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• News

Israeli sentenced for role in illegally employing over 100 immigrants and harboring some in Baltimore

Rona Zhfani, Asher Sharvit and Oren Sharvit have pleaded guilty to their role in smuggling illegal immigrants from France and Israel into Baltimore.

By Phil Davis

Jul 2, 2019

• Opinion

Cal Thomas: Bribing the Palestinians won't work

Cal Thomas: Bribing the Palestinians won't make them recognize Israel's right to exist.

• Opinion

By hurting Palestinians, Trump and Kushner lessen chances for peace

Jared Kushner's efforts to promote peace in Middle East are a dismal failure.

• Opinion

The left's 'foxlike attitude toward Israel'

I urge my fellow Jews to send some 'benjamins' to Ilhan Omar’s reelection campaign. Through her unvarnished bigotry, she exposes the anti-Semitic double standard that undergirds the left’s foxlike attitude toward Israel.

• Opinion

Acts of anti-Semitism deserve a strong rebuke

Rep. Omar and BDS movement are latest signs that anti-Semitism is on the rise and needs to be properly castigated.

• Opinion

Cal Thomas: Bibi and Trump agonistes

The charges brought against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are small potatoes, says Cal Thomas.

• Maryland

Proud Boys, black nationalists and Klan among new hate groups in Maryland, Southern Poverty Law Center reports

The number of hate groups in Maryland and across the country grew in 2018 to its highest level on record, the Southern Poverty Law Center reported Wednesday. In Maryland, new groups included four black nationalist groups, the Proud Boys and a mix of Ku Klux Klan, neo-nazi and white nationalists.

By Catherine Rentz

Feb 20, 2019

• Opinion

Separating immigrant parents and their children nothing new for the U.S.

U.S. immigration officials have been separating parents from their children for years.

• Opinion

State doesn't have to do business with those who boycott Israel

Gov. Larry Hogan has signed an executive order to ban doing business with entities who boycott Israel and the state has every right to do this.

• Politics

Maryland man sues Hogan, Frosh for executive order forbidding contracts with those who boycott Israel

A former Maryland state representative has filed a civil rights lawsuit against Governor Larry Hogan and Attorney General Brian Frosh, taking aim at a controversial executive order denying contracts to businesses that boycott Israel.

By Lillian Reed

Jan 10, 2019

• Maryland

John Archer School students get lesson from Tel Aviv, Israel

A John Archer teacher and an educator from Tel Aviv, Israel, collaborated on a Skype lesson about animals for students watching in Harford County.

By Erika Butler

Dec 27, 2018

• Obituaries

Adele-Ethel Reidy, airline attendant and Walters Art Museum volunteer, dies

A funeral Mass will be held Saturday for Adele-Ethel Reidy, a former Walters Art Museum docent who witnessed the 1949 settlement of Jews in a young state of Israel.

By Jacques Kelly

Dec 4, 2018

• Obituaries

Elaine S. Mintzes, noted philanthropist for education and charities in Baltimore and Israel, dies

Elaine S. Mintzes, who with her husband raised millions for charities in Baltimore and Israel, died Oct. 25 from liver failure at Greater Baltimore Medical Center.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Nov 2, 2018

• Opinion

Denying aid to Palestinian refugees doesn't promote peace

By cutting humanitarian aid to Palestinian refugees, U.S. serves the cause of terrorist groups.

• Sports

Orioles' Dean Kremer, carrying the flag for Israel, making strong first impression in minors

One of the four players the Orioles acquired from the Dodgers in the Manny Machado trade, Double-A Bowie right-hander Dean Kremer has opened eyes over the past month.

By Eduardo A. Encina

Aug 31, 2018

• Sports

Evaluating Yusniel Díaz and the other prospects the Orioles acquired in the Manny Machado trade

Evaluating the five prospects — Yusniel Díaz, Dean Kremer, Rylan Bannon, Zach Pop, and Breyvic Valera — the Orioles acquired from the Los Angeles Dodgers for All-Star shortstop Manny Machado.

By Jon Meoli

Jul 18, 2018

• Obituaries

Shoshana S. Cardin, internationally known philanthropist and leader of Jewish organizations, dies

Shoshana S. Cardin, an internationally known philanthropist who was a leader of numerous local Jewish organizations, died May 18 from respiratory failure at the University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center. The Pikesville resident was 91.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

May 27, 2018

• Opinion

Israel will survive the Middle East

Why do we blame everyone for the Palestinian deaths and injuries except for the Palestinians? The Jewish state has survived countless wars, terrorism and the continuing anger of the Western media. It will also survive the Middle East.

• Opinion

It's unfair to blame Israel for deaths in Gaza

Israel has acted honorably toward Palestinians, it's Hamas that should be blamed for deaths in Gaza.

• Opinion

Beginning of the end of Israeli occupation?

Death of Gaza protesters may be remembered as a turning point for Israeli treatment of Palestinians.

• Opinion

Blame Hamas for border violence, not Israel or U.S.

The death of the protesters in Gaza is entirely the fault of Hamas leadership and their Iranian sponsors.

• Opinion

Gaza deaths demand action

Now is the time for citizens of conscience to stand up for the rights of those killed in Gaza to ensure that their deaths will not have been in vain.

• Opinion

Embassy move has damaged peace process

Opening of U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem a political victory from Trump and Netanyahu, a setback for Israel and peace.

