Shlomo Fantl joins Garden of Remembrance
Shlomo Fantl has joined the staff of The Garden of Remembrance (Gan Zikaron) Memorial Park in Clarksburg as a memorial counselor and funeral coordinator....
Temple B’nai Shalom
Participating in Temple B’nai Shalom’s confirmation on May 23 are: Front row, from left: Rabbi David S. Widzer, Amanda Draznin, Judah Widzer, Maxwell Goldring,...
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...
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...
(PHOTOS) Ponies and Purim
Photos by Eric Schucht
As the story goes, Haman, through his own vanity, set himself up to lead his enemy Mordechai through the streets of...
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...
Avi Gorodetski named international s’ganit
Avi Gorodetski, of Washington, was named international s’ganit, or vice president of programmning, during the BBYO International Convention.
Avi, a member of the Yachad Chapter...
Joe Miller named executive director of NVHC
Joe Miller, formerly development manager at Northern Virginia Hebrew Congregation (NVHC) in Reston, has been named executive director of the Reform synagogue.
Miller’s tenure at...
Berger named a Wexner Field fellow
Washington resident Rabbi Benjamin Berger has been selected for Class 5 of the Wexner Field Fellowship. Berger is vice president for Jewish education at...