Baltimore Jewish Times

06/01/2026

Nate Conn's brother, Zach Conn, and parents, Larry and Barb Conn, described a life that was active, social and rooted in Jewish family life.

06/01/2026

At first glance, “Papillon” (Butterfly), the 15-minute Oscar-nominated animated short by veteran French filmmaker Florence Miailhe, may appear like a meditative journey through water and memory. An elderly man swims in a hand-painted sea, flashing back to childhood memories of being bullied and a loving mother who makes it all right.

As he cuts through the water and moves through time, the fuller context emerges: The sun-soaked beaches appear to be North Africa, the boy becomes a champion swimmer, a sw****ka tells you that he is competing in the 1936 Berlin Olympics, and the soundtrack echoes with taunts of “Jew” and “kike.”

05/31/2026

When Motti Margalit first came to the United States from Israel in the late ’90s, he didn’t know much about what his new life would look like, or how long he would be here.

What he did know is that his wife and first child would be at the center of it, and that he wanted to continue to work in the same business as his parents — the bakery business.

So, he got a job at Pariser’s Baker, a Jewish Baltimore institution since 1889. Now, almost 30 years after that move, he is an integral part of that institution’s history as the current owner.

05/30/2026

On Saturday, Feb. 28, Israel and the United States attacked Iran in a coordinated offensive that resulted in the death of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Khamenei ruled Iran for almost 37 years, the vast majority of the nearly five decades that the Islamic theocracy has been in charge of Iran. Israel and Iran have been engaged in various levels of diplomatic and physical conflict for much of the 47 years since Iran’s 1979 change of leadership, with the two Middle East nations trading bombs, missiles and drone attacks in June 2025.

05/29/2026

Eden Rovner is the co-creator and co-organizer of Goucher Hillel’s campus-wide Purim drag show, and for him it is about so much more than just a Purim party.

Rovner, a Junior at Goucher College, grew up in a small Jewish community in Tennessee. He chose Goucher for his nursing degree because he wanted to keep that small-town feel, but be a part of an inclusive Jewish community, something he said he didn’t have growing up.

“[When starting college] I was slowly trying to reintroduce Judaism into my life, because I felt that the way that I grew up wasn’t a positive experience with the religion, and I thought that Goucher Hillel might give me that that positive outlook, which it has,” said Rovner.

05/28/2026

Mohammed Odeh had replaced Izz al-Din al-Haddad, who was eliminated by the IDF earlier this month.

05/28/2026

“The city has been overrun with people openly calling for ‘intifada,’ which is Jew-hate,” a participant told JNS. “The city should be safe for everyone.”

“The city has been overrun with people openly calling for ‘intifada,’ which is Jew-hate. ... The city should be safe for everyone.”

05/28/2026

Those steeped in truth move with greater confidence because they already know the complexities.

Those steeped in truth move with greater confidence because they already know the complexities of the subject.

05/28/2026

𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐄𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐞𝐧𝐭

For DSA, anti-Zionism is not one policy preference among many. It is a political litmus test. https://www.jewishtimes.com/when-intolerance-enters-the-tent/

05/28/2026

𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐀𝐛𝐛𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲

Rather than treating the Knesset as a platform for symbolic resistance, he has treated it as an instrument for practical change. https://www.jewishtimes.com/mansour-abbas-and-the-politics-of-reality/