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Jewish Clergy Sound Alarm at DC ICE Headquarters
Three short whistle blasts mean that Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents are nearby. Three long blasts signify that ICE is detaining someone.
A rabbi speaking...
Opinion
Opinion: The Battle for the Classroom Is the Battle for the...
Steve Rosenberg
America’s classrooms are under siege. Not from budget cuts or test scores, but from an ideology that undermines our very foundations of liberty,...
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Kemp Mill’s Samantha Noland Takes Lead on Uniting Local Young Professionals
Samantha Noland strives to bring people together and bridge gaps through film, civic education, Shabbat dinners and Jewish community organizing.
The longtime Silver Spring resident...
Around Town
Last Word
B’nai Tzedek’s Cantor Marshall Kapell Creates Full-Circle Moments
Inspired by his childhood cantor and mentor, Cantor Marshall Kapell is passing the music and Jewish learning on to the next generation.
The Arlington resident...
Food & Dining
Kosher Port Wine: The Return of Porto Cordovero
Jules Polonetsky
The kosher wine world is like the fashion industry — constantly changing, with producers often gambling on what will be the next big...
WJW Podcast
Nation and World
Hamas Vows Not to Lay Down Arms Until Israel’s ‘Elimination’
Hamas will not lay down its weapons until Israel is “eliminated,” Osama Hamdan, a senior official in the terror organization, vowed on Wednesday.
“We have...
Arts & Culture
PEN America Withdraws Support for Israeli Comedian Facing Canceled Shows
One of America’s leading free-speech groups has withdrawn its support for an Israeli comedian after previously describing the threatened cancellation of his shows as...
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Amid Critical Doctor Shortage, Israel Launches International Program to Bring 2,000 Physicians by 2029
By Larry Luxner
TEL AVIV — Dr. Olivia Keller-Baruch had long dreamed of working as a doctor in Israel.
Originally from Montreal, she knew making the move...
These Jewish Day Schools Embracing AI are Reimagining Education for the High-Tech Era
By Peter Ephross
In one classroom, students create a podcast featuring an “interview” with the prophet Elijah. In another, instructors teach Jewish prayers using AI-created songs...
With Antisemitism and Costs of Living on the Rise Elsewhere, This Jewish Day School...
By Larry Luxner
DALLAS — Meral Tubi and her Israeli husband Kfir never imagined they’d one day leave their Los Angeles home to move to Texas.
But...
Forging Israel’s Quiet Heroes: Inside the Holtz Air Force High School
By Elana Sztokman
When in June the Israeli Air Force launched a high-stakes mission to bomb elements of Iran’s nuclear arsenal, many of the technical crews...