• Obituaries

Sarah Shane, Baltimore Jewish organizer who led national volunteer groups, dies at 98

Sarah P. Shane, a former teacher, longtime Baltimore Jewish organizer and past president of the largest religious Zionist organization in the U.S., died of heart failure at the Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem on Feb. 27, one day after the birth of her 35th great-grandchild.

By Colin Campbell

Mar 11, 2018

• Obituaries

Rina Lee Janet, leader in Jewish community, dies

Recalled as a gifted volunteer, she headed charities and was the Maryland Israel Bonds chair

By Jacques Kelly

Jan 22, 2018

• Politics

Trump returns to Camp David in search of a legislative agenda

President Donald Trump will host congressional leaders at Camp David this weekend to map out a legislative strategy as Republicans weigh their priorities in what is certain to be a contentious midterm election year.

By John Fritze

Jan 5, 2018

• Commentary

​​​​​​​Vigliotti: The right woman and right policy — Nikki Haley and Constructivism

President Donald Trump has been proven right to have selected popular conservative then-Governor of South Carolina, Nikki Haley, to be United States Ambassador to the United Nations.

• Commentary

Kennedy: Trump’s foreign policy decisions confounding 

Once again I am confounded by a decision made by President Trump. Unfortunately this is becoming an all too frequent situation. For the life of me, I can’t figure out in what direction he wants to take our national foreign policy.

• Opinion

Jerusalem isn't the cause of violence

Trump's recognition of Jerusalem isn't damaging the peace process, Palestinian propaganda is.

• Opinion

Goldberg: Trump puts fact ahead of fiction in Israel

Israelis call it their capital for the same reason they claim two plus two equals four. It's just true.

• Opinion

Jerusalem has always been Israel's capital

Moving the United States embassy to Jerusalem gives form to the truism that Jerusalem is, has been and always will be the capital of the Jewish state, much as it has never been the capital of any other. And that it will remain so in any final resolution of the conflict.

• Opinion

Jerusalem: A self-defeating provocation

Trump's Jerusalem announcement won't advance the peace process - and he knows it.

• Politics

Maryland reaction divided on Trump's Jerusalem move

The reactions in Maryland to President Donald J. Trump's announcement about Jerusalem were about as divided as those of the rest of the world.

By Jonathan M. Pitts

Dec 7, 2017

• Opinion

With Jerusalem decision, Trump puts lives at risk foolishly

Trump's actions on Jerusalem only hurt peace process and put millions of lives at risk.

• Opinion

The BDS movement is nothing more than propaganda

The BDS movement is a propaganda tool being utilized by Israel's Arab neighbors to do what they haven't been able to accomplish through multiple wars of aggression.

• Opinion

Hogan's Israel executive order might land him in court

The boycott is not discriminatory, it's a vibrant expression of freedom of speech.

• Opinion

Hogan's executive order on Israel is an assault on freedom of speech

The obvious goal is to scare people from participating in boycotts as a means of protesting Israeli oppression.

• Politics

Hogan executive order denies contracts to firms that boycott Israel

Gov. Larry Hogan said Monday all state contractors must promise not to boycott Israel, and those who won't will lose tax-payer deals.

By Erin Cox

Oct 23, 2017

• Maryland

Letter: The decertification that will haunt us

Mark Twain is reputed to have stated that history does not repeat itself, but it often rhymes. I very much fear that is the case today. Back in 1994, the

• Politics

Jamie McCourt, Trump's nominee to serve as envoy to France, has deep ties to Baltimore

Jamie McCourt, a Baltimore native, will appear Wednesday before a Senate committee considering her nomination to be U.S. ambassador to France.

By John Fritze

Sep 27, 2017

• Opinion

There may be a silver lining to Netanyahu's comments

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• Opinion

Don't prosecute critics of Israeli settlements

Congress must reject effort to criminalize protesters who seek to boycott investment in Israel.

• Israel

Marylanders earn medals at 20th Maccabiah Games

Marylanders contribute to U.S. success at the Maccabiah Games in Israel.

• Middle East

Do Cummings youth see Palestine?

Baltimore kids who get a trip to Israel from Cummings' youth program don't get a full picture of the region

• Features

This Day in History: Sept. 24

In 1991, children's author Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known as “Dr. Seuss,” died in La Jolla, Calif., at age 87.

• Politics

Clinton to address Baltimore group that builds ties between black, Jewish communities

When Jaina Maultsby traveled to Israel nearly a decade ago with a program created by Baltimore Rep. Elijah E. Cummings it was the first time she had ever left the country, stepped on an airplane or been forced to live with people from vastly different backgrounds.

By John Fritze

Jun 4, 2017

• Maryland

Edelman: Trump's visit signals shift in U.S. foreign policy

The president is the symbol of America to the world. His words and actions have impact far beyond the meetings and public appearances, communicating both our

• Opinion

In trip abroad, Trump finds respite from domestic turmoil

Donald Trump's first presidential foreign trip has fortuitously given him a temporary respite from the firestorm generated by what he has called "that Russian thing" and his firing of former FBI Director James Comey.

By Jules Witcover

May 29, 2017

• Opinion

Trump 's warm welcome in Middle East is no surprise

President Trump called for the destruction of terrorists, but he talked of them as if they were foreign invaders to be driven out of the swamp, not products of it. Like the man who only has a hammer and therefore thinks every problem is a nail, Mr. Trump believes that the Middle East's problems can be solved with terrific "deals." The Saudis, eager to buy weapons and counter Iran, are all too eager to encourage this view. What alligator doesn't want sharper teeth?

• Opinion

Trump should get tough on Israel

Donald Trump's best shot at Middle East peace is to force Israel to make concessions to the Palestinians