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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 […]

Centenarian’s Legacy Helps Older Adults

“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 […]

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.

Live Well With AgeWell | Beth Goldsmith

Beth H. Goldsmith, former chair of the board, went out into the community to meet with experts from our AgeWell Baltimore partners.

What is a Mensch? | Rich Topaz

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?

Camp is Amee Cookler’s Happy Place

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

Building Community Through Art

In a recent ceremony held outside Amigour Towers, a senior living facility in Ashkelon, community members gathered to witness the unveiling of three mosaic sculptures that were commissioned by The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation. Working in partnership with Art With A Heart, The Harry […]

Meet Barbara L. Himmelrich

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 […]

Chavi Abramson | Fred Walpert Award Winner

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

The Associated Recognizes Six Baltimore Jewish Community Leaders

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.