Unity Torah continues the Legacy of Efraim Gordon

Transforming Tragedy to Life On Sunday, July 10, a perfectly sunny and breezy summer day, approximately one thousand members from the diverse Baltimore Jewish community gathered together in a compelling display of unity and celebration. Swaying to the rhythm of the cheerful music, watching their children happily sucking on cold popsicles, representatives from every facet […]

Baltimore Women Join Together For Inspiration

Rebbetzin Sara Gross On Wednesday evening, June 22nd, the women of Baltimore joined over 75,000 others from around the country and across the globe to participate in the Nekadesh “Live Higher” event. TAG Baltimore organized a live hookup at Shomrei Emunah, and women and girls of all ages packed into the room to be a […]

The Baltimore Community’s Technology Triumphs

Rebbetzin Sara Gross Since the Nekadesh women’s event there has been a revolution of change in the world. Our hearts were touched, and our minds were made up. We would make the necessary changes to be in control of our technology use, and not have it control us. Everyone on his or her level can […]

Yeshivas Toras Simcha Welcomes Rabbi Hillel Mandel as Interim Menahel

Yeshivas Toras Simcha is excited to announce that we have secured an outstanding menahel to guide usthrough the next school year – Rabbi Hillel Mandel – the famed educational consultant and trainer ofteachers, who has agreed to join the school as the interim menahel for 2022-2023 school year.Rabbi Hillel Mandel has served as a rebbe […]

JCSL by “Shimz Cars” completes another successful season

The Jewish Community Softball League by Shimz Cars wrapped up their fourth season on Sunday, July 10th in auspicious fashion with a dramatic battle between teams “Levin and Gann” and “Donny Ankri Architects,” in the “Camp Shoresh” Championship game. Continue below to read about the excitement from the entire “Camp Shoresh” postseason:Camp Shoresh Playoffs: Levin […]

Parshas Balak

Rabbi Berel Wein We are taught in the book of Mishlei that it is better to hear criticism from a friend than compliments from someone who is truly one’s enemy. This week’s Torah reading abounds in compliments given to the Jewish people by the leading prophet of the non-Jewish world, Bilaam. From all of the […]

Sheva Brachos Shailos

Rabbi Avrohom Sebrow In the first perek of Kesuvos, there is a lengthy exposition on Sheva Brachos. What follows is some selected halachos regarding Sheva Brachos with a focus on the psakim of Rav Moshe Feinstein, zt”l. This article is not intended to issue practical rulings but to engender discussion. The Rema (EH 62:6) writes […]

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Allan Rolnick, CPA On September 17, 1873, the brand new Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical College opened its doors to 24 students. (Future President Rutherford B. Hayes was an early booster, and since you don’t remember anything he did as president, you may as well remember him for this.) Five years later, the school graduated its […]

Shoresh’s First Music Festival Proves to be Epic and Spectacular!

 Rabbi David Finkelstein, Executive Director of Shoresh, had a longtime dream of hosting a “Kosher Woodstock.” It finally came to fruition on Sunday, July 3, after months of planning and with the help of the Camp Shoresh staff, volunteers, and co-chairs Shani Kohen and Yona Openden. Shoresh held its first-ever Jewish Roots Music Festival on […]

Not a Time For Humility

Rabbi Zvi Teichman An attempt is made by Moshe to take a shortcut on the Children of Israel’s journey to the promised land through the territory of Edom. In what appears to be a heartfelt appeal, Moshe sends a three-pronged message to the King of Edom. Firstly, he asserts their familial connection as ‘brothers’. The […]