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Jewish Patrol Member Accused Of Striking Teen
BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A member of a community action group that patrols one Baltimore neighborhood is under fire, accused of assaulting a teenager. Gigi Barnett has more. City police officers say every...
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Black, Jewish Leaders Meet After Beating
PIKESVILLE, Md. (WJZ) — They are trying to heal and to keep tensions low. That was the purpose of the meeting Wednesday night between Jewish leaders and the black community after an African-American...
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Black, Jewish Leaders Open Door For More Talks
Mending relationships. Black and Jewish community leaders continue to hash out a resolution after an African-American teen is allegedly attacked in a mostly Jewish neighborhood. As Gigi Barnett...
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Volunteers Help Out For Mitzvah Day
It’s also the season of giving for the Jewish community as hundreds of volunteers help out during Mitzvah Day. Andrea Fujii explains how they use one day to make a difference in the city. It’s an...
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Suspect In Beating Allowed To Travel To Israel
BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Vacation or a flight from justice? That was the question before a Baltimore judge about the suspect in an alleged attack on a black teenager during a Jewish community patrol in Park...
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Brother Charged In Jewish Neighborhood Watch Attack
BALTIMORE (WJZ) – A second person is now facing charges in an assault involving a Jewish patrol group and an African-American teenager. Kelly McPherson breaks down the new developments. Eli Werdesheim...
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Protesters Rally For & Against Jewish Community Patrol Member At Court
BALTIMORE (WJZ)— The two brothers involved in a racially charged incident in Park Heights headed to court Wednesday morning. In November, a black teenager was stopped by a Jewish volunteer...
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Fmr. Baltimore Basketball Star Once Compared To Jordan Finds Happiness
BALTIMORE (WJZ) — He attended school in Baltimore and was once regarded as one of the top basketball talents in the world. Although injuries cut his career short, he’s found happiness. Ron Matz has...
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Baltimore’s Jewish Community Prepares For Passover
BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Baltimore’s Jewish community begins the celebration of Passover Monday evening. The holiday commemorates the emancipation of the Israelites from slavery in ancient Egypt. Ron Matz...
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Family In D.C. Says Prayer For Relative Held In Cuba
WASHINGTON (AP) — The family of a man whom Cuban authorities sentenced to 15 years in prison said a special prayer for his return on the first night of the Jewish holiday of Passover. Washington...
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Jewish Community Celebrating ‘Mitzvah Day’ With A Christmas Spirit
BALTIMORE (WJZ)– You don’t have to be a Christian to take part in the holiday. Over the last few years, more and more Jewish people are joining a growing Christmas day tradition. Adam May has more. For...
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Best Kosher Food In Baltimore
Switch up your next food outing with this list of Baltimore’s best kosher restaurants. Whether you’re looking for a quick kosher lunch spot or need catering for a large gathering, these kosher locales...
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Alleged Teen Victim In Baltimore Neighborhood Watch Beating Now Wants Charges...
BALTIMORE (WJZ)– There are dramatic twists in the trial of two brothers accused of beating an African-American teenager in Northwest Baltimore. The star witness takes the stand and refuses to testify,...
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Mosque To Open In Pikesville’s Jewish Community
PIKESVILLE, Md. (AP) –A mosque is preparing to open in the heart of the Jewish community in Pikesville. The Baltimore Sun reports that the Baltimore congregation of the Ahmadiyya Movement in Islam has...
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Jewish Museum Of Maryland Gets New Exec. Director
By LIZZY MCLELLAN The Daily Record of Baltimore BALTIMORE (AP) — When Marvin D. Pinkert tells friends from the area about his new job as executive director of the Jewish Museum of Maryland, he says...
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Jewish Community Marks ‘Mitzvah Day’
BALTIMORE COUNTY, Md. (WJZ) — Members of the Jewish community came together Tuesday to help those less fortunate. They’re working to make the cold winter months a little easier. Jessica Kartalija has...
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Jewish Group Coordinating Christmas Volunteers For ‘D25′
WASHINGTON (AP) –Hundreds of volunteers from the Washington, D.C. Jewish Community Center will be working in the community on Christmas Day in the district, Maryland and Virginia. The volunteers will...
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Baltimore’s Jewish Community Gives Back To The Needy On Mitzvah Day
BALTIMORE (WJZ) — It happens every Christmas in Baltimore. The local Jewish community joins hands and gives back to help those in need. Ron Matz reports hundreds of volunteers are performing acts of...
