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Dr. Richard Haber, medical director of the Jewish Community Services Outpatient Mental Health Center, delivers the keynote address during the "Understanding Addiction and Recovery" program at the Park Heights JCC. (Photo by Steve Ruark)
“The brain scans of patients with active addiction show predictable changes in function compared with members of the control group.”
Read MoreSarah David is spearheading an initiative to honor those who served their country in the armed forces.
Read MoreSpiritual confab offers a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to explore unique aspects of Jewish living and practice.
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Howard Reznick, Jewish Community Services' manager of prevention education, will lead a virtual discussion on “Reducing Stress and Calming Anxiety." (File photo)
Jewish community groups sponsor a two-part series to examine the roots and causes of addiction and the opioid epidemic.
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Rabbi Moshe Schwartz, head of school at KSDS:
“The liturgy of the High Holidays -- particularly the well-known line in the Unetanah Tokef which states, ‘Who shall perish by water and who by fire’ -- comes to mind during a time like this." (Photo by Steve Ruark)
A pair of brothers receive a lesson in kindness and hospitality when visiting Baltimore’s Krieger Schechter Day School during the recent hurricane.
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Lawrence Bacow, the 29th Harvard University president, walks through Harvard Yard on his first day in office, July 2018. (Rose Lincoln/Harvard Staff Photographer)
“We need to go out of our way to make sure people don’t feel excluded or marginalized,” Lawrence Bacow said. But “fundamentally, we have to stand for academic freedom. It’s a core value of the academic mission.”
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Nina Pachino, director of the Posner Jewish Education Magnet religious school and family programs at Owings Mills’ Har Sinai Congregation, with daughters Maddie (left) and Winnie. (Provided Photo)
“I don’t want parents to just drop off their kids and run,” says the veteran Jewish educator. “Parents are intricately tied to the learning experience.”
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Ben Block, shown here with his son, Corey: “Parenthood is difficult, and that is why the global environmental movement doesn’t get the attention it deserves.”
(Photo provided by Block family)
“Every family has to decide for themselves,” Ben Block says. “We want dads to do what’s right for their families.”
Read MoreAt camp, there is always a feeling of togetherness but at Shabbat, it is emphasized and you can visually see it.
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Among those speaking at "Raising Awareness: A Jewish Community Gathering and Discussion on Suicide" were (left to right) Rabbi Joshua Z. Gruenberg,, and Kat Olbrich, director of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention's Maryland office. (Photo by Steve Ruark)
“Raising Awareness: A Jewish Community Gathering and Discussion on Suicide” explored the stigma of suicide in the Jewish community.
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