Yeshivas Mekor Chaim (YMC) Begins School Year with Eitan Katz Elul Kumzitz

On Sunday evening, Erev Rosh Hashanah 5783, Yeshivas Mekor Chaim (YMC) was fortunate to host renowned songwriter and composer Eitan Katz for an uplifting Elul Kumzitz. The evening was shared by YMC students, their parents, and community members, who joined together for an evening of achdus and uplifting melodies in an intimate kumzitz-like setup at […]

TA Hosts a Pre-Selichos Kumzitz

7th and 8th grade talmidim of Yeshivas Chofetz Chaim-Talmudical Academy of Baltimore and their fathers were treated to a beautiful Pre-Selichos kumzitz led by TA alumnus R’ Yehuda Tenenbaum. 

Potomac Native Honored as Outstanding Soldier in IDF

JNS Ahead of Rosh Hashanah, according to JNS, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) honored Staff-Sgt. Yossi Bluming, originally from Potomac, MD, as an Outstanding Soldier, a recognition bestowed upon members who excel in their duties and foster positive relations in the IDF and the communities they serve. Bluming, who immigrated to Israel from the U.S. three […]

Back-to-School with Jewish Educational Services and SHEMESH (JES) 

Do you ever wonder what educators do over their summer break?  Go on trips to exotic locales? Take leisurely walks? Read novels? Put their houses in order? Guess again!! Most of the educators we spoke to spend a good deal of their summer getting ready for the new school year.  In addition to preparing new […]