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In His Words: Meet 15-Year-Old Jewish Camper from Chile

We had the opportunity to speak with 15-year-old Isaac Raboy from La Serena, Chile. Here’s what he had to say about this once-in-a-lifetime experience. In La Serena, there are only two Jewish families. There are no Jewish schools, shuls or rabbis. Therefore, it is very […]

 Meet Carly Schwartz

What was your religious background growing up in Florida? A: Judaism was really important to my parents. Growing up, my family attended a conservative synagogue, Temple Samu-El Or Olam, where I had my Bat Mitzvah. After that, we switched to a Reform synagogue. In high […]

Year in Review 2022

2022 was a year filled with hope, recovery and challenges. However, no one could have predicted that COVID-19 cases would continue to soar, mental health concerns would grow, we’d be combating antisemitism in our own community and Russia would invade Ukraine. Through our collective network […]

Navigating the Holiday Season as an Interfaith Family: Heather Ralston

What was your religious affiliation growing up? My mom was raised Modern Orthodox. My paternal grandmother was Christian, but my father converted to Judaism. I always knew my family had a Christian side, but we never celebrated anything because we were raised Jewish. Until I […]

Navigating the Holiday Season as an Interfaith Family: Debbie Wolff

What was your religious affiliation growing up? In a reform home, I didn’t grow up very religious. I went to Wellwood Elementary and attended Hebrew school and Sunday school at Baltimore Hebrew Congregation. When I was younger, my family would go to my grandparents to […]

Pam Solomon: Starting a Second Career as a Teacher

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!

The Most Wonderful Time of The Year…NOT

While navigating the journey of infertility is physically, mentally and emotionally exhausting 12 months a year, there are specific times and life events that can increase the feelings of hopelessness and frustration. Since the holiday season is typically centered around the concept of family, children […]

Reading Room

Middle School Red and Green and Blue and White By Lee Wind and Paul O. Zelinsky  Strange Fruit: Billie Holiday and the Power of a Protest Song by Gary Golio and Charlotte Riley-Webb   High School The Backyard Secrets of Danny Wexler by Karen Pokras Linked by Gordon Korman The Assignment by […]

Social Media and Teens: How Parents Can Counteract its Effect on Mental Health 

There are different platforms that different age groups prefer, but almost all of us use it in one form or another. And teens use social media more than any other group.   Almost half of US teenagers aged 13-17 say they are online ‘almost constantly.’ according […]

MDSNAP Connects Students with Disabilities to Resources They Need

MDSNAP is a program under The Macks Center for Jewish Connections, an Associated agency that launched earlier this summer. MDSNAP works with children with disabilities, from birth to age 21, whether they attend home school, private school or public school.