1+ hour, 10+ min ago  (117+ words) By Rabbi Jon Roos This week’s Torah portion is Devarim: Deuteronomy 1:1 — 3:22 I can tell how and from where people know me by the name they use when calling me. Camp friends call me one thing, family call me another, and…...

6+ day, 6+ hour ago  (192+ words) Sholaum “Sam” Son, of Baltimore, passed away on June 10 at the age of 78. He is survived by his loving children, Elana (Dr. Allan) Schulman, Aviva (Scott) Glidewell, and David (Lauren) Son; adoring grandchildren, Corey Schulman, Noah Schulman, Olivia Glidewell, Audrey…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (113+ words) Ariel — Jewish Chabad Center is off to a hot start this summer, with week two of summer camp going great thus far! (Courtesy of the Ariel — Jewish Chabad Center) The post Ariel Camp is a Blast! appeared first on Baltimore…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (917+ words) Jill Smokler’s life’s work began with a refusal to pretend. As the founder of Scary Mommy, the Pikesville mother of three gave parents permission to say that raising children could be deeply rewarding and brutally hard at the same time....

4+ week, 1+ day ago  (107+ words) Campers at Ariel — Jewish Chabad Center enjoyed the kickoff to Gap Camp this week, with young ones enjoying some time on the playground, water play, baking, paper bag puppets and more. (Courtesy of Ariel — Chabad Jewish Center) The post Camp…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (756+ words) In Israel today, educators are grieving students. Yet we do not have the language to describe what that grief means. After every round of war, we count the fallen. We speak of families, of parents, of siblings — and rightly so....

2+ mon, 3+ day ago  (777+ words) Rachel Pototsky is the early childhood director at Baltimore Hebrew Congregation’s E.B. Hirsh Early Childhood Center, but that title doesn’t fully tell the story of what she means to the synagogue or what the synagogue means to her. Not only…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (444+ words) As you get older, your risk for some eye diseases may increase. However, there are steps you can take to keep your eyes healthy — and it starts with taking care of your overall health. Set yourself up for a lifetime…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (354+ words) Community members gather outside of Bondi Pavilion at Bondi Beach, Sydney, following the deadly shooting on a Hanukkah party, Dec. 15, 2025. (Photo credit: Audrey Richardson/Getty Images) A concert to raise money for the victims of the shooting attack on a…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (760+ words) When Miri Baum gave birth to her fourth child, she spent the better part of the first year and a half of his life in and out of the hospital. Baum gave birth to her son, Rafi, at 30 weeks gestation....