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Searle Mitnick | Mensches in Cars Getting Coffee

Yanky Schorr wraps up this latest season of Mensches in Cars Getting Coffee with a dear friend and the 2024 Carole Sibel Outstanding Fundraising Achievement Award Winner, Searle Mitnick.

Seven Ways to Stay Safe and Secure with The Baltimore Jewish Council

David Folderaur, Director of Security for The Associated and The Baltimore Jewish Council, shares seven tips you can use to keep your community safe and secure.

Six Ways To Make Your Summer Special 

July is here, and with it the lazy, hot days of summer. Check out these six ways The Associated can make your summer special.

Summer Conversations that Nurture Family Values

Start with a Story When you’re together with your family this summer, take a few moments to share a story about when you first learned the importance of giving. Perhaps you remember your family dropping coins in a tzedakah box on Friday nights, or maybe […]

Endow Your Gift and Inspire What Comes Next

Think of the schools, camps, and community spaces that shaped your life. They didn’t just appear. Someone—years ago—made the choice to give not only for their time, but for ours. Now it’s Our Turn. For over a century, The Associated has been a trusted steward […]

Nourish Your Well-being During Mental Health Awareness Month

May is Mental Health Awareness Month, a chance every year to change the conversation around mental health! Here are simple strategies to nourish our well-being from experts at our agencies in The Associated network. If you or a loved one need assistance, please contact Jewish […]

Rooted in Values, Driven by Purpose: Meet Elise Morris 

“My Jewish identity has always been very important to me,” she says. “My mother and grandparents were Holocaust survivors, and their experiences instilled in me a sense of responsibility — not only to remember, but also to act.”  That sense of responsibility led her to […]

From Pilates to Philanthropy: Meet JWGF Member Bonnie Ziegelstein

When Bonnie Ziegelstein moved from Massachusetts to Baltimore in the 1980s, it was on a whim. Decades later, Bonnie still calls Baltimore home.

Rooted in Tradition, Growing for the Future: A Conversation with Rabbi Nina Beth Cardin

Baltimore is more than just a city for Rabbi Cardin—it’s home, in every sense of the word. Having left for 25 years to pursue her education and career, Rabbi Cardin ultimately returned.

Stories of Survival | Holocaust Remembrance Day

Seventy-nine years ago, six million Jews were murdered by the Nazis, and ever since then, the world has said, “Never Forget. Never Again.” – That is why The Associated, through the Baltimore Jewish Council (BJC), offers a Speakers Bureau to schools and organizations where survivors […]