Braden Hamelin

1 week ago | jewishtimes.com | Braden Hamelin

It was a packed house at 2640 Space in Charles Village for the Second Night Community Liberation Passover Seder on April 13 hosted by Hinenu: The Baltimore Justice Shtiebl. This year marked the second Passover Seder that Hinenu has put together for the community, and around 100 people attended the sold-out event while several more attended via Zoom.

1 week ago | chesapeakefamily.com | Braden Hamelin

Nestled in between two major metropolitan areas, Baltimore and Washington, D.C., Howard County has its own share of attractions to entertain area families and visitors alike and is just a short drive away (about 45 minutes to an hour from D.C. and 30 minutes from Baltimore) from those urban hotspots. Known for a high standard of living, the many communities across the county have a mix of urban development and small-town atmosphere that gives the area a special charm.

1 week ago | jewishtimes.com | Braden Hamelin

Rabbi Elliot Kaplowitz says that no one from his high school class in Livingston, New Jersey, was surprised to find out that he was becoming a rabbi. After graduating high school, Kaplowitz attended Brandeis University and earned a master’s degree in Near Eastern and Judaic Studies before going to Israel for rabbinical school at Yeshivat Chovevei Torah.

1 week ago | jewishtimes.com | Braden Hamelin

Adrienne Reicher’s only dream growing up was to become a teacher, a dream that was so apparent that her father got her a pointer and chalkboard for Chanukah as a child. So, Reicher went to the University of Maryland, got her degree in early childhood education and entered the job market right when Beth Tfiloh was starting its second full-day kindergarten program in 1977.

1 week ago | jewishtimes.com | Braden Hamelin

Dozens of Pikesville residents filed into the yard behind the Pikesville Volunteer Fire Company building despite frigid, rainy weather on April 11 as Jewish community members celebrated the start of Passover with a chametz burning event. The event was a collaboration between the PVFC and Beth Tfiloh Congregation and became the third annual chametz burning the firefighters have hosted as a service to the community.