Talia Ruth Stein
Talia Ruth Stein, daughter of Dr. Robyn Miller and Stephen Jacob Stein and sister of Maya Eve Stein, will become a bat mitzvah on...
How the pandemic changed these couples’ wedding plans
Fancy attire, guests dancing the horah in a crowded ballroom... This might be what a wedding used to look like. In 2021, after a...
Novick to lead Hillel at George Mason University
George Mason University Hillel has named Rabbi Daniel Novick as its new executive director. Novick is currently the assistant director at the Hillel at the...
Benjamin ‘Benji’ Whiting-Eisemann
Benjamin “Benji” Whiting-Eisemann will celebrate his bar mitzvah on April 24, virtually at Adat Shalom Reconstructionist Congregation. Benji is the son of Vanessa Eisemann...
Zoe Shrank
Zoe Shrank, daughter of Miriam Vogel and Will Shrank, became a bat mitzvah on April 3 at Adas Israel Congregation.
Zoe is the granddaughter of...
Elliott Datlow gets Pro tennis award
Elliott Datlow of Bethesda was named Professional Tennis Registry Member of the Year for Maryland, at the PTR annual meeting in February. This award...
Benjamin Jacobs named co-chair of advisory board
Benjamin M. Jacobs, of Washington, has been appointed advisory board co-chair of Collaborative for Applied Studies in Jewish Education, or CASJE. Jacobs is associate...
Molly Gravholt named Federation CFAO
Molly Gravholt on March 1 became the first chief financial and administrative officer of the Jewish Federation of Greater Washington.
Gravholt is a certified public...
Here’s how to plan a pandemic bar/bat mitzvah
When the world shut down last March as fear spread that the coronavirus was as lethal as it was unknown, Ben Pollack was days...
Sampling the bar mitzvah speech
The bar or bat mitzvah speech is an opportunity for the child to explain how their Torah portion relates to their lives. It’s also...
