Tuition rates for yeshiva day schools in the Baltimore area continue to rise. Bais Yaakov, TA and Yeshivat Rambam all increased tuition for the coming school year. Below is a chart with the new tuition rates for the three schools for the coming academic year.
Update: we’re updating the spreadsheet to make it more accurate. We’ll re-post it when it’s complete.
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The 2009 Kosher Community Survey for the Baltimore area is now open. Please take a moment to visit the Kosher Community Survey website and fill out the survey. It’s an invaluable resource to the community.
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Health officials for Baltimore County have confirmed five cases of swine flu at Ner Israel Rabbinical College. All of the cases were mild, none of those affected were hospitalized, and all recovered within 24 to 48 hours. According to the Baltimore Sun, this brings the total number of cases of H1N1 in Maryland to 83.
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The board of directors of the Associated: Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore has approved a request to begin opening a community center in Owings Mills on the Jewish Sabbath.
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The JCC now will open its Owings Mills center on Saturday afternoons beginning June 6. The later hours are intended to avoid conflict with morning synagogue services. Jewish employees would not be compelled to work and there would be no cash transactions or food service on the premises.
From the Baltimore Jewish Times:
The vote tally was 97-33 with four abstentions.
The approval to open came via secret ballot Wednesday afternoon by the Board of Directors of the Associated: Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore.
Board members voted after listening to some 30 minutes of discussion.
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From the Pikesville Volunteer Fire Company:
Just before 6 a.m., Pikesville Volunteer Fire Company and other Baltimore County, MD westside units were alerted to a reported building fire in Pikesville (Fire Box 2-13) in the 1500 block of Reisterstown Road. PVFC Engine 321 arrived with heavy smoke showing from a 1-story building with four commercial occupancies and the officer requested a Working Fire Dispatch. The engine crew dropped a hoseline at a nearby hydrant while PVFC Tower 323 arrived and put the bucket to the building’s roof, followed shortly by the arrival of PVFC Squad 322. The Captain from BCoFD Engine 2 (Pikesville career) assumed command and requested a second alarm as crews were met with heavy smoke showing from the stores - Pizza Man, China King Kitchen, Bressler Cleaners, and Dunkin Donuts. Firefighters made an aggressive attack on the fire, which is believed to have started in an appliance in the Pizza Man restaurant.
No word yet on the status of the kosher Dunkin Donuts in that building, but it would seem likely that they will be closed for a while. The video above, aroudn the 2:05 second mark, shows a brief shot of the Dunkin Donuts which appears to be the least damaged of the stores in that location.
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The world-wide ParnasaFest phenonmenon is coming to Balitmore. ParnasaFest was launched as an effort to increase communication and business opportunities in Jewish communities in the wake of the Madoff scandal and the stock market crash. BaltimoreJewish.com and JobLink are proud to be bringing this program to Baltimore, graciously hosted by the Jewish Community Center of Greater Baltimore, this Tuesday evening from 6:30 to 9:30 PM at the Park Heights JCC.
ParnasFest is not a job fair, so don’t bring your resume. It’s a business networking event aimed at increasing communication amongst those in the community. Increased communication means increased awareness of opportunities and how those in the community could benefit from others services or networks. As such, this event is relevant for more than just those looking for jobs; it’s a chance to expand your professional network and hopefully help out fellow Jews.
For more information on ParnasaFest, check out the ParnasaFest.org site. To register for the event, visit the registration site for ParnasaFest Baltimore.
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Last week, the news got out that the board of the Baltimore-area JCC were considering opening the Owings Mills location on Shabbos. Facing cutbacks due to the recession, the JCC feels that opening on Shabbos will help retain members who are canceling their JCC membership in favor of other establishments that provide fitness facilities open seven days a week. The planned Shabbos schedule would have the Owings Mills location open from 1PM to 6PM so as not to conflict with morning services, with no commercial transactions (food or membership). JCC staff would not be compelled to work on Saturdays. In addition, local synagogues would be able to utilize the location for afternoon programs, free of charge. There are no planned changes to the Park Heights JCC location, which will remain closed on Shabbos. Early indications are that the motion to open on Shabbos will be approved by the JCC board.
In 1997, a similar motion to open the Owings Mills location on Shabbos, was put before the JCC board, but was voted down by the Associated Board after a rally of 3,500 opposed the changes. A rally in support of the JCC remaining closed on Shabbos is scheduled for Sunday, May 17th at noon at Northwestern High School (6900 Park Heights Avenue), on the corner of Fallstaff Road.
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Today is the annual America Eats for Israel, where kosher restaurants around the United States commit to donating 10% of their gross revenues for the day to American Friends of Meir Panim (AFMP). AFMP is a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting programs in Israel that provide daily hot, nourishing meals and enrichment activities to children and adults across the country and from all backgrounds including Holocaust survivors, victims of terror and new immigrants.
Although now a nationwide program, America Eats for Israel was started here in Baltimore. Below is a list of restaurants that are participating this year, make sure to stop by and support them today if you have a chance.
Thanks to all the restaurants who are participating. For more information, visit America Eats for Israel’s website.
For a map of Baltimore’s kosher restaurants, check out our Baltimore Kosher Restaurants map.
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For the past many years, Baltimore’s Jewish community has gathered on Erev Pesach at the fire station on Glen Ave. to burn chametz. This year, however, Biur Chametz is in a new location. The new location, at Pimlico Race Course, is the ONLY location that chametz should be burned this year.
Details:
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PIMLICO RACE COURSE
ENTER PARKING LOT FROM
PREAKNESS WAY
Between NORTHERN PARKWAY and WEST BELVEDERE AVE.
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
between 6:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m.
Please place the chometz to be burned in paper or a paper bag.
Please be considerate by burning chometz, not plastic.
When plastic bags, plastic wrapping or styrofoam are incinerated, carcinogens (cancer
causing chemicals) are released into the air. Fire Department personnel have advised
us that these gases are harmful to everyone at the chometz burning.
No closed cans or bottles will be accepted
to avoid the hazard of explosion.
Please do not abuse this service by bringing large amounts of chometz or trash to be
burned. As a convenience, dumpsters will be provided for larger amounts of chometz.
Recycling is encouraged - designated dumpsters available on site.
NO BULK TRASH (non-food related) will be permitted.
After your chometz is burned, Kol Chamira is recited.
(In Baltimore, chometz may be eaten until 10:24 a.m. Wednesday, morning.)
YESHIVAT RAMBAM parking lot was not available as originally printed in the STAR-K Passover Directory
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Several weeks ago we reported that the kosher stand would not be returning to Oriole Park at Camden Yards. We are happy to announce that Aramark and Kosher Sports Inc. have come to an agreement to allow the Kosher Stand to come back to Camden Yards.
The BJT reports:
“There will be a kosher stand at the Orioles games,” said a happy Jonathan Katz, owner and founder of Kosher Sports. “They realized it was an important thing to have. The Orioles reached out in conjunction with Aramark to get this thing rectified. It looks like we’re going to have kosher food at the ballpark.
Baltimoreans have been enjoying kosher food at the park since 1993 and will undoubtedly be happy to continue the tradition of enjoying some nosh while watching America’s favorite past time.
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