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(Left to to right) Joe, Donn and Glenn Weinberg. (Photo courtesy of Sol Levinson & Bros.)

Businessman and Philanthropist Glenn L. Weinberg Passes Away at Age 68

March 8, 2024March 12, 2024 Alan Feiler, Editor-in-Chief

A memorial service for Weinberg will be held on Thursday morning, Mar. 14, at Owings Mills’ Gordon Center for Performing Arts.

Jackson Matz: “I thought, ‘Why give up? There’s always a chance.'" (Provided photo)

Pikesville Student Jackson Matz’s Crossword Puzzle Published in N.Y. Times

March 8, 2024March 11, 2024 Simone Ellin, Associate Editor

Jackson, 16, is one of the youngest people to ever have their crossword puzzle published in the New York Times.

Earlier this week, a United Nations report validated Israeli reports of sexual violence perpetrated by Hamas terrorists on Oct. 7 and afterward, including instances of rape. (Photo by Jackie Hajdenberg, provided by JTA)

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Rally to be Held Tomorrow Morning at City Hall for Oct. 7 Victims of Sexual Violence

March 7, 2024March 8, 2024 Alan Feiler, Editor-in-Chief

Baltimore Area Jewish Feminists and other groups will hold the vigil at 8 a.m. in honor of International Women’s Day.

Dr. Melissa R. Klapper and "Jeopardy!" host Ken Jennings appear at the show's "Tournament of Champions." (Provided photo)

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Baltimore Native Melissa Klapper Appears on ‘Jeopardy!’ Tournament of Champs

March 5, 2024March 5, 2024 Alan Feiler, Editor-in-Chief

On the March 4th airing of the popular TV quiz show, actor Ike Barinholtz emerged victorious.

(Photo courtesy of Sid Keiser)

Community

Erika Rief Hornstein Thrives as Community Builder

March 5, 2024February 9, 2024 Simone Ellin, Associate Editor

As director of experience design at the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, board chair of the Jewish Museum of Maryland and other volunteer roles, Erika Rief Hornstein shines in her ability to bring people together.

Volunteers recently gathered at Sol Levinson & Bros. to learn about different methodologies to research gravesites and cemeteries. (Provided photo)

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Jewish Cemetery Association Strives to Create Comprehensive Graves Database

March 4, 2024March 18, 2024 Alan Feiler, Editor-in-Chief

With the help of volunteers, the Jewish Cemetery Association of Greater Baltimore is working to catalog the Jewish cemeteries and graves in the area for its digital database, including the identification of graves at some of Jewish Baltimore’s oldest cemeteries.

Located in the Bronx, New York, the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, was founded by Yeshiva University in 1955. In 2015, Yeshiva University transferred ownership of Einstein to New York’s Montefiore Medical Center. Einstein and Yeshiva are still closely affiliated.

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Baltimorean Dr. Ruth Gottesman Donates $1 Billion to Einstein College of Medicine

March 3, 2024March 3, 2024 JMORE Staff

The gift — which will be tuition-free for the indefinite future — is intended to attract a range of students to the medical school in New York.

Gail Green: "I get a real kick out of people coming to my booth at shows and exclaiming ‘Wow!’ when they see my art." (Photo by Robyn Stevens Brody)

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Owings Mills Artist Gail Green Repurposes Random Items into Her Own Works of Art

February 29, 2024March 4, 2024 Caryn R. Sagal

Gail Green, a former educator, takes discarded pieces and transforms them into unique visions of art using vintage costume jewelry.

(Photo by David Stuck)

Community

The Associated’s Leslie Pomerantz Talks Career, Role Models and More

February 27, 2024February 27, 2024 Alan Feiler, Editor-in-Chief

Since 1991, Leslie Pomerantz has been a leading light in the local organized Jewish communal world.

Rabbi Martin Siegel: “The need for spirituality is universal. It’s built into the nature of being human." (File photo by Ed Bunyan)

Community Obituaries

Howard County’s Revered Rabbi Martin Siegel Dies at Age 90

February 25, 2024March 5, 2024 JMORE Staff

An outspoken author, teacher, former United States Navy chaplain, and Rabbi Emeritus of Columbia Jewish Center, Rabbi Martin Siegel passed away on Feb. 22 at the age of 90.

(Photo by Nathan Dumlao on Unsplash.com)

Education National

Antisemitism is a New Consideration for Jewish College Applicants

February 20, 2024February 20, 2024 JTA

As they look at colleges, many Jewish teens have found themselves weighing a new factor: antisemitism.