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Meet Joy and Steven Sibel, this year’s chairs for The Associated: Jewish Federation of Baltimore’s Keynote event.

As the sun began to set one year after the October 7 attacks, people from around Baltimore filed into Beth El Congregation in Pikesville for a community-wide commemoration of that horrific day. Outside, posters of the many hostages taken by Hamas served as a stark […]

As we approach the end of the year it is helpful to reflect on steps that can be taken to reduce taxes that otherwise would be due.

As we mark the first year since the horrible massacre on October 7, we mourn those who list their lives and invite you to join us in prayer.

While we’re caught up in the laughter and nostalgia, it’s important to pay attention to subtle changes that might otherwise go unnoticed, ensuring that our loved ones are receiving the care and support they need. Physical and Cognitive Signs to Watch For According to Jasmine […]

We sat down with Jenny, a preschool teacher at Beth Tfiloh, a devoted mother to two children and a passionate volunteer for Mittzvah Mutts at The Jewish Library of Baltimore.

As time has moved on and our Holocaust survivors are reaching milestone ages, at some point in the near future, they will not be able to partake in this important experience. This fact propelled me to believe “if not now, when.”   When Marley and I […]

Let’s start at the beginning. Growing up Jewish.   Ruth: I grew up in Upper Montclair, a Northern New Jersey bedroom community of New York City. There were not many Jewish families in our town. When I was in sixth grade and my sister was in […]

Marci Elkin is a member of the Jewish Grandparents Network Baltimore, a local program that is managed in partnership with the Jewish Community Center, an agency of The Associated. We sat down with Marci to chat about why she joined this program, and what it […]

Jamie Aaron is the Assistant Director of Towson Hillel. She is also a 3G, the grandchild of a Holocaust survivor. For Jamie Aaron, the experiences of her grandfather and his escape of the Holocaust over 80 years ago through the Kindertransport, still affect her to […]