Alexandria’s former mayor enters race
Allison Silberberg wants her old job back. From 2016 to 2019, she served as mayor of Alexandria until losing re-election to her vice mayor,...
Kehilat Shalom celebrates 50 years
It started with a newspaper ad in the Montgomery Village News calling for Jewish families to meet at Watkins Mill Elementary School for a...
Nonprofit veteran is new head of Jewish Council for the Aging
Howard Gleckman saw two “huge challenges” in the search for a CEO for the Jewish Council for the Aging of Greater Washington. The first...
Hillel Smith tastes victory in art contest
D.C. artist Hillel Smith out-created nine other artists to win a four-week reality-TV-like Jewish art competition. Smith, who specializes in graphic design, illustration and...
The good deeds of Dr. Stuart Lessans
In the Washington area, the annual Good Deeds Day of community service is itself the product of a good deed. Stuart Lessans, a retired...
Rosh Hashanah won’t be first school day in Montgomery County
The Montgomery County Board of Education last week voted unanimously to begin the next school year on Aug. 30, rejecting a plan that would...
Should the work of thinkers whose actions have been deplored remain in canon? Discuss.
Last week, more than 500 rabbis and cantors signed a letter condemning Jewish academics and leaders for including sociologist Steven M. Cohen in their...
These seniors are more at ease after COVID vaccine, but still cautious
“I was on a treasure hunt,” said Wayne Martin.
For weeks, the 76-year-old Rockville resident searched high and low for the elusive COVID vaccine. He...
Preparing for a newer normal at B’nai Shalom of Olney
Over the last few months, Eve Margol, director of the Early Childhood School at B’nai Shalom of Olney, and her staff have begun preparing...
Synagogues hesitant to reopen despite vaccine rollout
By Eric Schucht and Isabella Lefkowitz-Rao
As Passover begins on Saturday night, the threat of the pandemic seems to be diminishing. More and more people...