Liore Klein – Finding Community Through Connection

Date: June 16, 2022 Source: The Associated URL: https://associated.org/stories/liore-klein-finding-community-through-connection/ Liore Klein – Finding Community Through Connection !https://associated.org/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/IMG_4768_1080x1080.jpg !https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/secure.notion-static.com/d3f145a5-c4ff-4965-9ffc-4aa36f46afe7/IMG_4844_VERTICAL-WEBSITE-SIDEBAR.png Liore had the opposite experience in Jewish Baltimore. Originally from New York, Liore has bounced around, living in several communities, before settling in the Hampden neighborhood of Baltimore City in 2018. She now lives there with her wife Alissa and their 2-year-old … Read More

LGBTQ Jewish artists show pride at Queer Jewish Arts Festival 

Date: June 3, 2022 Source: Baltimore Jewish Times URL: https://www.jewishtimes.com/lgbtq-jewish-artists-show-pride-at-queer-jewish-arts-festival/ LGBTQ Jewish artists show pride at Queer Jewish Arts Festival !https://www.jewishtimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Abbi-Gezunt-performing.jpg The Gordon Center for Performing Arts is gearing up to host its second annual Queer Jewish Arts Festival. Sponsored by the Grandchildren of Harvey M. & Lyn P. Meyerhoff Philanthropic Fund, the festival, from June 16-26, aims to celebrate … Read More

Jewish Museum of Maryland Launches New Weekly Podcast – JMORE

Date: May 23, 2022 Source: Jmore URL: https://jmoreliving.com/2022/05/23/jewish-museum-of-maryland-launches-new-weekly-podcast/?related_post_from=93797 Mark Gunnery of the Jewish Museum of Maryland: “We’re trying to take existing content and give it new life –taking things that are in our archives or collections or in [an] exhibit and finding different ways to present them using technology.” (Provided) When the COVID-19 pandemic closed public and private institutions in … Read More

The Lavender Scare: The Cold War Persecution of Gays and Lesbians – JMORE

Date: May 22, 2022 Source: Jmore URL: https://jmoreliving.com/event/the-lavender-scare-the-cold-war-persecution-of-gays-and-lesbians/ Historian David K. Johnson joins us to tell the story of how, during the Cold War, LGBTQ people were forced out of state and federal government jobs and were accused of being national security threats. Senator Joseph McCarthy claimed that the Roosevelt and Truman administrations were havens for LGBTQ employees, sparking what … Read More

JCC to Hold Second Annual Queer Jewish Arts Festival in June – JMORE

Date: May 12, 2022 Source: Jmore URL: https://jmoreliving.com/2022/05/12/jcc-to-hold-second-annual-queer-jewish-arts-festival-in-june/ JCC to Hold Second Annual Queer Jewish Arts Festival in June – JMORE The documentary “‘Transkids,” following the lives of four Israeli teenagers, will be presented at the Queer Jewish Arts Festival next month. (Provided photo) For the second year in a row, the Jewish Community Center of Greater Baltimore will host … Read More

Six years after fatal car accident, Maryland announces new highway project – Baltimore Jewish Times

Date: April 26, 2022 Source: Baltimore Jewish Times URL: https://www.jewishtimes.com/six-years-after-fatal-car-accident-maryland-announces-new-highway-project/ Six years after fatal car accident, Maryland announces new highway project – Baltimore Jewish Times Neely Tal Snyder (Photo provided) !https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/secure.notion-static.com/c6310a77-3882-4114-b520-aba3c58d5b3e/Road.jpg When remembering her late friend, Neely Tal Snyder, one particular image of the mother of three stands out to Lisa Bodziner, the executive director of Towson University Hillel. “She … Read More

LGBTQ+ SEDER 

Date: April 20, 2022 Source: Baltimore Jewish Times URL: https://www.jewishtimes.com/lgbtq-seder/ (Courtesy Of Bolton Street Synagogue) Bolton Street Synagogue hosted the Annual Baltimore LGBTQ+ Seder. Table captains and committee members helped make the event successful, while Rabbi Andy Gordon and song leader Will Sutton led the program.