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DC Author Wins National Jewish Book Award
Julia Ioffe never set out to write a book about herself, so it’s ironic that she won the autobiography and memoir category of the...
Opinion
Editorial: A Commission’s Reset, After the Hijack
The White House Religious Liberty Commission was created to do serious work: to defend Americans’ First Amendment rights and recommend how to protect religious...
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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...
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Last Word
Rabbi Joshua Beraha Prepares to Take the Helm at Temple Micah
As a young professional, Rabbi Joshua Beraha found himself torn between the universal and the particular — the general field of education and the...
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
US Envoy Slams Belgium Over Mohel Probe
The U.S. ambassador to Belgium, Bill White, on Monday criticized what he termed local authorities’ “antisemitic harassment” of mohels, performers of Jewish circumcision.
White, an...
Arts & Culture
Israel’s Bobsled Team Is Chasing More Than Medals in Its First...
Jacob Gurvis | JTA
No matter what happens when Israel’s bobsled team hits the ice at the 2026 Winter Olympics, team captain Adam “AJ” Edelman...
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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...