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Maryland’s wild primary and other snapshots from the ‘other’ Super Tuesday
Maryland goes to the polls Tuesday – one of five states where the two remaining candidates in the Democratic presidential race and the three in the Republican race are facing off.
US Holocaust museum to collect items for time capsule
The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum is seeking messages and personal artifacts from Holocaust survivors for a time capsule to be opened on the museum’s 50th anniversary in 2043.
How David Bowie’s ‘adoptive’ Jewish family welcomed him to America
David Bowie didn’t start his first trip to the United States with a drug-filled party or a wild show, but with a quiet evening at the home of a Maryland Jewish family.
The Jewish lawyer who is defending a synagogue vandal
From murderers to sex offenders, some of the least desirable citizens of Maryland’s Montgomery County have walked through the doors of attorney Barry Helfand’s office.
Charges dropped against Maryland ‘free range’ parents
Charges against Maryland parents who allowed their children to walk home from a park alone have been dropped by Child Protective Services.
Maryland budget slams Israel academic boycotts, offers no penalties
Maryland lawmakers included language in the new state budget condemning academic boycotts of Israel but scrapped any penalties that were included in a bill under consideration.
Maryland school bus strikes, kills Holocaust survivor
A school bus killed a 91-year-old Holocaust survivor as he was crossing a street in a Maryland suburb of Washington.