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Diane Leigh Davison, vice president of Great Talk Inc. (left), and Eve Vogelstein, the nonprofit’s board president. (Handout photo)
As was the case with our inaugural season last year, we expect attendees to find these conversations not just fascinating and stimulating but downright pleasurable.
Read MoreJack Sacco believes his father’s story of liberating Dachau is a tale of humanity and perseverance.
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William and Selma Kurz riding in a rickshaw in Shanghai in the early 1940s. (Photo courtesy of Jewish Museum of Maryland)
By the time of the Chinese Communist Revolution in the late 1940s, virtually all the Jews of Shanghai had emigrated.
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OrCam’s MyEye technology is wireless, lightweight and employs a magnet to clip to the frame of eyeglasses. It is a self-contained unit, working independently of the Internet, a smartphone or wireless connection. (Photo from orcam.com)
The Maryland/Israel Development Center will present a talk by Mark A. Riccobono of the Baltimore-based National Federation of the Blind.
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Among the issues important to Maryland politicians this legislative session are: The health of the Chesapeake Bay, the future of Pimlico Race Course, potholes and the infrastructure and the opioid epidemic. (Composite image of handout photos)
Jmore recently asked 15 politicians of particular interest to the local Jewish community to discuss what they will focus on in 2019.
Read MoreCHAI’s new CEO wants to continue the agency’s policy of strengthening neighborhoods and communities in the Northwest Baltimore area.
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Rep. John Sarbanes: "Looking back on my nine terms in Congress, I feel an enormous sense of gratitude and accomplishment,” (File photo)
“If we can clean up the system, then we can deliver on other priorities,” Rep. John Sarbanes says about the Democrats winning the House of Representatives in the midterm elections.
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Baltimore Ravens center Bradley Bozeman (left) and Sen. Bobby Zirkin greet students at New Town Elementary School in Owings Mills.(Photo by Steve Ruark)
“It combines two of the things I love — community and sports,” Sen. Bobby Zirkin says his newest endeavor, Chesapeake Philanthropy Consulting.
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Mohammed Al Samawi: "You cannot read the Bible in Yemen. What I found out was there were many similarities between the Bible and the Koran." (Handout Photo)
Mohammed Al Samawi fled his homeland three years ago because of his interfaith activism there, as well as that nation’s bloody civil war.
Read MoreSarah David is spearheading an initiative to honor those who served their country in the armed forces.
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Steven Fader: "Jewish parents who give will be passing down the age-old tradition of tzedakah to their children. … Everyone, every single man, woman and child in our community, can participate in the ‘Make Change’ campaign."
(Photo by Steve Ruark)
The Associated presents the “Make Change” initiative, asking donors to take all of the change they have lying around and donate the proceeds to the federation.
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