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Shared Values and Partnerships The Associated’s 30+ years of strategic partnership with the Jewish community of Odesa, Ukraine, is built on shared values. This collaboration supports the local Jewish community, especially the elderly and impoverished, by providing emergency aid, social services, psychological support, and cultural […]

The Baltimore team is based at Ashkelon Station. Thanks to our volunteers, Ashkelonians can be elsewhere, whether serving with IDF units called for duty, spending time with their families, or helping other locations needing assistance. Each deployment lasts two weeks, during which volunteers give their […]

Sigal Ariely, Baltimore-Ashkelon Partnership Coordinator, shares a touching story about Shir, a teenager who found a home away from home in Baltimore during a time of need

Local parents Mindy Silverman, Amy Uddeme and Ryan Lene share their perspectives on raising teens in a post-October 7 world, especially as we prepare them for college. 

The Associated hosted a virtual town hall with its five local area Hillels to discuss the current state of Jewish life on college campuses.

This local lacrosse legend never sits on the sidelines—his passions for family, Judaism, Israel and the game keep him deeply connected to his roots and community. A regular attendee at The Associated’s Partners Baltimore events, Mark sat down with us to share the lessons he’s learned and the values that guide him.

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 […]

We sat down with volunteers, community leaders and more illustrating the breadth and depth The Associated’s work in Israel this last year, following the devastating events of October 7.

From the beginning, The Associated’s overseas partners, who were already on the ground, thanks in part to the Annual Campaign’s support, deployed emergency services to Israelis facing trauma, property destruction and loss of life. The Associated also reached out to its friends in Ashkelon, a […]

For our friends in our partner city of Ashkelon, the days since October 7 have been particularly heavy. Many of them witnessed and experienced the violence, fear and chaos firsthand. However, despite the terrifying events that occurred nearly one year ago, The Associated has been […]