Bankruptcy judge OKs sale of Jewish Times
The 93-year-old Baltimore Jewish Times will be under new ownership before Passover begins at sundown Friday. U.S Bankruptcy Court Judge Nancy V. Alquist on Thursday approved the $1.26 million sale […]
Washington Jewish Week high bidder for Jewish Times
The company that owns the Washington Jewish Week will acquire the Baltimore Jewish Times following its high bid of $1.26 million in a bankruptcy asset auction that concluded Monday. Zvi […]
Auction date proposed for Jewish Times publisher
After 93 years in the hands of the same family, the Baltimore Jewish Times could go to auction next week under a proposal filed Wednesday in U.S. Bankruptcy Court. Zvi […]
Bankruptcy judge appoints trustee for Jewish Times
After nixing a last-minute, hurried sale and acknowledging there appeared little hope of a mutually-agreed upon plan, a federal judge on Friday appointed a trustee to run Alter Communications Inc., […]
Mother loans Jewish Times publisher $100K
With no clear-cut consensus on how to bring it out of bankruptcy just yet, Alter Communications Inc., publisher of the Baltimore Jewish Times, did get court approval Tuesday for an […]
Top 5: ‘It was just so blatantly unfair to do what they did’
An IPO splash by a Baltimore tech company and a look at the upcoming General Assembly legislative session are among the most-read business stories of the week. But news of […]
Roebuck unhappy with Alter’s plan
The publisher of the Baltimore Jewish Times, embroiled in a bitter Chapter 11 bankruptcy case, has filed a new plan that would shift most of the ownership to a new […]
Top 5 On the Record posts of the year
An insider’s perspective on the U.S. Supreme Court was the most-read On the Record blog post of 2011. Readers also checked out a judge‘s sense of humor in the Jewish […]
Jewish Times owner says it has found new investor group
Alter Communications Inc., publisher of the Baltimore Jewish Times, is seeking a second 30-day extension from the court in its Chapter 11 bankruptcy case, saying that a group of new […]
Top 5: ‘I think that sends a loud and clear message’
A first-of-its-kind lawsuit over a bedbug infestation was decided in Baltimore this week, and state Sen. Ulysses Currie’s bribery trial continues. Those stories and more in this week’s legal affairs […]
Buerger’s struggle to keep Jewish Times has gone into overtime
Alter Communications Inc. CEO Andrew Alter Buerger’s head whipped around to face William L. Hallam as Hallam accused Buerger of playing the “Jewish persecution” card in federal court. Hallam, the […]
Jewish Times bankruptcy case extended
The parties involved in the Alter Communications bankruptcy case have been granted a 30-day extension to come together on a plan for post-Chapter 11 restructuring. Judge James F. Schneider had […]





