Associated President Marc B. Terrill Announces He Will Step Down in Mid-2024
In a statement, the federation said it will begin a national search immediately for Terrill’s successor.
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Marc B. Terrill has served as president
of The Associated: Jewish Federation of
Baltimore since 2003. (Photo by Steve Ruark)
In a statement, the federation said it will begin a national search immediately for Terrill’s successor.
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During his tenure from 1995 to 2013, Louis "Buddy" Sapolsky is credited with making the JCC of Greater Baltimore more professional and sustainable. (File photo by Steve Ruark)
A 40-year veteran of the organized Jewish community, Louis M. “Buddy” Sapolsky died Sept. 3 after battling significant health issues in recent months.
Read MoreIn his new book “Puerto Rico: 1965 to 1990,” award-winning veteran journalist and author Robert Friedman, who now lives in Silver Spring, offers a personal and nostalgic account of living and working in Puerto Rico for more than two decades.
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The new documentary "Three Minutes: A Lengthening" was inspired by Glenn Kurtz’s book “Three Minutes In Poland: Discovering A Lost World In A 1938 Family Film." (Courtesy of Family Affair Films/US Holocaust Memorial Museum)
On Sept. 11, the Baltimore Jewish Council will present two screenings of the film, “Three Minutes: A Lengthening” at The Charles Theatre.
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Rabbi Mike Uram: "There’s always been powerful and profound concepts in Judaism -- like Shabbat or shiva -- but we also have the most powerful Jewish concept: favoring complexity over simplicity." (Provided photo)
Jmore spoke with Rabbi Mike Uram about his upcoming talk at the annual Shoshana S. Cardin Leadership Symposium, finding common ground amid the divisions in contemporary Jewish life, and more.
Read MoreVeteran Jewish organizational leader Shelley Greenspan will succeed the Baltimore native in serving as a conduit to the Biden administration.
Read MoreJmore Editor-in-Chief Alan Feiler recently visited “the Washington Temple,” aka the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Kensington, Md.
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Sons of Satan: (left to right) Adam Gussow, Alan Gross and Roderick "Sir Rod" Patterson are Sir Rod & the Blues Doctors.
Jmore recently spoke with the New York-born, Mississippi-based scholar/writer/musician about his new band, Sir Rod & the Blues Doctors.
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Bruce Radleigh Eicher: “The people [at Beth El] made me feel very welcome. They were always so accepting and warm.”
Bruce R. Eicher, the organist at Pikesville’s Beth El Congregation for 56 years, passed away June 22 of congestive heart failure.
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The nearly century-old "White House" dining hall facility at Camp Airy was ravaged by a two-alarm fire on June 29. (Frederick County Fire & Rescue)
No injuries have been reported in the two-alarm blaze, according to fire officials.
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Leonard Schleider was a leading caterer in the Baltimore-Washington region for more than a half-century. (File photo courtesy of Macon Street Books)
For decades, Schleider was a familiar face in kosher and non-kosher food service circles.
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