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KSDS Fairytale Gala!
2+ hour, 11+ min ago (83+ words) Krieger Schechter Day School second graders celebrated their Fairytale Gala, sharing what they came up with after weeks of reading fairy tales together. (Courtesy of KSDS) The post KSDS Fairytale Gala! appeared first on Baltimore Jewish Times. Krieger Schechter Day…...
Rachel Pototsky: Baltimore Hebrew Congregation's Early Childhood Director Plays in the Rain
6+ day, 8+ hour ago (777+ words) Rachel Pototsky is the early childhood director at Baltimore Hebrew Congregation's E. B. Hirsh Early Childhood Center, but that title doesn't fully tell the story of what she means to the synagogue or what the synagogue means to her. Not only is…...
A Talk at Beth Tfiloh Dahan
1+ week, 5+ day ago (141+ words) Beth Tfiloh Dahan Community School high school boys had the great opportunity to hear from a senior at The Frisch School, Charlie Breda, who has helped run Project Tzitzis since he was a freshman. It was an inspirational chat and…...
Learning with Other Librarians
1+ week, 5+ day ago (67+ words) Baltimore Jewish Times PJ Library Baltimore team members gathered in Springfield, Massachusetts last week for the 2026 PJ Library International Conference. They had a great time and met a number of other team members from other PJ Library branches. (Courtesy of…...
Opinion: I Taught for 23 Years. Antisemitism Forced Me Out.
1+ week, 5+ day ago (476+ words) Teaching in American schools has never been easy. But in recent years, it has become something else entirely for educators like me. As a Jewish teacher, I have watched my workplace shift from a place of purpose and community into…...
Opinion: We Want a Widely Celebrated Jewish American Heritage Month. But Should We?
1+ week, 5+ day ago (288+ words) My inbox recently broadcast a remarkable juxtaposition: "Jewish American Heritage Month is coming!" some messages told me. Others focused on something else: "And the New York Mets aren't having Jewish Heritage Night this year." With those two headlines came the…...
Alyse Roth: Ohr Chadash Teacher Grows at the School, Alongside Her Children
1+ week, 6+ day ago (702+ words) Alyse Roth isn't just a teacher at Ohr Chadash Academy. She's a parent there, too. That was all by design. When Roth and her family moved to Baltimore in 2021, she sought out a place that would work for her as…...
KSDS Second Graders Lead the Way
3+ week, 5+ day ago (76+ words) Second graders at Krieger Schecter Day School took part in a special Rosh Chodesh program last week. (Courtesy of the KSDS) The post KSDS Second Graders Lead the Way appeared first on Baltimore Jewish Times. Second graders at Krieger Schecter…...
Opinion: A Classroom Moment That Exposed the Limits of Inclusion
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (922+ words) It started with a sentence spoken in a classroom. A teacher told a group of students that Israel was bombing Iranian children. The statement was presented without context, without clarification and without any attempt to frame the complexity of what…...
Judith Oshry, Inspiring Bais Yaakov Science Teacher and Lifelong Learner, Dies at 83
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (903+ words) Judith Oshry, a longtime Baltimore science teacher who inspired generations of students at the Bais Yaakov School for Girls and was active in synagogue life for decades, died on March 26. She was 83. For more than two decades, Oshry taught science…...