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Rabbi Yonatan Arnon: Johns Hopkins Hillel Rabbi Works to Bring Mindfulness to Baltimore
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (675+ words) Before Rabbi Yonatan Arnon took on the position of rabbi and senior Jewish educator at Johns Hopkins Hillel, he served different communities, including Rikers Island, which holds thousands of prisoners and accused individuals awaiting sentencing in the New York justice…...
Jordan Hirsch: Championing Beth Tfiloh's Future Through New Initiative
4+ week, 2+ day ago (490+ words) Jordan Hirsch is originally from Dallas, but decided to move to Baltimore post-pandemic to be with family. While he grew up more than a thousand miles away, he quickly found a home in Charm City. "My wife's older sister, Elana…...
Eden Rovner: Goucher College Junior Spreading Jewish Positivity on Campus
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (352+ words) 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…...
Army Service as the Antidote to the Mourning of the Omer
10+ mon, 2+ week ago (76+ words) By Rabbi Dr. Kenneth Brander As they gathered at an army base preparing to enter the Israel Defense Forces, my son, along with thousands of other new draftees, sang songs of Torah, dancing with the joy and passion often reserved…...