory on Feb. 19, when Missouri Secretary of State Jason Kander, 33, who is Jewish, officially announced his...
View Article{Snapshots}
Phone-a-thon participants volunteer at Levindale in this 1965 photo. (Courtesy of the Jewish Museum of Maryland, 2011.029.243) Can you identify anyone in this photo? Contact Joanna Church,...
View ArticleThe Real Wiesel
Three observations about the JT’s Feb. 27 editorial, “Icon Makes Political Statement.” Note that Eli Wiesel’s full-page ad supporting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netayahu’s planned speech to...
View ArticleCenter of Attention
KAUNAS, Lithuania — Dovid Katz isn’t typically a hard man to miss. With his bushy charcoal beard, heavy physique and trademark all-black outfits, Katz, a New York-born scholar of Yiddish, resembles a...
View ArticleJWRP Conference Comes to Pearlstone
The Jewish Women’s Renaissance Project is hosting a leadership conference at the Pearlstone Center in Reisterstown from March 9 to 11. The JWRP was founded in 2008 with a mission of empowering women to...
View Article‘Startup Nation Meets Startup State’
Dror Sharon placed a finger-sized meter on a pear, opened an app on his smartphone and within seconds knew that each 100 grams of that green pear contained 72 calories and was 16 percent sugar. Sharon,...
View ArticleMikulski: Our Friend
Democratic Sen. Barbara Mikulski’s surprise announcement on Monday that she would not seek a sixth term in the Senate in 2016 has thrown Maryland politics wide open. But whoever succeeds the...
View ArticleIDF Soldiers School Students
On a recent snowy Monday morning, a crowd of Park School’s upper school students gathered in the auditorium to hear stories from two former Israel Defense Forces soldiers — Gal and Yehuda — that...
View ArticleTechnion Brings Students to Baltimore
A trio of representatives from the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology traveled to Baltimore last week to tout the successes of their school. “I grew up hearing about the Technion,” said Eitan...
View ArticleLet’s Dialogue
Please consider including your non-JT writers’ email addresses after their names at the end of articles. I realize this may involve getting their permission, but other publications do this, and I think...
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