This Jewish Gen-Z-er wants to be the next progressive pro-Israel congressman
Joe Vogel identifies as Jewish, Latino and LGBTQ while focusing on bread-and-butter issues in his Maryland district
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Rabbi Steven Krawatsky — and his former campers — will have their day in court
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Fast Forward Former Maryland governor ditches Harvard gig, citing school’s tepid response to Israel war and antisemitism
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Opinion Local governments are losing the fight against antisemitism. Here’s how to win
Twice in the past five years, neo-Nazis and KKK members have come here to spew their hatred in my town, writes a local Jewish politician
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Food Just in time for Rosh Hashanah, mead makes a comeback
Mead is back. Rachel Lipman, a fifth-generation winemaker at Loew Vineyards, believes that the honey wine’s heyday is just around the corner. It’s a “very underrated” beverage, said Lipman, at the Mount Airy, Maryland winery owned by her grandfather Bill Loew. Before World War II, Lvov (formerly part of Poland, currently now part of Ukraine)…
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Fast Forward Jewish Congressman writes ode to Maryland to replace Confederate anthem as state song
Rep. Jamie Raskin, a Jewish member of Congress representing Maryland, has co-written an ode to the state in yet another attempt to replace the state’s official song, a pro-Confederate anthem written during the Civil War. The new song carries the same name as the old, “Maryland, My Maryland.” But whereas the older song starts with…
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Breaking News Virus outbreak in black-Jewish Baltimore neighborhood leads to anti-Semitic blame game
An African-American radio host’s public blaming of Jews for Baltimore’s coronavirus outbreak led to an accusation of anti-Semitism, particularly since data shows that the city’s COVID-19 hotspots include neighborhoods popular with both Jews and black residents. “There are a lot of Jewish people moving down here from New York City,” the host, George Mitchell, said…
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