Rosh Hashanah

Congregation to discuss how Jews stay jolly at Christmas time

2011-12-14 05:44:00

When Rabbi Susan Grossman's son was much younger, he noticed that a movie theater had put up a large Christmas tree and a comparably little menorah. "He turned to me and said, 'How come the tree is so big, and how come the menorah is so small?' "...

Rodgers Forge: Area takes Mother Nature's double punch

2011-09-18 18:07:00

We have certainly been "all shook up" recently. An earthquake and an hurricane swooped down in our community over the span of two weeks. For the most part, our neighborhood experienced nothing more than violent shaking and a few displaced objects after...

Baltimore Messenger Calendar

2011-09-29 00:00:00

Submit notices via email: messenger@patuxent.com; fax: 410-332-6336; or mail: Baltimore Messenger, 501 N. Calvert St., Third Floor, Baltimore, MD 21278. Include sponsor or host, date, time, address of event, contact name and phone number. Deadline is...

New rabbi at Bet Aviv led spiritual care efforts in NYC following 9/11

2011-09-27 15:54:00

Rabbi Seth Bernstein provided solace and leadership in New York City following the Sept. 11 attacks. He has led congregations in New York and Massachusetts. He has provided comfort to people in hospices and hospitals. And now, Bernstein is rabbi at Bet...

Service at Oregon Ridge puts tailgating spin on Rosh Hashana

2011-09-28 18:43:32

For certain religious oenophiles, Wednesday's dinner presented an interesting question: "What wine goes with services?" wondered Arnold Weiner. Judging from the crowd gathered Wednesday night at Oregon Ridge Park for the popular al fresco Rosh Hashana...

Scrabble at the Bain Center

2011-09-08 00:00:00

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Bringing the bakery home

2010-08-17 10:20:00

My mostly love/sometimes-hate relationship with bread baking began at age 14 with a loaf of the best-tasting cheese bread I ever made, though maddeningly, I could never duplicate the results. Maybe it was beginner's luck, or maybe I was just thrilled to...

La Shana Tova -- Happy New Year!

2009-09-25 16:22:12

I've been thinking about what to do for Rosh Hashanah on the blog. I'm not sure I could write something with any authority, being the great-granddaughter of an Episcopalian bishop of Tennessee although not much of a church-goer myself. But......

Sharon's toughest decision

2005-08-07 00:00:00

KFAR DAROM, Gaza Strip - Soon after Yamima Cohen Ayoubi moved to this Jewish settlement in the midst of Palestinian cities and sand dunes, Ariel Sharon paid a visit. It was 1989 and Sharon - the former general, master builder of Israel's settlements...

Goodman picks up dribble, tells Terps he isn't coming

1999-09-11 00:00:00

Tamir Goodman, one of the most publicized recruits in the history of Maryland basketball, told the Terps yesterday that he would decline the scholarship offer he orally accepted from the university last January. Goodman, an Orthodox Jew, said he...

GOP's Ehrlich winning over traditional Jewish Democrats

2002-09-09 00:00:00

Efforts by Rep. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. to win over Jewish voters in Maryland, many of whom have traditionally voted Democratic in the past, may be paying off. Influential members of the Baltimore region's Jewish community say Ehrlich is gaining uncommonly...

Williams fails, Goodman aces test of faith

1999-09-11 00:00:00

All Gary Williams had to tell Tamir Goodman was that it couldn't work. But that's not what happened, is it? Not even close.Not even at the bitter end. Williams had to jump last Jan. 10, had to offer Goodman a basketball scholarship to Maryland, had to...

Philip Berg, flanked by sons Michael, left, and Yehuda, blows the traditional ram's horn at Rosh Hashana rites for kabbalah students in 2001.

2011-10-14 15:57:30

From left, Ben, 8, twins sisters Samantha and Sarah, 7, and their father, Mark Swimmer, of Baltimore, participated with other members of the Kol HaLev congregation who were further downstream in the Stony Run in Roland Park , in performing Tashlich. This ritual of the first day of Rosh Hashanah of

2011-09-29 00:00:00

Rabbi Elissa Sachs-Kohen blows the Shofar, a ram's horn, at the start of the Rosh Hashanah Under the Stars service.

2011-09-28 00:00:00