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It will be far easier to fulfill the Haggadah’s mandate that we imagine ourselves as though we, too, left from Egypt, writes Rabbi Joshua Z. Gruenberg. (Photo by Creative Touch Imaging Ltd./NurPhoto, via JTA)
Chizuk Amuno Congregation’s Rabbi Joshua Gruenberg offers tips on how to lead this year’s seder, virtual or otherwise.
Read MoreRabbi Yerachmiel Shapiro of Moses Montefiore Anshe Emunah Hebrew Congregation shares 10 steps to prepare for Passover this year.
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Beth El's Cantor Thom King (left) is shown here in 2017 at a Chanukah service singing with Hazzan Emeritus Emanuel C. Perlman of Chizuk Amuno Congregation. (Photo by Steve Ruark)
Beth El’s longtime cantor will host the congregation’s virtual second-night seder from his family residence in Pikesville.
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Rabbi Nina Beth Cardin will co-pilot a free, three-week online program to train community members to “serve as spiritual companions who can ‘walk with’ friends as they navigate the normal hard times of life."
With the coronavirus outbreak, a new program by a pair of veteran Jewish professionals aims to fill in void caused by social distancing.
Read MoreWith synagogues and temples closed indefinitely due to the coronavirus outbreak, many local congregations are offering live-streams of their Shabbat services and other online events
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Geoffrey Sorenson was unable to comfort his late grandmother, Holocaust survivor Gerda Garbatzky of Long Island, N.Y., when she was dying from the coronavirus. (Photo Courtesy of Geoffrey Sorenson)
Grieving Jews are reckoning with changes that are unfolding with almost unbelievable speed, as coronavirus regulations impact the shiva process and the Kaddish prayer.
Read MoreHow might our perception of Passover seders change if we imagined them as a path to empower kids to become the authors of the next chapter of Jewish life, wonders Rabbi Dena Shaffer.
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Rabbi Mordi Spero: "We spend so much of our time telling our teens what they need to do in order to be successful in their lives, sometimes it’s worthwhile to take a step back and learn from them how to be successful in our lives." (Photo by freepik.com)
Rabbi Mordi Spero says we spend so much of our time telling our teens what they need to do, sometimes it’s worthwhile to take a step back and learn from them.
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Located at 27 Lloyd St. in East Baltimore and chartered in 1873, B’nai Israel is the oldest continuously operating synagogue in Maryland. (File photo)
East Baltimore’s B’nai Israel will welcome descendants of the synagogue’s founders and early congregants for its “Descendants’ Day” weekend Mar. 20-22.
Read MoreRabbi Daniel Cotzin Burg says humanity’s worth stretches well beyond what we mere mortals can see in our daily lives.
Read MoreBaltimore Hebrew Congregation has initiated a “green” burial program option, furthering their commitment to environmentally conscious stewardship and to uphold the values of Jewish tradition.
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