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A Remarkable Career  A Baltimore native, Janet was born on Smallwood Street. She earned a scholarship to the University of Maryland and graduated early, at the age of 20.  At the time, her career could have gone anywhere. For upon graduation, she landed a job […]

On The Associated’s latest Pull Up A Chair Podcast, Pam Solomon shares her journey to teaching pre-school at the Jewish Community Center of Baltimore!

In the Beginning  Doni’s connection to Jewish communal responsibility began literally in the beginning – with a father who worked for the Jewish youth group, NCSY. The family moved around as they followed his father’s career, eventually settling in Los Angeles.  In 1991,  he arrived […]

The benefits of deferring charitable gift annuity income payments Establishing a deferred payment charitable gift annuity is simple. You make a gift to The Associated of cash or appreciated securities and The Associated agrees to pay up to two individuals a fixed income beginning on […]

“We always had a pushka,” Gil said of the family’s tzedakah box. “We were Jewish. If you’re Jewish, you give.” Gil saw action in the Pacific during World War II, serving as a lieutenant on a Navy destroyer for three and a half years, and […]

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. When asset values are down, many advisors are reluctant to bring up charitable giving with their clients. They […]

Rich Topaz recently joined Yanky Schorr in our latest Mensches in Cars Getting Coffee. As this year’s Julius Rosenberg Memorial Award winner, Rich is certainly a Mensch. But what about those in his life?

Amee Cookler, the Macks Center for Jewish Connection’s new Camp Connector talks about her favorite camp memories, Jewish connections and more!

In our latest Pull Up A Chair, we meet Mark Newton, who recently retired after working at the Weinberg Park Heights JCC print shop for 23 years. A job, he says, that changed his life.

You grew up in Buffalo, New York  My family history is somewhat unique. On my mother’s paternal side, I am a fifth generation American whose family originally settled in Boston. My father’s grandfather was the first Jewish senator in the State of Ohio. My father’s […]