A new chapter of local Jewish history was celebrated on Sunday morning, Apr. 19, as The Associated: Jewish Federation of Baltimore officially dedicated the completion of its Goldsmith Campus at 5700 Park Heights Avenue.
The recently renovated campus is now the home of The Associated’s headquarters, the Jewish Community Center of Greater Baltimore, the Baltimore Jewish Council, the Jewish Library of Baltimore, Jewish Community Services, Jewish Connection Network, Jewish Educational Services and Na’aleh.
The 10-acre campus iwas renamed the Goldsmith Campus in recognition of a major donation by the Goldsmith Family.
At the gathering, Associated leaders thanked donors, volunteers and professionals “whose vision, generosity and dedication made this milestone possible.”
Among the attendees at the ceremony were Mayor Brandon Scott, Associated President and CEO Andrew Cushnir, longtime community leader Bob Manekin and Beth H. Goldsmith, past board chair of the federation.
Following speeches and a brunch, attendees were given tours of the new Associated headquarters.
In addition, the community was invited later that afternoon to “SpringFest” at the Goldsmith Campus, featuring family-fun activities, wellness programs, giveaways, story-time sessions and a special Partners Baltimore study program.
A former college campus activist, Veksler will speak at Chizuk Amuno on June 8 at the Ruth and Jay Lenrow Visiting Scholar-in-Residence for Combating Antisemitism.
A lifelong Baltimorean, Judge Rosenberg served as a U.S. magistrate judge from 1973 to 1998.
A former resident of Baltimore and central Florida, Ritt was active in the Soviet Jewry movement of the 1970s and 1980s.
For more than four decades, Goldman played a vital role in the supervision of elections in the city.