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Bender JCC Becomes First US Fitness Center to Offer RightHear Accessible...
Anyone visiting the Bender JCC in Rockville in the past few weeks probably noticed small blue, white and black stickers all over the building....
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D’var Torah: On Working With Difficulty
By Rabbi Josh Jacobs-Velde
One of my favorite readings for the High Holy Days, one that we have shared for multiple years at our synagogue,...
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DC’s Emma Fensterheim Makes Adas Israel Feel Like Home
When she began as a staff member at Adas Israel Congregation in Washington, D.C., Emma Fensterheim didn’t need orientation or a building tour. She...
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Bethesda’s Rachel Federowicz Is Pillar of Jewish DC
Rachel Federowicz grew up in Bethesda with the idea of being an active community member and continues to carry that torch in the local...
Food & Dining
Barbaresco Finally Arrives at the Kosher Table
For years, the kosher wine world mostly knew Piedmont, Italy, as a source for sweet, low-alcohol Moscato in a blue bottle. Barolo, the region’s...
Nation and World
Katz: Israel Won’t Leave South Lebanon Security Zone Until Hezbollah is...
Israel will not withdraw from Southern Lebanon until Hezbollah is disarmed throughout the country and the danger posed by attacks from the Land of...
Arts & Culture
Barbaresco Finally Arrives at the Kosher Table
For years, the kosher wine world mostly knew Piedmont, Italy, as a source for sweet, low-alcohol Moscato in a blue bottle. Barolo, the region’s...
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Thousands of Teens Gather in Israel to Celebrate Their Connection to Jewish Life —...
70 Faces Media
More than 4,500 teens from North America and Israel gathered last month for an outdoor festival that some have described as “Israel’s...
Meet the North American Families Who Are Moving to Israel Right Now
By Peter Ephross
At first glance, the recent celebration outside a northern New Jersey synagogue looked a lot like a bar or bat mitzvah party. Dance...
More Than a GPA: Inside the Movement to End Letter Grades in Jewish Education
By Debra Rubin
At least three times each school year, middle school pupils at the Oakland Hebrew Day School write divrei Torah, or essays on a...
How Teachers Are Harnessing AI to Democratize Israeli Education
By Elana Sztokman
When veteran Israeli educator Meirav Seror asked her high school literature class in Beersheba how they might use artificial intelligence to study for...