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Hersh Goldberg-Polin (left) is shown here in an undated photo with his parents, Rachel and Jon. (Courtesy Goldberg-Polin family, via JTA)
Israeli-Americans Rachel Goldberg-Polin and Jon Polin talked about the pain of losing their 23-year-old son, who was kidnapped and later murdered in the Oct. 7th tragedy.
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Potomac residents and sisters Jillian and Lindsay Wiener died in a rental unit fire in 2022 in Long Island, New York. (Facebook)
The Jillian and Lindsay Wiener Short-Term Rental Safety Act requires rental companies to conduct annual fire inspections in Baltimore City and every Maryland county.
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Earle S. "Jock" Freedman worked for the Maryland State Highway Administration for more than six decades. (Photo courtesy of Sol Levinson & Bros.)
A Baltimore native and Pikesville resident, Freedman had the distinction of being the longest-serving employee in the history of the State of Maryland.
Read MoreEditor-in-Chief Alan Feiler kicks off Jmore’s celebration of 250 years of Jewish history in Maryland with the legacy of Jacob Lumbrozo.
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Twenty-six Jewish local teenagers attended the the ninth annual “Social Innovation Fellowship Demo Day." (Provided photo)
The gathering, modeled after TV’s “Shark Tank,” was held at Towson University.
Read MoreWe need to stop erecting roadblocks that prevent interfaith families from feeling welcome and included, writes Jmore Editor-in-Chief Alan Feiler.
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Already the parents of two children, Sarah and Josh Wilen officially adopted their daughter, Maia, last November and celebrated her naming ceremony the next day at Beth Israel Congregation in Owings Mills. (Photo by David Stuck)
The Wilen family of Lutherville exemplifies the meaning and essence of love.
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Author Eli Schaap: "With this knowledge, I feel more connected and blessed to discover a woman I didn't really know."
In “The Jewish Woman Who Fought the Nazis,” Eli Schaap unearths his mother Bep’s story of saving Jews in Holland during the Holocaust.
Read MoreJmore Editor-in-Chief Alan Feiler was surprised to learn recently that a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame is buried in a local Jewish cemetery.
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Frozen Chosen: A Wisconsin native, Paul Cohen is believed to be currently the only Jewish inhabitant of Greenland. (Photo by Dan Fellner, courtesy of JTA)
A look at the secret Jewish history of the Arctic island in the North Atlantic that’s now at the center of the world’s attention.
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Bradford Wind Stone: "It is a book that both Civil War and animal enthusiasts will like, and beyond that people who just have an interest in unusual or largely unexamined aspects of history." (Provided photo)
A longtime volunteer at the National Museum of Civil War Medicine in Frederick, Bradford Wind Stone recently wrote the book, “Hooves, Paws and Claws for the Cause: Animals in the U.S. Civil War.”
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