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At the age of 17, Gili Adar came to the U.S. as a representative for the Israeli Scouts program. "She was a real ray of light," Aaron Hadley, who worked with the young Israeli as counselors at Camp Ben Frankel in Belleville, Illinois, told Chicago's ABC-TV affiliate. (Photo courtesy of the Adar family)

A Light Extinguished Far Too Soon

November 10, 2023 Alan Feiler, Editor-in-Chief

Alan Feiler writes about Gili Adar, the daughter of an old Israeli friend, who was among the more than 260 people murdered by Hamas terrorists on Oct. 7 at the Supernova music festival.

An Israel supporter (right) at Sunday's Penn Station rally for Israel holds up a sign with a photo of Ariel Bibas, a four-year-old Israeli hostage abducted by Hamas terrorists with his nine-month-old brother, Kfir. (Photo by Robyn Stevens Brody)

Now is the Time to Care, Act and Speak Up

October 30, 2023 Alan Feiler, Editor-in-Chief

Yesterday’s rally at Baltimore’s Penn Station demonstrated the need for American Jews to voice their support for Israel now more than ever, writes Jmore Editor-in-Chief Alan Feiler.

Located across from Druid Hill Park, Shaarei Tfiloh Synagogue, designed by prominent architect Stanislaus Russell, has been a landmark of Jewish Baltimore since 1921. (File photo)

Sunset on ‘The Shul in the Park’

October 24, 2023 Alan Feiler, Editor-in-Chief

Editor-in-Chief Alan Feiler remembers the life and times of Shaarei Tfiloh Synagogue, which recently officially closed after more than a century in existence.

Aryeh Isaac Wolf was a 25-year-old construction worker who grew up in Northwest Baltimore’s Orthodox community and graduated from Talmudical Academy in 2015. (Facebook)

The Unbearable Weight of Becoming Comfortably Numb

August 14, 2023 Alan Feiler, Editor-in-Chief

Have gun violence and rampant homicides become simply a way of life in 21st-century America, wonders Editor-in-Chief Alan Feiler.

The Wisdom of Youth

August 4, 2023 Alan Feiler, Editor-in-Chief

Being Jewish in the 21st century is a far cry from “Fiddler on the Roof” and Anatevka, writes Jmore Editor-in-Chief Alan Feiler.

(Photo by Adam Nemeroff on Unsplash.com)

Everyday Courtesies

June 26, 2023 Alan Feiler, Editor-in-Chief

We never know how we touch people with everyday gestures of benevolence, whether big or small, writes Jmore Editor-in-Chief Alan Feiler.

Memories of Tina Turner and a ‘Fishing Expedition’ that Went Awry

May 25, 2023 Alan Feiler, Editor-in-Chief

Editor-in-Chief Alan Feiler remembers a brush with the iconic rock and soul singer, who died May 24 at age 83.

In Lisbon, the inscription on a stone memorial embedded with a Star of David reads, "In memory of the thousands of Jews who were victimized by intolerance and religious fanaticism, killed on the massacre that started … on this square." (File photo)

The Not-So-Accidental Jewish Tourist

March 27, 2023 Alan Feiler, Editor-in-Chief

As a Jewish tourist, you sometimes have to enjoy the adventures of travel while grappling with the not-so-joyful past, writes Jmore Editor-in-Chief Alan Feiler.

Among this year's Baltimore Jewish Hall of Fame inductees is Janet B. Kurland, who worked for more than four decades at Jewish Community Services. Kurland passed away last December at age 94. (File photo by David Stuck)

A Genuine Woman of Valor

March 15, 2023 Alan Feiler, Editor-in-Chief

Janet Kurland is a lesson in the power of kindness, perseverance and gratitude, writes Jmore Editor-in-Chief Alan Feiler.

A Rock for the Ages

January 25, 2023 Alan Feiler, Editor-in-Chief

Loving thy neighbor means stepping in when you see something wrong happening and speaking up, writes Jmore Editor-in-Chief Alan Feiler.

Ben Ammi Ben-Israel was the spiritual leader of the African Hebrew Israelites group in Israel from the late 1960s until his death in 2014. (File photo)

‘Real’ Jews and the ‘Great Father’

November 18, 2022 Alan Feiler, Editor-in-Chief

With Kanye West’s recent incendiary comments that Black people are the “real” Jews, Alan Feiler recalls his conversation years ago with Ben Ammi Ben-Israel, spiritual leader of the Black Hebrews group.