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Remember When: ‘Allocating Funds: How Much to Whom?’
It’s a problem that never gets old. An April 1984 article in Washington Jewish Week poses the age-old question of how best to allocate...
Opinion
Opinion: Iran, the Nuremberg Trials and ‘Ex Post Facto’ Law
By Walter E. Block
Ex-post facto law has a bad press.
What is it? It is the declaration of criminality after the fact.
Something is perfectly legal...
You Should Know
Potomac’s Alex Band Creates Strong Jewish Foundations Through Bender Early Childhood...
A self-proclaimed “JCC nerd,” Alex Band believes she has the most fun job at the Bender Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington.
The Potomac resident...
Around Town
Last Word
Chevy Chase’s Rabbi Avi Strausberg Shares Love of Torah With All...
Rabbi Avi Strausberg was always drawn to Judaism, but didn’t find “her people” and calling as a Jewish educator until a post-college program.
She described...
Food & Dining
Kosher Winery Visits: California Summer Touring
Jules Polonetsky
While many of us are enjoying the beginning of spring weather and flowers blooming, others are returning from spring break trips and Passover...
WJW Podcast
Nation and World
DNC Committee Rejects Resolution Condemning Pro-Israel Lobby AIPAC Specifically
Joseph Strauss | JTA
The Democratic National Committee will not vote on a resolution that condemns the pro-Israel lobby AIPAC specifically, after a sub-committee rejected...
Arts & Culture
Jewish Basketball Legend Amar’e Stoudemire to Be Inducted Into Basketball Hall...
Jacob Gurvis | JTA
Amar’e Stoudemire, the American-Israeli basketball star who became a devout convert to Judaism after retiring, is reportedly headed to the hall...
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Undeterred by War, North American Jews Continue to Immigrate to Israel
By Peter Ephross
Mordechai Deluca never considered delaying his move to Israel from the United States because of the war with Iran. If anything, the opposite...
Meet the Israeli Scientists Leading the Fight Against Colorectal Cancer
By Larry Luxner
First, the good news. Among Americans under 50, the overall cancer mortality has plummeted by 44% over the last quarter-century. Better diagnostic tools,...
At This Jerusalem Museum, Everyday Objects Tell the Story of the Holocaust in a...
By Larry Luxner
JERUSALEM — A guitar played by Jewish teenager Nina Simon of Skopje, Yugoslavia. A shortwave radio that once belonged to Raphael Ahav of...
A New Chapter of Service: Lee H. Cohen Joins Northern Virginia Jewish Funerals
Northern Virginia Jewish Funerals continues to expand its presence in the community with the addition of Lee Cohen as Community Liaison, bringing with him...