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Author: Aliza Friedlander
A Baltimore native who now lives in Houston, Chava Gal-Or hopes to collect enough mezuzahs for all of the 1,000 Jewish households impacted by Hurricane Harvey. (Photo provided)
Houston, We Have a Mitzvah
“I would love to send a mezuzah to any Jew in the United States or internationally who has undergone a tragedy to their home. That is my dream,” says Gal-Or.
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A 2017 photograph of Mildred Mindell Cancer Foundation members (left to right) Selma Schlenoff, Helene Levine, Elaine Finkelstein, Sandra Pollinger and Carol Pondfield. (File photo)
Mildred Mindell Cancer Foundation Marks 6 Decades of Raising Funds to Fight Cancer
Since its founding, the foundation has donated more than $5 million to medical centers and other cancer treatment and research organizations throughout the Baltimore-Washington corridor and in Israel.
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Weinberg's 50th anniversary celebration (Photo provided by The Associated: Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore)
Weinberg Place Celebrates 50th Anniversary
“People come here from all walks of life who have adjusted through world wars, children, grandchildren, moves and income decreases. It’s a journey of living and growing because here we challenge them and open up avenues to learn new things.”
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Tree-Painting Project to Benefit Nikki Perlow Foundation
The foundation is the largest nonprofit in the Mid-Atlantic region to focus solely on addiction and recovery, while offering financial support to those struggling with the disease.
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Karen Singer, chair of the Pikesville High Class of ’82 reunion committee, remembers Lenny “Batman” Robinson as being “entrepreneurial before anyone knew how to spell entrepreneurial.” (Photo by Steve Ruark)
Bowled Over by Batman
Lenny Robinson made local and international headlines by dressing up as Batman and visiting sick children at area hospitals, as well as driving a Batmobile and talking to schoolchildren.
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Smart Savings
Millions of students recently bid farewell to summer vacation and hello to college life. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, more than 20 million people are expected to attend degree-granting, post-secondary institutions this year.
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Karen Singer, chair of the board at Jewish Volunteer Connection, displays items she has collected for Shopping for Something Good, a five-day bazaar benefiting JVC, the Girl Scouts of Central Maryland and the Kennedy Krieger Institute, at her home in Lutherville-Timonium, Thursday, July 20, 2017. (Photo by Steve Ruark)
Initiative Promotes Shopping to Help Others
“‘Something Good’ is a weekend hands-on volunteer initiative, with events once a month from September through June, alternating Saturday and Sunday mornings,” says Singer.
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For a school project, Miriam Talalay wrote about her grandfather’s journey from Berlin to Baltimore. (Photo by Daniel Kucin Jr.)
Miriam’s Book
Miriam’s telling of her grandfather’s journey is now “Passport to Freedom,” a book on Shutterfly, with a slideshow on the LinkedIn SlideShare hosting service.
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Chad Gauss, l, chef and owner of La Food Marketa, and Amina Ross, executive director of ShareBaby, are pictured at Gauss's restaurant. (Photo by Steve Ruark)
ShareBaby and La Food Marketa Team Up for ‘Tacopalooza’
Three mothers in the Baltimore area — Maya Ammons, Kate Mumaw and Kristen Finkelstein — founded ShareBaby in 2014 as a way to connect mothers of means with mothers in need.
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