The Story of Survival and Starting New Join us for an evening of commemoration and conversation with local Holocaust survivor Ralph Brunn about his experience of Kristallnacht in Germany, and the story of how his family found their way to Baltimore and created Maryland's local and beloved Old Bay seasoning. In-person and online options available [...]
Join Americans for Ben-Gurion University and the Baltimore Jewish Council as we welcome Professor Guy Ben-Porat of Ben-Gurion University for insights on the Israeli election. Who are the winners and losers? What will the next governing coalition look like? Will Israel finally achieve a government that lasts? What might we see domestically and internationally as [...]
This event will be in-person at Chizuk Amuno Congregation, and it will feature a broad range of climate experts including Del. Dana Stein, Kristen Harbeson from Maryland League of Conservation Voters, students from the Jewish Youth Climate Movement, and more.
an evening of powerful story through music as descendant of Holocaust survivors and pianist, Carolyn Enger, performs her project The Mischlinge Expose. During this performance Carolyn will share her family's history during the Holocaust and discuss the Mischlinge designation - those who were considered half-Jews.
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Join the Baltimore, Washington, and Howard County Jewish communities for a virtual Maryland Jewish Advocacy day on Thursday, February 9, at 7 p.m.
Please join The Associated’s Insight Israel Forum and David Makovsky, Ziegler Distinguished Fellow at The Washington Institute and Director of the Koret Project on Arab-Israel Relations, for a briefing and discussion about the proposed reforms to the Israeli judiciary system. Mr. Makovsky will walk us through arguments on both sides of the current discussion in [...]
Join the Baltimore Jewish Council and Haviv Rettig Gur, Senior Analyst for the Times of Israel, for an update on what has been happening in Israel in recent weeks. Haviv will provide us with an overview of where things stand with the coalition’s proposed judicial reforms and the growing protests against them as well as [...]
The BJC, in partnership with The Associated, the Jewish Federation of Howard County, the JCRC of Howard County, and the Oakland Mills Interfaith Center, will host a pair of trainings in March titled, Threats to Houses of Worship: A Seminar on Countering Active Threat Training (CATT) and BeAware Situational Awareness. The training is aimed for [...]
The BJC, in partnership with The Associated, the Jewish Federation of Howard County, the JCRC of Howard County, and the Oakland Mills Interfaith Center, will host a pair of trainings in March titled, Threats to Houses of Worship: A Seminar on Countering Active Threat Training (CATT) and BeAware Situational Awareness. The training is aimed for [...]
Following weeks of escalating protests over the governing coalition’s proposed reforms to the judiciary, Prime Minister Netanyahu announced a pause to the legislation Monday. This week, we will be in discussion with Baltimore Shinshin Yali Shapira, who will help us unpack all that has been happening in recent days and what might lie ahead. Yali [...]
Join us for a day of commemoration and education as we honor the victims and survivors of the Holocaust. This year's commemoration will highlight the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising that took place 80 years ago and feature a keynote address from author and historian, Judy Batalion, author of "The Light of Days: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler's Ghettos".
