Baltimore Hebrew University News

Rabbi Mark Loeb, who was spiritual leader of Beth El Congregation in Pikesville for 28 years, died suddenly Wednesday evening in Italy, where he was serving as interim rabbi at a congregation in Milan.

September 2008: The dehydrated jade plant sat abandoned in the far corner of the windowsill of the BHU President's office.

At sundown today, Rabbi Morris Kosman will mark nearly half a century of leading Rosh Hashana services at the Beth Sholom community in Frederick .

The Baltimore office of Jews for Judaism, an international counter-missionary and counter-cult organization, has moved to the Owings Mills Jewish Community Center.

Strange the path that life takes us down. That's what I was thinking as I entered the main building that was to be dedicated late last month as the Forbush School at Glyndon.

Towson University will be welcoming several new additions in the fall, including new students, new buildings and a whole other University.

Baltimore Hebrew University incorporates adult education into Osher. Now that Baltimore Hebrew University has merged officially with Towson University, part of its continuing education program will be incorporated into the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Towson University.

Head of Baltimore police in hospital after run BALTIMORE a ' Police Commissioner Frederick H. Bealefeld will be hospitalized overnight after having a medical issue during a charity 10-mile run, a Baltimore police department spokesman said.

More than 80 airplanes are flying to the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum campus in northern Virginia to show kids what it's like to be a pilot.

He will continue his biblical studies at Towson University in the fall. Morris' financial woes Sun exclusive: Ex-school board head hired to $175,000-a-year system job has trail of lawsuits, bad-debt claims Data Central Mapping city homicides, crime in Anne Arundel County and much more A new chapter for Baltimore Hebrew University

It was truly a bittersweet moment for many in the audience May 21 as 15 graduates walked up to the stage at the Park Heights Jewish Community Center to receive their degrees and graduation certificates from Baltimore Hebrew University.

Megan Goldsmith is approaching her graduation from Baltimore Hebrew University with mixed emotions.

The corner of Park Heights Avenue and Northern Parkway will soon be the site of two major developments.

Ita s looking as if the 15 men and women set to receive degrees at Baltimore Hebrew University this week will be the last graduates of the 90-year-old institution.

TODAY'S APPLICANT Rebecca Missel,with two master's degrees under her belt, quickly found a job in fundraising, specializing in women's philanthropy, at United Jewish Communities of MetroWest N.J. But after three years of service, she was recently laid off.

A Memorandum of Understanding was signed recently that integrates Baltimore Hebrew University's programs into Towson University, effective July 1, 2009.

As the current economic downturn becomes the longest since the Great Depression, a series of painful cuts at America's flagship institutions of Judaic scholarship have produced a new and uncomfortable reality: Jewish higher education is shrinking.

The Reform movement's seminary is looking into closing two of its three U.S. campuses as part of an effort to close looming budget gaps caused by the recent economic downturn.

Kiwanis club honors Kennys John and Joanne Kenny of Margate, a couple involved in charitable work for more than 42 years, were honored April 9 by the Kiwanis Club of Atlantic City at its annual Alan Angelo Community Key Awards luncheon at Harrah's Casino and Hotel.