Baltimore Hebrew Congregation

The political potshots came fast and furious -- courtesy of the comedy troupe Capitol Steps -- in an evening of musical political satire at the Baltimore Hebrew Congregation. After the show, 500 ticket holders were invited to a reception to meet cast members, and to congratulate U.S. Rep. Ben Cardin and his wife, Myrna, and Constance and Ramon Getzov, recipients of the congregation's Tzedek and Keter Shem Tov awards. The Cardins were honored for their efforts in social justice and service to the community; the Getzovs for their participation in and generosity to the congregation.

Rabbi Murray Saltzman, former senior rabbi of Baltimore Hebrew Congregation who had served on the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights and was one of the most notable Reform rabbis in the United States, died Tuesday of pancreatic cancer at Hope Hospice Center in Fort Myers, Fla. The former Pikesville and Mount Washington resident, who had lived in Fort Myers since 1996, was 80. "As we say in Hebrew, Rabbi Saltzman was one of the 'great ones of...

There was no point, and maybe not enough time, in listing all of Jerold C. Hoffberger's accomplishments, Rabbi Rex D. Perlmeter said, leading off the eulogies at the former Orioles owner's funeral yesterday."

On August 4, 2009, Theodore Klein, Service at Baltimore Hebrew Congregation Cemetary on Berrymans Lane to be held Friday, August 14 at 2 P.M. Family will receive visitors at 3007 Susanne Court, Owings Mills, Md 21117 immediately following the service. Please omit flowers. Contributions in his memory may be sent to the Dr. Michael Feinglass Foundation at 1 Oak Hollow Court, Pikesville, Md. 21208.

As a 14-year-old, given the privilege of blowing the shofar during Rosh Hashana services at a synagogue in his hometown, Omaha, Neb., it became clear to Rex Perlmeter what path he would follow.He would be a rabbi.That path took him to Princeton University, to rabbinical school in New York and to a synagogue in Miami, and has brought him to this city, as senior rabbi of the Baltimore Hebrew Congregation, Maryland's oldest Jewish community.It was in blowing the shofar, a ceremonial trumpet made of a ram's horn, that Perlmeter's calling became crystallized in his mind.

Eleanor Betty Hirsh, an educator who championed preservation of the Lloyd Street Synagogue and was a founder of the Jewish Historical Society, died of cancer Sunday at her Pikesville home. She was 83. Born Eleanor Betty Rosenthal in Baltimore and raised in Mount Washington, she was a 1940 graduate of Forest Park High School and earned a bachelor's degree in education from Goucher College. She was known by her initials, E.B. She joined Baltimore Hebrew Congregation, and in 1975 became the second woman to serve as its president.

"The Alienist." It's facinating, really interesting. Although I'm not sure how accurate it is. Rabbi Murray Saltzman, Baltimore Hebrew Congregation

On June 1, 2005, PAUL BRODSKY Services at SOL LEVINSON & BROS INC., 8900 Reisterstown Rd, at Mt. Wilson Lane, on Friday, June 3 at 9 A.M. Interment Baltimore Hebrew Congregation Cemetery, 2100 Belair Road. Please omit flowers.

On October 1, 2005, CATHY BADRICK; sister of John Badrick Services and interment at Baltimore Hebrew Congregation Cemetery, 2100 Belair Road, on Thursday, October 6, at 11 A.M. Arrangements by SOL LEVINSON & BROS., INC.

Show & Sale Gifts galore for the holidays Find unique Judaica, art, clothing, jewelry, accessories, books, toys and other gift items from artists, craftsmen and vendors at the 12th annual Holiday Boutique and Silent Auction at the Baltimore Hebrew Congregation, which wraps up today. The juried show and sale, presented by the congregation's sister hood, also features an all-day cafe. The boutique is open 11 a.m.-6 p.m. at the Baltimore Hebrew Congregation, 7401 Park Heights Ave. Admission is free.

