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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...

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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...