Friedland 40th
Melissa and Robert Friedland will celebrate their 40th wedding anniversary on Aug. 7. They met in D.C. in 1981 while attending medical and graduate...
Bottle dancers bring the simchah
Justin Regan | Special to WJW
Before going any further, Michael Pasternak would like to answer the question that’s already on your mind.
“They are truly...
Ochs joins OneTable education advisory board
Rabbi Vanessa Ochs, a professor at the University of Virginia, has joined the advisory board of One Table, a national nonprofit that empowers young...
Daphne Feigin named Bronfman Fellow
Daphne Feigin of Vienna is one of 26 high school juniors from across North America chosen as a Bronfman Fellow. The group will participate...
The best part of Moroccan Jewish weddings?
By Britt Jacobson
As a member of a big fat Moroccan Jewish family, I attended many, many weddings as a child. My favorite memories were...
Double the mitzvah
With speeches about historic poets and writers, Jewish-Irish history and even some analysis of the modernist novel “Ulysses,” Evian Bloom Guilfoyle and Mischa Blue...
Bat Mitzvah of Shana Zocchi
Shelly and Mitch Zocchi, of Springfield, Va., and members of Congregation Adat Reyim, are proud to announce the bat mitzvah of their daughter, Shana,...
Military Order of the World Wars elects Okin commander-in-chief
Lt. Col. Michael A. Okin, U.S. Army (Retired), of Lynchburg, Va., was elected the 91st commander-in-chief of Military Order of the World Wars during...
Wedding: Hilert-Goldstein
Miriam Goldstein and Zachary Hilert were married on Aug. 15 at Magen David Sephardic Congregation. Miriam is the daughter of Erin and Benson Goldstein...
