Rising to the Occasion
A local farm now produces matzoh that requires special kosher supervision to be consumed during the Passover festival season.
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Arts & Life
Melissa Rosenberg, left, with Krysten Ritter at the New York premiere of the second season of "Jessica Jones," March 7, 2018. (Matthew Eisman/Getty Images)
The Creator of Netflix’s ‘Jessica Jones’ is Becoming a Feminist Icon in the #MeToo Era
Melissa Rosenberg is becoming a feminist touchstone after women directed all 13 episodes of this season of “Jessica Jones.”
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Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby announced this week that her office will no longer bother prosecuting marijuana cases. (Handout Photo)
Family-Owned Cannabis Purveyor Puts Down Roots in Lutherville
Curio’s growing and processing facility includes 46,000 square feet for cultivation and 10,000 more for processing the plant into flower, extracts, tinctures and other forms of cannabis.
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Susan Goldberg is National Geographic Magazine’s first female and Jewish editor-in-chief. (Courtesy of National Geographic)
National Geographic’s 1st Jewish Editor in Chief Opens Up About Racism in the Magazine’s Past
The editor in chief of National Geographic Magazine made waves when she admitted that the magazine’s past coverage was tinged with racism.
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Stephen Colbert Worked Out with Ruth Bader Ginsburg. He Barely Kept Up.
Stephen Colbert joined Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the oldest justice on the high court, in what is her normal exercise routine.
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Baltimore-based artist, musician and author Micah E. Wood: "Instead of being about any one band, it’s about the city that that fuels those bands, that inspires those bands.” (Provided photo)
Baltimore Music Scene Staple Micah E. Wood Channels Life’s Hard Knocks
Micah Wood says his anxiety-laden music is cathartic for him and reflects on his personal experiences, including the deaths of loved ones, in a creative and open way.
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Quick 5: How Awkward!
Adam Ruben is the co-producer of the Baltimore and Washington, D.C., chapters of “Mortified: Share the Shame,” a storytelling project that Newsweek calls “a cultural phenomenon.”
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Nachliel Selavan giving a tour at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. (Debra Nussbaum Cohen)
A Tour Guide Uncovers Passover Secrets in the Met Museum’s Egyptian Wing
The Exodus tour is one of five Jewish tours offered at the Met through Torah Intermedia.
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Here are Some Children’s Books for Passover — and Spring,Too
Looking beyond Passover, a new crop of Jewish children’s books beckons for the spring.
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My Primitive Passover Scavenger Hunt
No matter how far ahead I start, no matter how much I’m sure I’m finished the night before, it never fails that two hours before the seder I have to call my sister for emergency backup.
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