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Cantor Randy Herman: “I want to introduce new stuff while keeping Chizuk Amuno’s traditions.” (Provided photo)
Cantor Randy Herman never expected to start his new role at Pikesville’s Chizuk Amuno Congregation outside of the synagogue. But that’s the reality as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
Read MoreRabbi Steven Schwartz of Pikesville’s Beth El Congregation talked with Jmore about the congregation’s virtual High Holiday campaign.
Read MoreFor months, doctors, nurses and other medical personnel, as well as researchers and mental health care professionals, have put their own personal safety on the line to save lives. Jmore proudly recognizes some of these health care heroes.
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Despite the pandemic, the Goldsmith Early Childhood Center celebrated its graduating preschool class of 2020.
The Goldsmith Early Childhood Center’s annual graduation ceremony looked a bit different from previous years, but the teachers and administration didn’t let the COVID-19 pandemic prevent them from celebrating their preschool class of 2020.
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Dr. Shmuel Shoham: “If you are exposed to COVID-19, you have about a 20 percent chance of coming down with the virus. That means anything from sniffles to being really sick.”
At Johns Hopkins, doctors and researchers are conducting experiments and clinical trials to find answers about the coronavirus. Dr. Shmuel Shoham is one of those doctors, investigating the use of plasma from recovered survivors as a preventive treatment.
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Mount Washington-based author and journalist Arthur J. Magida: "Noor's lessons are too important for us not to learn from." (Photo of Magida by Craig Terkowitz; provided photo of Noor Inayat Khan)
Arthur J. Magida’s “Code Name Madeleine: A Sufi Spy in Nazi-Occupied Paris” is the true story of an unlikely heroine.
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A pair of happy runners enjoy a moment of self-indulgence with the aid of a selfie stick. Among the virtual runners this year was Dr. Kevin J. Cullen, director of the Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center. Baltimore resident Abby Aberham participated in this year’s virtual Maryland Half Marathon & 5K. (Provided photos)
Approximately 750 people participated in this year’s virtual University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center’s Maryland Half Marathon & 5K, raising $260,000 for cancer research.
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Dr. Matthew B. Frieman: “This new virus transmits just like a common cold virus, but is more fatal.”
For 16 years, Dr. Matthew B. Frieman, an associate professor of microbiology and immunology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, has focused on studying coronaviruses. Now, his lab is working around the clock to find a way to combat COVID-19.
Read MoreRebecca and Justin Rubin are pulling double-duty, both working full time as nurses and parents to their three young daughters.
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Dr. Samuel Minkove: “What people need to recognize is there is no cure, so all we can do is provide the best critical care we know how.”
As a critical care pulmonologist, Dr. Samuel Minkove is trained to care for the sickest of the sick. But while preparing to treat COVID-19 patients, he says the volume of critically ill patients stunned him.
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Stacy Steinberg: “We are trying to make sure we aren’t socially isolating families from their loved ones just because we are social distancing.”
“A big part of coordinating hospice and comfort care is educating the families as they navigate through the difficult time,” says Stacy Steinberg, a hospice care consultant with Seasons Hospice & Palliative Care. “It’s difficult to not be with someone in person.”
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