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• Obituaries

Suzanne F. Cohen, donor and advocate for the Baltimore Museum of Art, health and education initiatives, dies

Suzanne F. Cohen, the former board chair of the Baltimore Museum of Art who championed its free admissions policy, died of cancer Tuesday at her North Baltimore home. She was 83.

By Jacques Kelly

Nov 21, 2018

• Opinion

Baltimore Jewish leader: Synagogue shooting 'very personal'

Of the 11 souls brutally gunned down in Pittsburgh, two were cousins of my wife. Brothers Cecil and David Rosenthal were gentle, kind, fun loving, life embracing individuals. I don’t intend to dive into the political rhetoric that follows tragedy, however, but to share my very personal perspective.

• 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

• Obituaries

Cardinal William Henry Keeler dead at 86

William H. Keeler, the retired archbishop of Baltimore's Catholic Church, died Thursday at age 86.

• Holocaust Remembrance Day

Baltimore area friends recall Cardinal Keeler as a 'great shepherd'

Speaking for the Baltimore diocese's half-million Catholics, Archbishop William E. Lori said "we lost our gre

By Jonathan M. Pitts

Mar 23, 2017

• Israel

Jewish community hopeful bomb threats will end after arrest of 19-year-old

Leaders of Baltimore's Jewish community said Thursday they were hopeful the bomb threats against their centers would stop now that Israeli police have arrested a 19-year-old and accused him of making a series of such threats across the world.

By Luke Broadwater

Mar 23, 2017

• Baltimore Sun

Stanford Z. Rothschild Jr., former Baltimore money manager and philanthropist, dies

Stanford Z. Rothschild Jr., a prominent Baltimore money manager and philanthropist, died Feb. 13 at his home in Pikesville from respiratory failure. He was

By Andrea K. McDaniels

Mar 6, 2017

• Maryland

Lestner joins Community Foundation of Howard County

Allyson Lestner joins Community Foundation of Howard County

• Maryland

With Christmas Eve falling on the first day of Hanukkah, families negotiate cultural divides

As Christmas Eve and the first day of Hanukkah fall on the same day—one of a handful of times the two have converged in this way in the past 100 years—Baltimore families find themselves straddling the usual cultural and religious divides.

By Jonathan M. Pitts

Dec 25, 2016

• The Associated: Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore

Worship briefs

Northwest Baptist Church of Reisterstown will offer three free camps this summer.

• Obituaries

Elinor H. Kerpelman, former deputy director of state human rights commission

Elinor H. Kerpelman, former deputy director of the Maryland State Commission on Human Rights, who was also a civil rights activist, died May 9 from complications of congestive heart failure at a son's Catonsville home. She was 88.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

May 20, 2016

• Opinion

U.S. citizenship: a great privilege and responsibility

Op-ed: At our respective Seder tables, when family and friends come together to retell the story of Passover, we will pause and reflect on the values that light up our nation and give thanks that we are citizens of this country, reflecting on our great privilege and our great responsibility.

• Baltimore County

Gilchrist Hospice Care plans Jewish outreach in Towson

Gilchrist Center Towson is building a new chapel as part of an outreach effort to Jewish families, who appear to be using hospice care less than some of the other denominations do, at least according to anecdotal evidence

• Obituaries

Alice B. Hoffberger, Baltimore arts patron and philanthropist, dies

Alice Berney Hoffberger, 90, a philanthropist and arts patron who rooted for the Baltimore Orioles, the team her husband's family owned, died of Alzheimer's disease Thursday at the Blakehurst Retirement Community.

By Jacques Kelly

Feb 8, 2016

• Alzheimer's Disease

Around the county

Events around Baltimore County.

• Health

Study ties Md. alcohol tax increase to decline in gonorrhea cases

Research published Wednesday suggested a surprising consequence to an increase in Maryland's alcohol tax: Thousands of fewer cases of gonorrhea.

By Scott Dance

Dec 9, 2015

• Baltimore City

Donations pour into Maryland nonprofits on #GivingTuesday

Maryland charities were working to eclipse the estimated $9 million donated last year in dollars and volunteer hours on #GivingTuesday.

By Yvonne Wenger

Dec 1, 2015

• Obituaries

Charles C. Baum, financial adviser who assisted local charities, dies at 73

Charles C. Baum, 73, adviser to professional athletes and local charities and arts organizations, died of pancreatic cancer Oct. 24 at his Severna Park home.

By Jacques Kelly

Nov 2, 2015

• Dream home

Trading traditional for bold and funky in Pikesville

Joann Levy's spontaneous and edgy style is a big shift from that of her former house, which she refers to as "conservative, filled with antiques; pretty, but boring."

• Opinion

The Iran nuclear agreement will make America and Israel safer

I am sad to say that as a member and leader of this community for more than 30 years, The Associated and the Baltimore Jewish Council do not speak for me, or a majority of American Jews, when it comes to accepting the Iran nuclear agreement.

• Obituaries

Robert I. Hiller, community development leader

By Jeff Barker

Jun 7, 2015

• The Associated: Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore

Seasons, New York-based kosher market, planned for Pikesville

Seasons, a New York-based kosher supermarket chain with four locations in that state, plans to expand to Maryland, with a grocery store slated to open in Pikesville as early as the end of the year.

