Fringe group

Students in Kehilat Shalom Religious School show off their handcrafted tallitot.
Photo by Rabbi Charles Arian
Awareness in a test kit
From left, Karen Shapiro, Alex Ghelman and Yedidyah Samuels turn out for a JScreen event at the University of Maryland on May 8.Photo by JScreen
Women at the Well
The Upper Montgomery County Women’s Mikvah was dedicated on May 5. Its formal name is Be’er Rachel, or Rachel’s Well.
Chana Raichik places a mezuzah on the mikvah door.
Photo by Chaiki Backman
Toby Savell, left, and Brooke Savell
Photo by Chaiki Backman
The mikvah
Photo by Washington Talent