Arts & Culture
Jews in gameland: here’s where to spot the Jewish characters in video games
Over the past few years, diversity in video games has become a hot-button topic in the gaming industry and in fan communities. Developers have...
Tisha B’Av and Tu B’Av. What’s the difference?
The Jewish month of Av is home to two holidays that, due to their proximity to each other and their similar names, are sometimes...
Saul Golubcow introduces his Holocaust survivor-turned-private eye
As a student at Rutgers, Saul Golubcow wrote for a literary magazine. An English professor saw something in the young man’s work and urged...
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Nation and World
Israel’s big experiment
By Noga Tarnopolsky
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Mansour Abbas, the first leader of any majority-Arab party to join an Israeli government, launched his reelection campaign earlier...
Leading Orthodox groups cheered the end of Roe v. Wade…
Pam Scheininger and J. David Bleich have this much in common: They are Orthodox Jews who are preoccupied with Jewish ethics and teach at...
‘After Shabbat, we will act’: American Jews gear up for wave of post-Roe activism
An array of Jewish groups across the country are kickstarting into action to protest and potentially challenge the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe...
Top Picks
- The singular focus of Earl Dotter
Sixty years ago, at age 19, Earl Dotter moved to California with the goal of becoming a state resident for the then-free college tuition. During ...
- Event explores Arlington County’s Jewish history
Members of Arlington County’s early Jewish community often opened businesses in Black neighborhoods, forging strong ties between these two communities in the early 20th century ...
- You Should Know… Ariel Beck
By Ella Gorodetzky Ariel Beck, 19, is a 2022 recipient of the Diller Teen Tikkun Olam Award. Beck was recognized for her nonprofit organization Girls Who ...
- Keeping a vigil against racism two years and counting
Two years can be a long time to hold fast to a commitment, but that has not stopped a small but stalwart group of members ...
- Temple Sinai is building a place to fit all those people
They were bursting at the seams at Temple Sinai. The religious school was pulling double shifts because there wasn’t enough room to teach everyone at once ...
Food and Dining
Becca Hyman’s best bites
Last week, Becca Hyman visited me. She’s the Washington-based creator of “Becca’s Best Bites,” a series of cooking videos on Instagram that features primarily...
MollyBeth Rushfield takes the cake
Ronit Miller was so excited when she saw that her friend and colleague at Camp Shoresh MollyBeth Rushfield on the cover of WJW last...
Super sandwiches for picnics
Linda Morel | Special to WJW
Sandwiches are still your best bet at picnics.
I’ve tried getting fancy with chopped salads in large plastic containers; poached...
