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Select events will feature the “Manischewitz Deli on Wheels,” a new traveling restaurant serving food and distributing swag. Manischewitz food items provided at events will include matzah ball soup, hot dogs, knishes, rugelach, babka and more.

Manischewitz and jscreen Collaborate to Promote Jewish Family Health

August 5, 2025 Staff Report

The “Deli is in your DNA” genetic testing campaign is aimed at college students and other members of the Jewish community to promote future family health.

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Less Kvetching, America, More Kvelling!

July 25, 2025 Guest Contributor

The Jewish practice of kvelling could be just the remedy for America right now, writes author and psychologist Barbara Edelston Peterson.

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Local Group imadi Serves as Resource for Kids with Medical Diagnoses and Families

June 25, 2025 Jmore Intern

Founded by Northwest Baltimore resident Tzvi Haber in 2021, imadi’s mission is to help children and their families who are facing complex pediatric diagnoses every step of the way.

A woman prepares a semaglutide pen, a medical device used for injectable weight-loss drugs that can help patients undergoing cancer treatments. (Getty Images/Tatsiana Volkava, via JTA)

Can Weight-Loss Drugs Help in Cancer Treatment?

June 4, 2025 JTA

The topic was explored at a recent webinar organized by Sharsheret, the Jewish breast cancer and ovarian cancer organization.

Sharsheret’s Global Health Leadership Training Institute trains Jewish communal advisers to guide women through cancer treatment with cultural and religious sensitivity. (SDI Productions/Getty Images via JTA)

Female Religious Leaders are Guiding Cancer Care for Jewish Women

May 21, 2025 JTA

Sharsheret’s Global Health Leadership Training Institute trains Jewish communal advisers to guide women through cancer treatment with cultural and religious sensitivity.

Ulman Foundation and Keep Punching leaders recently joined brain cancer physicians and staff from Johns Hopkins Hospital, the University of Maryland Medical Center and the Maryland Proton Center to discuss collaborative efforts to support patients and their loved ones impacted by brain cancers. (Provided photo)

Ulman Foundation and Keep Punching Announce Strategic Partnership

April 24, 2025 Staff Report

The two local organizations are funding a patient navigator position for brain cancers.

Marc My Word with Kennedy Krieger Institute’s Dr. Bradley Schlaggar

March 18, 2025 Marc Terrill

On this episode of “Marc My Word,” Marc Terrill talks with Dr. Bradley Schlaggar, president and CEO of Kennedy Krieger Institute, about the Institute’s mission and the critical resource for families it provides.

Neil M. Meltzer joined Sinai Hospital of Baltimore in 1988 and held several leadership roles before becoming president and chief operating officer there a decade later. (Provided photo)

LifeBridge Health President & CEO Neil M. Meltzer Announces Retirement Plans

March 13, 2025 Staff Report

LifeBridge Health’s board of directors will launch a nationwide search for a successor to Meltzer, who has worked in the system for more than 37 years.

The late Erin Michele Levitas (left) is shown here with her cousin, Marissa Jachman, who is executive director of the Erin Levitas Foundation. (FIle photo courtesy of Marissa Jachman)

Erin Levitas Foundation Creates Portal to Help Combat Sexual Violence

February 7, 2025 Staff Report

The portal provides tools and resources to help users engage in open, healthy conversations and address sensitive topics.

(Left to right) Eli Goldstein, Baltimore Hatzalah president; Dovid Heyman, Hatzalah executive director; Ira Gewanter, director of AFMDA’s Mid-Atlantic Region; and MDA Director of International Relations Yoni Yagodovsky. (Provided photo)

Baltimore Hatzalah and Magen David Adom Hold Gathering to Explore Joint Opportunities

January 31, 2025 Staff Report

Hatzalah of Baltimore recently held a joint gathering with American Friends of Magen David Adom to explore joint opportunities.

In her new role at the Maryland/Israel Development Center, Janet S. Kaplan will help create and foster business development and strategic partnerships. (Provided photo)

Janet S. Kaplan Hired for MIDC’s Business Development Team

January 24, 2025 Staff Report

A Pikesville resident, Kaplan will work to help intensify investment and joint business ventures between Israel and the State of Maryland.