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D.C. Jewish Film Festival Announces 2014 Lineup
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Washington Jewish Film Festival is announcing its lineup of 64 movies that will be featured this year at theaters across the Washington area beginning next month. The festival...
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Jewish Community Burns Leavened Products Before The Start Of Passover
BALTIMORE (WJZ)—This is an important night for Baltimore’s Jewish community and Jews around the world. It’s the beginning of the weeklong celebration of Passover. Ron Matz has more on one tradition...
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Md. Jewish Community Prays For Peace After Kidnap & Murder Of Teens In Israel
BALTIMORE (WJZ)—Three Israeli teens were kidnapped and murdered. Now police are looking into whether the killing of a Palestinian teen may have been a revenge killing. As unrest grows in the region,...
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Md. Festival Axed Over Jewish Holy Day Conflict
ROCKVILLE, Md. (AP) — Montgomery County’s newly minted parks director has canceled a 24-year-old festival because it coincides with the holiest day on the Jewish calendar, angering some fans of the...
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Baltimore Police Look Into Alleged Anti-Semitic Incident
BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Police are investigating a possible hate crime in Baltimore County after a man fires a BB-type gun at several people while yelling an anti-Semitic slur. It happened near a synagogue...
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Police Search Towson U Professor’s Office After Voyeurism Charge
TOWSON, Md. (WJZ) — Did a prominent rabbi secretly record some of the students he taught at Towson University? It’s a key question police want to answer. Mike Hellgren spoke to one of the students in...
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Alan Gross’ Wife Addresses His Cuban Imprisonment
POTOMAC, Md. (WJZ) — It’s been five years since a Maryland man was arrested in Havana, Cuba for expanding Internet access to a small Jewish community. Alex Demetrick reports on why his wife says her...
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American Released From Cuba Was ‘Trusting Fool’
ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — Alan Gross has called himself a “trusting fool” for going to Cuba in the first place. Family and friends described him with other words: gregarious and outgoing, with a talent for...
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2 Women Add Their Names To Lawsuit Involving Rabbi
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two more women have come forward to say they were sexually exploited by a rabbi accused of secretly videotaping women in a Jewish ritual bath. The women added their names Thursday to...
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Jewish Community Helps Those In Need On Christmas
BALTIMORE (WJZ) — For hundreds of people in Baltimore this is a day to give back. Members of Baltimore’s Jewish community are helping those in need. Ron Matz has more on why so many people are doing...
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DC Jewish Film Festival To Feature 80+ Films Over 11 Days
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Washington Jewish Film Festival is opening its 25th anniversary event, featuring more than 80 films over the next 11 days. Organizers say this is the most ambitious festival to...
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Rabbi Gets More Than 6 Years For Secretly Videotaping Women
WASHINGTON (WJZ) — Six and a half years. That’s how long a D.C. rabbi will spend behind bars after admitting he secretly videotaped naked women in a Jewish ritual bath. Rabbi Barry Freundel used his...
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Thousands Celebrate Jewish New Year
BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Maryland’s Jewish community is celebrating the new year or Rosh Hashanah. Thousands gathered at Oregon Ridge Sunday night in an outdoor service hosted by the Baltimore Hebrew...
View ArticleWife: Man Imprisoned In Cuba Concerned Before Trip
WASHINGTON (AP) — An American imprisoned in Cuba since December 2009 after bringing communications equipment onto the island wanted reassurance that what he was doing was legal but was told by his...
View ArticleJudge Approves $14.25M Settlement For Victims Of Convicted Rabbi
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WJZ) — A judge has preliminarily approved a $14.25 million settlement in a lawsuit against a DC rabbi convicted of voyeurism, and Friday’s decision was years in the making. Victims of...
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Yom Kippur: Everything You Need To Know
(CNN) — Yom Kippur, or the Day of Atonement, is the holiest day of the year in Judaism. When is it: It falls on the 10th day of the Jewish month of Tishrei. Because the Jewish calendar is lunar, the...
View ArticleJewish Group Appeals After Losing Chabad House Lawsuit
BALTIMORE (AP) — A Jewish organization is filing an appeal after a federal judge in Baltimore dismissed the group’s religious-discrimination lawsuit over an expansion of its property in Towson. The...
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