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Rosenbaum spoke about her remarkable journey from childhood fan to front office executive, while also reflecting on growing up Jewish in Maryland. Eve will be the speaker at The Associated’s Jewish Professional Women’s Kick-off Event on November 15.  How would you summarize your role with […]

When Barbara was 15, she traveled to Baltimore. It was there, at a Park School dance, that she would ultimately meet her future husband, Samuel Himmelrich. Despite the long distance, the two remained in touch. When she moved to Baltimore to pursue a degree at Goucher […]

October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, a time for educating the public about domestic violence and giving victims of domestic violence an opportunity to be heard.  And in Baltimore’s Jewish community, CHANA is where victims of domestic violence can find help and hope.  Regrettably, […]

What makes a good leader?  Micah Damareck: I believe there are so many different ways to define a good leader, and we all bring different qualities to the various teams we serve. In my opinion, a few common traits include resolve, curiosity, vision (and the […]

Join us for our next episode of Mensches in Cars Getting Coffee with one of 2022’s Fred Walpert Award Winners — Chavi Abramson!

Every year, Amy Pollokoff makes hundreds of cookies, including the fan-favorite Russian Tea Cookie — A Rosh Hashanah tradition that was started by her grandmother sixty years ago.

In September, friends and family joined Associated professionals for an evening celebrating six leaders who have made an incredible impact of Baltimore’s Jewish community.

Why do you think it’s important to get involved in the Jewish community in which you live and work?  I think it’s important to get involved in the Jewish community because the community that I grew up in gave so much to me. I went […]

A Baltimore City resident, Jodie Zisow-McClean was The Macks Center for Jewish Connection’s (formerly the Macks Center for Jewish Education) first LGBTQ Community Connector. Jodie and several other Community Connectors started their two year journey in September 2019, shortly before the COVID-19 pandemic severely limited […]

The emotional labor required to initiate a repair request is unfair and, with the racial demographics so skewed, seemingly impossible. Being a leader in one’s community can be even harder, because when those hurts happen, there is often little recourse. Our desire for repair can […]