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At the "Unity Supper" at Liberty Grace Church in Baltimore's Ashburton community, Galilee Dreamers work on art projects with their local peers from the Elijah Cummings Youth Program, the Baltimore Jewish Council and Art with a Heart. (Photo by Melissa Gerr)
Twenty-four members of the Galilee Dreamers program came to Baltimore last week to meet with peers and others.
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Annie Cohen Kopchovsky, aka “Annie Londonderry,” poses with the bicycle she rode around the world in the 1890s. She is considered the world's first international female sports star. (Provided by JTA)
“Pedal Pusher,” a children’s picture book about 19th-century cyclist Annie Cohen Kopchovsky, was flagged due to DEI concerns.
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Dara Horn: "What I mean by ‘People Love Dead Jews’ is that non-Jewish societies tend to honor and respect Jews only when Jews are powerless." (Provided photos)
Jmore spoke with author Dara Horn about her upcoming Jerome S. Cardin Memorial Lecture and her views on the contemporary Jewish community.
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The yellow ribbon pin became a ubiquitous symbol for solidarity with the hostages held by Hamas. (Via Facebook, provided by JTA)
In the wake of this week’s release of the remaining living Israeli hostages, many Jews are retiring their yellow ribbons, dog tags and other hostage symbols with gratitude and grief.
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Members of the Pertman-Abel families visit the exhibition “1945: Not the End, Not the Beginning” at the Polin Museum of the History of Polish Jews. (Provided photo)
Twenty-one descendants of Chaim and Frieda Pertman recently visited the birthplaces of their respective parents, grandparents and great-grandparents.
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Attendees listen as names of Palestinian infants killed in the war in Gaza are read aloud during a vigil organized by the Students for Justice in Palestine at the University of Maryland, College Park, campus in October of 2024 (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images, via JTA)
Eighteen Jewish student groups at College Park vowed to boycott future meetings over the timing of the vote.
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Mark Levine: "Politics in New York is still very tribal, even in 2025." (Photo by Joseph Strauss, courtesy of JTA)
A Q&A with Mark Levine, the veteran Manhattan politician who grew up in Howard County and is running to be New York City’s next comptroller.
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New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani is shown speaking at a rally last October in midtown Manhattan's Bryant Park. (Bingjiefu He/Wikimedia Commons, provided by JTA)
A Texas resident who grew up in the Boston area, Jeremy Fistel, 44, attended Orthodox day schools in his youth.
Read MoreMany right-wing Jews venerated Kirk, who considered himself a defender of Jews and Israel.
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Charlie Kirk is shown here last May debating with students at The Cambridge Union in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England. (Nordin Catic/Getty Images for The Cambridge Union via JTA)
The Turning Point USA founder was an outspoken supporter of Israel in conservative politics.
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Last May, Israel embassy workers Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Lynn Milgrim were killed by a gunman as they left an event at the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C.
(Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
The statement calls on Jewish and non-Jewish community leaders to combat hate, violence and discrimination.
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