On June 3, I ran in the Jewish Caring Network’s (JCN) 5K race as part of Team YGW in order to raise money for families with medical needs. JCN is a Baltimore organization that provides support services to families facing serious, life-threatening, and lifelong illnesses.
High taxes, slow job growth, traffic congestion, and growing K-12 education costs are some of the most serious problems facing Montgomery County, according to a candidate questionnaire released by the Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Washington last week. In their responses, the seven candidates running for county executive and 25 of the candidates running for at-large and district county council positions pitched their qualifications — if not their detailed policy solutions — for addressing these issues.
Hours after President Trump on May 8 announced that he would withdraw the United States from the Iran deal, former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak declared that Israel today faces “no existential military threat.”
The Embassy of Israel to the United States in Washington, D.C., hosts an annual celebration commemorating Israel’s founding, but this year, the event took on additional significance. The celebration, held at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium on May 14, marked Israel’s 70th birthday and coincided with the historic opening of the United States Embassy in Jerusalem.
On May 15, Rabbi Chesky Tenenbaum, director of Jewish Uniformed Service Association of Maryland (JUSA) and chaplain of the Baltimore Police Department, was honored to give the invocation at the Baltimore Police Chaplain Program graduation this month. He also met with acting Baltimore Police Commissioner Gary Tuggle.
When my grandmother was diagnosed with cancer three years ago, science got personal. I resolved to learn everything I could, scanning headlines for medical breakthroughs, taking summer genetics courses, searching for anything that might help her.
When the Israelites crossed the Red Sea on the seventh day after that historic first Passover night, they sang “Shirat Hayam” (Song of the Sea) to celebrate their safe crossing. On the seventh day of Pesach this year, Jewish sailors and Marines read the very same song from the Broder Torah in the Red Sea aboard the USS Oak Hill.
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Background |
Security Funding for |
Bus Service for Nonpublic Schools |
Provide Federal Funded Services |
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Bill Frick |
Majority Leader, MD House |
Supports |
Supports |
Supports |
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David Blair |
Businessman, Former CEO |
Supports |
“I will be looking into all options of how to best use our county-owned assets, like school buses.” |
“I will support expanding access to |
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George |
County Councilmember, At-Large |
Supports |
Supports |
Supports |
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Marc Elrich |
County Councilmember, At-Large |
Supports |
“Open to ideas that don’t push up county costs but may possibly reduce transportation costs for other schools.” |
Supports |
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Robin Ficker |
Attorney, Real Estate Broker |
“We shall use our police force to protect you.” |
“Opposed except where the nonpublic student is on a public school bus route.” |
Supports |
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Roger |
County Councilmember, District 1 |
Supports |
Opposes |
Opposes |
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Rose Krasnow |
Mayor of Rockville, 1995-2001 |
Supports |
Opposes |
Opposes |
The 24th annual Tour de Court (TDC) basketball tournament in Pikesville, Maryland, is coming up on June 17, with 64 players — 48 men and 16 women — aiming to raise $40,000 for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (LLS). LLS is the world’s largest voluntary health organization dedicated to fighting blood cancer.
On May 16, voters from State Districts 11, 40, 41, and 43, and Baltimore County Council District 2 had the opportunity to meet with political candidates in the upcoming primary elections in an informal setting and learn about their policy positions.
On May 8, President Donald Trump announced the U.S. withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), known commonly as the Iran deal. From the American Jewish establishment to Congress to policy analysts, responses to this news appear to hinge on what people think is better for the U.S. and Israel: