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May We suggest…

May We suggest…

It’s the Fourth of July. Fireworks are bursting. Picnics. Baseball games and Chevrolets. It’s the great American dream.

“Our grandparents prayed for a melting pot. What they got instead was a meltdown!” said Rabbi Ephraim Buchwald, founder of the National Jewish Outreach Program. Hot dogs and apple pie are replacing matzoh balls and kreplach.

Assimilation. According to the 2000 Council of Jewish Federations’ National Jewish Population Survey, there are 5.2 million Jews in America, of which approximately one million classified themselves as…
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  • Anya Cappolla’s Kilimanjaro challenge
  • Rex Gelb’s philosophy slam
  • Editorial: Israel’s Hezbollah deal
  • Editorial: Jewish groups face money crunch
  • Hollywood: The next Matisyahu
  • Hollywood: “Beverly Hills, 91210” star returns
  • Beshert: Randi Hoffman and Harel Turkel

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$10 Million Rockland Run Law Suit

$10 Million Rockland Run Law Suit

A group of residents at Rockland Run Condominiums in Pikesville has initiated a $10 million civil suit. Filed last month in the Circuit Court of Baltimore County, the suit names Rockland Runs board of directors, the condos management company, the Residential Realty Group, and attorney for the board Cynthia Hitt Kent as defendants.

The suit alleges the defendants violated the Maryland Condominium Act, the Rockland Run…
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Anne Young’s Compelling Story

Anne Young’s Compelling Story

Last month, Dr. Anne L. Young was installed as Chizuk Amuno Congregations president. Dr. Young is not the first female president of the 1,300-household-member synagogue in Stevenson. But she may hold another distinction. Dr. Young may well be its first Jew-by-choice president.

Since her conversion more than two decades ago, Dr. Young has learned to read Hebrew, light Shabbat candles, attend Shabbat services and keeps a…
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Agency Makes Big Transition

Agency Makes Big Transition

Next Tuesday, July 1, Jewish Family Services will officially complete its merger with Jewish Vocational Service, Jewish Addiction Services, and the Jewish Big Brother and Big Sister League to create a new agency called Jewish Community Services.

The merger is part of the “Visioning” process overseen by the agencies’ parent organization, the Associated: Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore. The new agency consolidates the area’s Jewish social…
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Battle Brews Over Trail

Battle Brews Over Trail

What should be a lovely amenity in a stately, leafy community is instead pitting neighbors against each other in Mount Washington.

The amenity in question is the Jones Fall Trail, a 10 1/2-mile hiking/biking pathway that the city plans to build from the Inner Harbor through Mount Washington to Robert E. Lee Memorial Park off Falls Road. The trail is a companion to the recently opened,…
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