Around Town | April 9, 2023
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Taran Leshin sits by the daffodil blooms at Shaare Torah’s Holocaust Memorial Garden that he planted for his Eagle Scout project with Shaare Torah religious school students. Photo by Yvonne Leshin

From left, Washington-area residents Justin Schulberg, Kacey Hertan and Becky Haft were among the 300 Birthright Israel Excel Fellows who gathered in New York City for the Excelerate23 Summit last month. Photo by Luis Ruiz

Representatives from Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School, from left, Marc Silberstein, Ori Ben-Nun, Hadriel Dayanim, Elie Arkin.
Washington-area teens joined 36 teams of Jewish high school students to compete in Hadar’s 5783 Maimonides Moot Court Competition at the Pearlstone Retreat Center in Reisterstown. Photos by Shulamit Seidler-Feller / Hadar Institute

Representatives from Ohr Kodesh Congregation, from left, Amira Handwerker, Solomon Burgess Eisenberg, Orly Pearlman, Tzvi Gumnitzky. Washington-area teens joined 36 teams of Jewish high school students to compete in Hadar’s 5783 Maimonides Moot Court Competition at the Pearlstone Retreat Center in Reisterstown. Photos by Shulamit Seidler-Feller / Hadar Institute

Bnai Israel Congregation representatives, from left, Pearl Shelton, Avi Wallace, Adriana Gross, Rabbi Mitch Berkowitz. The team won third prize in the Brandeis 1 category. Washington-area teens joined 36 teams of Jewish high school students to compete in Hadar’s 5783 Maimonides Moot Court Competition at the Pearlstone Retreat Center in Reisterstown. Photos by Shulamit Seidler-Feller / Hadar Institute