The Power of Stillness in a Noisy World
There is truth. There is right and wrong, but it is so very difficult to discern that truth when there is nothing but noise around us.
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Religion
Once the railroad corridor on which the Northern Central Railroad operated, the NCR Trail stretches 20 miles from Cockeysville to York, Pa., across the Mason-Dixon Line that separated the North and the South. (Photo by Rabbi Daniel Cotzin Burg)
Crossing the Mason-Dixon Line Offers A Sobering Reminder about Tyranny
The Mason-Dixon Line represented, for much too long, the division between slavery and freedom.
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Conservative Rabbis Can Now Attend Intermarriages
The Conservative movement’s rabbinical association will allow its rabbis to attend intermarriages.
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Jmore Managing Partner Jonathan Oleisky will be the guest speaker at the annual Rabbi Seymour L. Essrog Memorial Lecture on Oct. 26 at Adat Chaim Synagogue in Owings Mills. (Photo by Solomon Swerling)
Jmore’s Jonathan Oleisky to speak at Essrog Memorial Lecture at Adat Chaim
Owings Mills synagogue pays tribute to its late spiritual leader with annual memorial lecture.
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Adam Gopnik: "Liberal, for me, is a positive, constructive, aggressive term that refers to a radical set of beliefs, including the belief that you can have genuine disagreement, passionate, profound disagreement within a broad fabric of tolerance." (Handout photo)
Adam Gopnik of The New Yorker to Speak at Cardin Lecture
Adam Gopnik believes there’s more than one way to rationally examine the world around us.
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Weekend Gathering to Explore the Divine Feminine in Judaism
Spiritual confab offers a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to explore unique aspects of Jewish living and practice.
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"We all exist within that circle called a speed limit, and each of us chooses how much of that space we claim, how close to that line we come. … 'Beyond the letter (or line) of the law' would be speeding." -- Rabbi Daniel Cotzin Burg
Less than You Can, All that You Should
We all exist within that circle called a speed limit, and each of us chooses how much of that space we claim, how close to that line we come.
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Matt Chase, center, and other attendees mingle during the Sukkah City event at the Rosenbloom Owings Mills JCC. (Photo by Steve Ruark)
Despite a Persistent Drizzle, Sukkah City Goes On
The free, four-hour event offered an array of 13 community participant sukkahs hosted by myriad synagogues, organizations, businesses and others.
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Identifying and Cherishing the Sacred
During our fall holidays — Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot –it may be relatively easier to find what we are looking for, as our weeks are peppered with special occasions that invite us to pause and find guidance in tradition.
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Coming Out and Being Accepted
It can feel very daunting to come out in the Orthodox world, and each person’s support makes a positive impact.
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How to Celebrate Sukkot Without a Sukkah
Everyone, with or without a personal sukkah, can turn to creative interpretations of “dwelling” and focus on the aspects of Sukkot that are oriented toward other rituals and customs.
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