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Mazel tov! (Screenshot from Facebook)

Saying ‘Mazel Tov’ on Facebook Now Activates a Colorful Confetti Animation

May 3, 2018 Josefin Dolsten, JTA

Now Facebook users who want to wish someone “mazel tov” get a colorful surprise, too.

"The Book of Joseph," Maryland Film Festival, William Shatner and RemFest (clockwise from top left)

Jmore’s Top Event Picks for May

May 1, 2018 Jmore Intern

Here are some of our top Baltimore-area event picks for May, 2018.

The building that was the Bridge is scheduled for demolition (Photo by Jim Burger)

The Bridges Fall Down

April 30, 2018 Rafael Alvarez

The narrow diner at 353 North Calvert St. – slammed every weekday afternoon with patrons eating real crab soup, stuffed green peppers and turkey clubs from birds roasted onsite – did business between a florist and a shingle-over-the-front-door law office.

Israel at 70

April 11, 2018 JMORE Staff

Special Israel at 70 celebrations will be held in the Jewish state, around the world, across the United States and right here in Baltimore.

In "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel," Michael Zegen plays a Jewish husband who leaves his Jewish wife for a Christian woman. The TV show is set in the 1950s, when interfaith marriage was much more rare among Jews than it is today. (Amazon)

What that Much-Hated Washington Post Essay Gets Wrong About Jewish Men

April 4, 2018 Gabe Friedman, JTA

“I now half-jokingly consider myself a Jewish man’s rebellion and guard myself against again landing in that role.” –Carey Purcell

April events: Rachel Bloom, Light City and "Sammy Davis Jr.: I’ve Gotta Be Me" (left to right)

Jmore’s Top Event Picks for April

April 1, 2018 JMORE Staff

Here are some of our top Baltimore-area event picks for April, 2018.

Seder plate (Courtesy Edsel Little, Flickr Creative Commons)

Pesach in the Old Neighborhood

March 26, 2018 Rafael Alvarez

“The Haggadah is absolutely about sharing our history with the next generation,” said B’nai Israel’s Rabbi Mintz. “And it’s a good idea to personalize it with stories of a family’s ups and downs.”

Abby Stein in the Jmore Facebook Live studio on March 23, 2018. (Photo by Amanda Krotki)

Jewish Transgender Activist Abby Stein on Facebook Live

March 23, 2018 JMORE Staff

Abby Stein joined Jmore on Weekend Agenda at facebook.com/jmoreliving on March 23.

Gefilte fish is an easy find at Passover. (Wikimedia Commons)

Passover 2018

March 21, 2018 JMORE Staff

In this Passover primer, we’ve got everything you need to prepare for your seder, tidbits on the history behind the holiday and ways to observe the festival.

By live-Tweeting the March 16 game for UMBC Athletics, Zach Seidel became an international phenomenon. (Photo courtesy of UMBC Athletics)

A Father’s Perspective on his Son’s Meteoric Rise in the Twitterverse

March 19, 2018 Jeff Seidel

The Retrievers’ success also meant a rise in popularity for UMBC athletics director of multimedia communications Zach Seidel.

Physicist Stephen Hawking in Zero Gravity (Photo courtesy Wikimedia Commons)

What They’re Saying About Stephen Hawking

March 14, 2018 JMORE Staff

Read what some Jewish personalities and publications are saying about Stephen Hawking on the occasion of his death.