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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 […]

Over the next 40 plus years, he worked in seven different communities. His career spanned from Youth director to Camp director to Campaign director (St. Louis) to Capital Campaign Director (Dallas) to Executive Director for multiple federations. His last posting was in Washington, D.C. as […]

His family was in the poster business for four generations, and he is writing a coffee table book about the family and their posters with his daughter Lori Gale.  “My grandfather, Norman I. Shapiro, started a small printing business in his basement with a little […]

She is especially enjoying is participating in the Jewish Grandparents Network-Baltimore, where she sits on the Advisory Committee and attends programs with her granddaughter. A national organization, headed by Lee Hendler, the Jewish Grandparent’s Network was created to recognize the role of grandparents in supporting […]