Where What When - Baltimore's Jewish Magazine
May 2007 Issue Table of Contents I am a resident of Kiryat Arba, Israel, but this article is not about me. Rather, it is about something “you American Jews” are doing that I am very grateful for. ............Read More It was 3 a.m. in the morning, and it was starting to rain. I was awakened by a knock on my bedroom door. It was my daughter; she had just thrown up and was experiencing stomach pain ............Read More The war this past summer between Israel and the terrorist organizations Hamas and Hezbollah exposed some of the worst impulses in the media. Marvin Kalb, a former reporter, wrote a paper on the implications of the war and its coverage called “The Israeli-Hezbollah War of 2006: ............Read More Post-Pesach PickingsThis year, there were an exceptional number of loss leaders during Pesach. And now that Pesach is over, all the chain stores want to quickly get rid of Passover products, yielding many good deals for consumers. ............Read More By Fred Weiss We’ve all heard of the life-saving work done by Hatzalah in New York and Eretz Yisrael. Now, Baltimore has its own organization. Hatzalah of Baltimore, established in 2005 under the guidance of our rabbanim, ............Read More It was early in the evening when the hurricane hit. The storm was horrendous. The trees bent almost to the ground, the wind howled, and a solid sheet of rain battered the house. ............Read More By Yosef Cotton Jewish children are so pleasant and courteous... To the Editor, As a rebbi, I am privileged to see and experience nachas from a different angle than most people do. Looking back over the winter zman, two occasions are worth sharing with your readers ............Read More The Latest in Baltimore ChesedAs Baltimore’s Orthodox community continues to grow, so does its need for chesed organizations. In the past year, alone, our community has been privileged to see several new volunteer organizations and gemachs that are contributing to our safety and convenience. Here are a few of them: Chaveirim to the Rescue ............Read More A fascinating account of Baltimore in the 1940s. Memories of Shearith Israelby Moses L. Schwab As I sit here at the desk of my father, Rav Shimon Schwab, zecher tzadik levracha, with my mother, shetichyeh le’orach yamim tovim,* at my side, my mind wanders back over many decades to the beautiful memories of Congregation Shearith Israel, the shul in which I grew up. ............Read More By WWW It started off innocently enough. First, the ever-present stock of Pepperidge Farm cookies (an imported-from-America special for all the new immigrants!) began to rapidly disappear from the makolet (small grocery store) shelves. ............Read More Pesach has come and gone (barely). It seems like a dream; it went that quickly. If you are like me, you are just about filled to the brim with five-course meals. What! You only served four-course ones?! Shame on you – just kidding! ............Read More There is a custom mentioned in the midrash (Vayikra Rabbah 7:3) that a child’s first encounter with Torah is Sefer Vayikra (Leviticus). While the midrash provides an explanation, there is another important lesson found in the very first words of the sefer, ............Read More I wrote a book. I wish I could say that it doesn’t matter to me if you buy it, read it, or like it. But I’d be lying. It does matter to me. A lot. Am I proud that I feel that way? ............Read More Dear Mr. Weisbord, I’m worried about the beginnings of a temper in my son. He is a lovely, sweet, considerate boy, and has friends. It’s just that if somebody is making fun of him, or something makes him angry, he loses his temper. ............Read More Copyright © Where What When |
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