Sinai Hospital Creates New Shabbat Care Initiative
The new plan helps sabbath-observant Jews seeking care in the Emergency Department.
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Safeway Foundation Grant to Help JCS Address Food Insecurity
A check presentation ceremony will take place on Tuesday, Aug. 25, at the Safeway location on Smith Avenue.
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Montgomery County Lawmaker Beryl L. Feinberg Dies at 75
A Rockville resident, Feinberg was a familiar face in MoCo politics for several decades.
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Reunion of Former KSDS Students Becomes Annual Highlight
Known as “Unclecation,” the yearly summer getaway offers an opportunity for a group of old friends (and their growing broods) to remain connected.
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Victor Urbancic conducts a makeshift orchestra in Reykjavik sometime after World War II. (Courtesy Árni Heimir Ingólfsson via JTA)
The Rhapsody of Reykjavík
The story is now coming out about three Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany who built Iceland’s classical music scene from scratch.
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In late July, the Orioles traded pitcher Dean Kremer (above) to the Minnesota Twins in exchange for outfield prospect Jhomnardo Reyes. (Photo Credit: Kenya Allen/PressBox)
Dollars & Sense
The Orioles this season have proven that money can’t buy happiness, writes Michael Olesker.
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With its narrow streets, cobblestone plazas and winding alleys, the Gothic Quarter is the historic center of the oldest sections of Barcelona. (Shutterstock)
Catalonia Quest
The history of Jewish Barcelona is fascinating and complex, and a tour of the Jewish Quarter offers a glimpse into the city’s tragic past.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left), Israeli President Isaac Herzog (center) and World Zionist Organization Chairman Yaakov Hagoel attend a state ceremony reburying the paternal grandparents of Theodor Herzl alongside their grandson on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash 90, via JTA)
Herzl’s Grandparents Reburied in Jerusalem
The reburial came 77 years to the Hebrew date after Theodor Herzl himself was laid to rest on the Jerusalem hillside bearing his name.
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Marc My Word with Eric Fingerhut, President & CEO of the Jewish Federations of North America
Marc Terrill talks with Jewish Federations of North America President and CEO Eric Fingerhut about the opportunities and challenges he sees from his vantage point as a former congressman, leader of the Ohio State University system, Hillel International and now JFNA.
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A 62-year-old statue of Maimonides was defaced with a swastika in Cordoba last weekend. (European Jewish Congress)
What Would Maimonides Say?
A Maimonides statue in the Spanish city of Córdoba was defaced last weekend, but his teachings have an answer to hate, writes Rabbi Jeffrey K. Salkin.
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Protesters gather for a vigil in 2024 organized by the Students for Justice in Palestine at the University of Maryland, College Park. (File photo)
The Truth About Israel Is Losing to a Better Story
The narrative against Israel’s legitimacy took years to build, writes Baltimore-based branding expert Sharon Nevins.
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