Baltimore Jewish Council

Our staff had a great time Tuesday night at Jewish Heritage Night with the O’s ⚾✨ So glad we got to come together, celebrate community, and cheer on a big Orioles win! 🧡🖤

Yesterday we had two of our priority bills signed into law by Governor Wes Moore - SB140/HB216 Criminal Law-Benefits Exploitation sponsored by Senator Chris West and Aaron Kaufman and HB14 County Boards of Education - Bullying, Harassment, or Intimidation - Information Collection and Reporting Requirements sponsored by Linda K. Foley with lots support by Senator Ben Brooks, Senator Shelly Hettleman , Jared Solomon and Delegate Eric Ebersole Thank you to all the elected officials and partners who helped get these bills passed.

Leadership of the BJC and The Associated: Jewish Federation of Baltimore visited our congressional delegation Tuesday as part of the Jewish security lobby day organized by Jewish Federations of North America. Thanks to Congresswoman Sarah Elfreth, Senator Van Hollen, and the staffs of Congressman Johnny Olszewskj and Senator Alsobrooks for hearing our concerns about security for our community.

Tuesday evening the Leadership Development Program cohort was joined by two Hillel students who spoke powerfully about their experiences being Jewish on campus post-October 7. We then heard from Emily Goodman, the BJC’s Director of Holocaust and Countering Antisemitism Programming, who shared some of the invaluable education, advocacy, and relationship building work the BJC does in its efforts to combat antisemitism.

The BJC was proud to stand with advocates in Annapolis for the signing of two of our priority bills - recognizing Jewish American Heritage Month and Muslim American Heritage Month, as well as establishing penalties for individuals who block access to religious facilities. Special thanks to our bill sponsors Senator Shelly Hettleman, Senator Chris West , Delegate Sandy Rosenberg , Delegate Sarah Wolek , and Delegate Jared Solomon

Unfortunately, due to unforeseen circumstances we are cancelling the Vote Hub event. Thank you to everyone for your interest.

Yesterday we made over 70 hygiene kits for children at Sinai Hospital's Childlife Center with our friends from Word of Life Church in Park Heights. Thanks to the Lyn Stacie Getz Foundation for helping to fund this project.