By Lorraine Mirabella

May 18, 2015

• Obituaries

Morton J. 'Morty' Macks

Morton J. Macks, an influential developer who founded Chesapeake Realty Partners and Macks Homes, which grew into the Baltimore metropolitan area's largest family owned home builder, died.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

May 6, 2015

• Obituaries

John H. Heller

John Herbert "Jack" Heller, a founding partner of Insurance Service Group and former Jewish Community Center president, died.

By Jacques Kelly

Apr 20, 2015

• Obituaries

Carole Sibel

Carole Sibel, a dynamic figure in Baltimore's charitable fundraising scene once described as a "mini United Way," died of cancer at her Stevenson home.

By Jacques Kelly

Mar 27, 2015

• Obituaries

Dr. Stanley Kogan, oral surgeon

Dr. Stanley Kogan, a retired oral surgeon who had been chief of the Department of Dentistry at Sinai Hospital and what his now Northwest Hospital, died Friday at his Pikesville home of cardio-pulmonary complications. He was 84.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Mar 27, 2015

• Scholarships

Worship Briefs

News from religious organizations around Baltimore County

• Colleges and Universities

Maryland nonprofits investing in offshore accounts

Maryland charities Johns Hopkins University and the University of Maryland and U.S. Naval Academy all report offshore investment accounts

By Doug Donovan

Dec 13, 2014

• Obituaries

Paula M. 'Peggy' Matz, administrative assistant

Paula M. "Peggy" Matz, a retired administrative assistant who worked for The Associated: The Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore, died Nov. 9 at Northwest Hospital in Randallstown of heart failure. She was 82.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Nov 28, 2014

• Sun Investigates

Donors increased gifts to big Maryland charities

Goodwill, Johns Hopkins, University of Maryland, Catholic Relief Services, The Associated received millions in private donations in 2013

By Doug Donovan

Nov 2, 2014

• Israel

New heights for High Holidays

Rabbi uses Lutheran hall to offer services to unaffiliated Jews

• Israel

New heights for High Holidays

• Opinion

Tolerance in the new year [Commentary]

I encourage all who stand for peace and goodwill to join The Associated and the countless other organizations in Baltimore and the world in making tomorrow better than today. As put forth by Rabbi Hillel who was one of the greatest rabbis of the Talmudic era, "…and if not now, when?"

• Opinion

Tolerance in the new year [Commentary]

• Middle East

Obama to meet, raise money with connected advocate for Israel

WASHINGTON — As he tries to help his party maintain its grip on the Senate, President Barack Obama will attend a fundraiser Friday at the home of a wealthy Baltimore hedge fund manager who has become one of the nation's foremost advocates for Israel.

• Israel

Obama to meet, raise money with connected advocate for Israel

• Israel

Baltimore-area advocates paying close attention to Gaza conflict

The Hamas rockets and Israeli bombs falling around Gaza are reverberating a world away in Maryland, where many have close family ties or personal history with the region.

• Baltimore City Paper

Speak No Evil

• Baltimore City

Local Jewish communities burn leavened bread in observance of Passover

They gathered in a parking lot at Pimlico Race Course on Monday morning and tossed leavened leftovers into more than two dozen incinerating barrels, burning to a crisp everything from slices of pizza to boxes of Cheerios to dry grains.

• Baltimore City

Local Jewish communities burn leavened bread in observance of Passover

• Baltimore County

Benesch aims to put JCC's Gordon Center 'back on the map'

Randi Benesch is new director of The Gordon Center for the Performing Arts in Owings Mills and she wants to take it in a new direction.

• Baltimore County

Benesch aims to put JCC's Gordon Center 'back on the map'

• Obituaries

Willard Hackerman, company president and philanthropist, dies

Willard Hackerman, the longtime president and CEO of the Whiting-Turner Contracting Company and a prominent philanthropist, has died. He was 95.

• Obituaries

Richard Lansburgh, clothier

Richard M. Lansburgh, a retired clothier, philanthropist and arts patron, died of multiple organ failure Tuesday at the Levindale Hebrew Geriatric Center one day short of his 92nd birthday. He lived in North Baltimore.

• Charity

Baltimore Jews spend Christmas giving back for 'Mitzvah Day'

Four-year-old Kate Grossman held out the white paper bag, one of the 500 she and her two siblings were doling out to the needy at Our Daily Bread's employment center on Christmas Day.

• The Associated: Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore

Baltimore Jews spend Christmas giving back for 'Mitzvah Day'

• Obituaries

Ann N. Libov, real estate agent

Ann N. Libov, whose career in real estate sales spanned more than 30 years, died Dec. 16 of multiple myeloma at her Pikesville home. She was 73.

• Opinion

Bmore Gives More on Giving Tuesday [Commentary]

Bmore Gives More" is a groundbreaking campaign to be the most generous city in America on Giving Tuesday.

• Obituaries

George W. McManus Jr.

George W. McManus Jr., a retired attorney and philanthropist who gave millions to assist schools and defended the indigent through the Legal Aid Bureau of Maryland, died of congestive heart failure Sunday at his Guilford home.

• Baltimore City

Prominent lawyer who overcame poverty now has millions to give

George W. McManus Jr. plans to leave an $8.5 million bequest to benefit the schools he attended as well as other charities.