Members of Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, forced out of their landmark Baltimore building, will take temporary refuge at Temple Oheb Shalom, the spiritual leaders of the two congregations said Wednesday. A week after lightning struck the steeple of the church on Druid Hill Avenue, the Rev. Frank M. Reid III and Rabbi Steven M. Fink announced that the Christian congregation would hold Sunday services at the Reform Jewish synagogue in Park Heights through Labor Day. Fink called Reid after learning of the July 1 fire to offer Oheb Shalom's 900-seat sanctuary to the church.

Michael J. Michael donated his body to the Maryland Anatomy Board. No immediate funeral; memorial service to be held at a later date. The family suggests donations in Michael's name to the Baltimore Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America, 701 Wyman Park Dr., Baltimore, MD 21211 or Baltimore Hebrew Congregation, 7401 Park Heights Ave., Baltimore, MD 21208. Inquiries can be made to cprinc1 juno.com; please sign the online Guest Book.

A 19-year-old member of Baltimore Hebrew Congregation was being held yesterday after being charged in connection with the spray-painting of a swastika and the word "Nazis" at the synagogue in Pikesville. Matthew Ian Saunders, whose family worships at the temple, and two other young Jewish men - Daniel Alexander Diaz, 19, and a 17-year-old who was not identified by police - were charged with two counts of destruction of property and damaging the property of a religious entity. The charges involve spraying offensive graffiti early Sunday on a sign at Baltimore Hebrew Congregation on Park Heights Avenue and at another Pikesville institution, Beth Tfiloh Congregation High School on Old Court Road.

City shootings kill 2, injure 3, including boy A man and a boy were wounded Monday night in Southwest Baltimore - part of a spate of shootings that left two men dead and three others injured by gunfire, police said. A 30-year-old man and a 15-year-old boy who were shot were found by police about 10 p.m. in the 200 block of S. Smallwood St., police said. The man had been shot in both legs and in the buttocks, and the boy was shot in his back and buttocks, police said. Both were taken to a hospital.

William A. "Doc" Layden, a retired pharmacist and country club founder, died Monday of kidney and heart failure at Gilchrist Center for Hospice Care. The longtime Pikesville resident was 98. Mr. Layden was born in Baltimore and raised on Whittier Avenue near Druid Hill Park. He was a 1928 graduate of City College and earned his degree from the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy in 1933. He managed a Read Drug & Chemical Co. drugstore on Linden Avenue before establishing Layden's Pharmacy in the 2100 block of W. Baltimore St., in 1939.

Tracy Morgan The lowdown -- Tracy Morgan got his start as a stand-up comic, and after being discovered, he went onto his well-known roles on Saturday Night Live and 30 Rock. See how it all started Saturday as he brings his brassy stand-up style to the Lisner Auditorium. If you go -- The Lisner Auditorium is on the George Washington University campus, 730 21st St. N.W., Washington. The show starts at 8 p.m. Tickets are $29.50. Call 202-994-6800 or go to lisne r.org. Comedy show The lowdown -- The unlikely comedy trio of Rabbi Bob Alper, Muslim Azhar Usman and Christian Nazareth will be at the Baltimore Hebrew Congregation Saturday.

On Saturday, December 23, 2006, EDWARD SISCO; beloved brother of the late Samuel Sisco; devoted uncle of Joyce and Dr. Carl Caplan and their family. Services and interment at Baltimore Hebrew Congregation Cemetery-Berrymans Lane, on Wednesday, December 27, at 1 P.M. Please omit flowers. Arrangements by SOL LEVINSON & BROS. INC.

On January 28, 2008, DR. EDWARD F. LEWISON. Survived by his beloved wife of 59 years, Betty (nee Fleischmann). Loving father of John E., and his wife Wendy of Larchmont, NY, Edward M., and his wife Dana, Robert S., of Cherry Hill, NJ, and the late Richard Jay Lewison; grandfather of Elizabeth L. Malvino and her husband Robert, and David Lewison; great-grandfather of Josh Malvino; dear brother of Ethel Mae Katz and her husband Harold of Glencoe, IL, and...