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Carol Stern, shown here with her late husband Gary, says, “I don’t care what kind of doctor you are. You’re not the one that’s important in that room.” (Provided Photo)
In David Black’s new book “Ripped Apart: Living Misdiagnosed,” Carol Stern tells the story of medical malpractice she and her husband, Pikesville native Gary A. Stern, went through in the hopes of helping others.
Read MoreThe Ivy Bookshop will present “Hamilton” and “In The Heights” creator Lin-Manuel Miranda on Tuesday, June 15 for a virtual book launch event for “In The Heights: Finding Home.”
Read MoreSeeking your next good read? Emma Snyder, owner of The Ivy Bookshop in Baltimore, offers recommendations for must-read titles for adults and children.
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Author Jessica Anya Blau: "[Baltimore is] such a beautiful, amazing place with so many interesting people. There’s so much love for Baltimore, and hopefully that comes out in the book." (Provided Photo)
Jmore talks with author Jessica Anya Blau about her new novel, “Mary Jane,” which chronicles the intersection of Jewish and non-Jewish Baltimore.
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Singer Art Garfunkel (left) and his longtime friend, Sanford Greenberg, are shown here horsing
around in the 1970s. (Photo courtesy of Sanford Greenberg via JTA)
In his recent memoir, Sanford Greenberg, chairman of the board of governors of the Johns Hopkins Wilmer Eye Institute, writes about how his friendship with singer Art Garfunkel changed his life.
Read MoreThe new memoir of local veteran TV broadcaster Tony Pagnotti brims with his characteristic warmth, wit, heart and candor, writes Michael Olesker.
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Yonah Jeremy Bob: "As amazing as Israeli intelligence is, even with help from the CIA and U.S. Naval Intelligence, everything is precarious and it is only through constant hard work and plugging away with an untold number of ups and downs that our countries are protected." (Provided photo)
Jmore spoke with Yonah Jeremy Bob, a Baltimore native and Beth Tfiloh alumnus who now lives in Israel, about his work translating, editing and adding new material to “A Raid on the Red Sea: The Israeli Capture of the Karine A.”
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Bertha Schwarz: “I wanted to write the book for my family, for my children and grandchildren. But I also felt it was an important book for the Jewish people, as a document of what we went through.” (Photo by Steve Ruark)
With the release of her book “Memories of a Stolen Childhood and Life Fulfilled,” Holocaust survivor Bertha Schwarz hopes to ensure that her story will never be forgotten.
Read MoreSeeking your next good read? Emma Snyder, owner of The Ivy Bookshop in Baltimore, offers recommendations for must-read titles for adults and children.
Read MorePenny Schwartz highlights some of the engaging new children’s books for Passover, from lighthearted humorous stories to a lively interactive family Hagaddah with tips for this COVID-19 era.
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In the 1960s-era crime drama, Natalie Portman plays a Pikesville housewife and mother who becomes an investigative journalist to pursue an unsolved homicide. (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images, via JTA)
Laura Lippman’s “Lady in the Lake” was partially inspired by the 1969 murder of Esther Lebowitz, 11, a Bais Yaakov School for Girls student.
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