Objectifying Jewish history with Rebekah Sobel
By Haydee M. Rodriguez
Rebekah Sobel sees her task as bringing to life the rich history of Washington’s Jewish community in a way that is...
Zionist Congress closes after business as unusual
Liberal Israeli and Diaspora groups this week pushed back against an agreement by a coalition of Orthodox and right-wing groups that would have wrested...
You Should Know… Rebecca Weiss
By Isabella Lefkowitz-Rao
Rebecca Weiss of the District is spending a gap year in Israel on the Hevruta Program run by the pluralistic Hartman Institute....
Stump the Rabbi!
By the staffs of Washington Jewish Week and Baltimore Jewish Times
Rabbi Hyim Shafner photographed by David Stuck
They say there are no dumb questions. Somehow...
Jewish news website at U-Md. goes in search of the elusive story
A year ago Mitzpeh, the Jewish student publication on the University of Maryland’s College Park campus, had no problem finding news to report.
Now with...
Md. 6th and 8th congressional candidates state their positions
Candidates for Maryland’s 6th and 8th Congressional Districts met via Zoom on Sunday, not to debate, but to explain their positions on the issues,...
It’s Gail Gaspar’s turn to speak
When Martin Weiss stood in front of an audience at age 63 to speak for the first time about his experiences in the Holocaust,...
Trope and audio lag: Torah lessons go virtual
By Ellen Braunstein
Special to WJW
On late afternoons, Sue Marx shares computer screens with her bar and bat mitzvah students on Zoom, bringing them Google...
His mitzvah project helped the children’s hospital that helped him
When it came time for Ari Priniotakis to brainstorm ideas for a bar mitzvah project, he didn’t have to think long or hard. He...
A music video addressed to God filmed at Beth Sholom in Frederick
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RUfUZN_NBI&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR3wAB6tmT8wzYiUkD97xZ4zVIjPZo4EzdkTfXftkdG0E_M5kg9UP4YhRA4
The sanctuary in Beth Sholom Congregation in Frederick was the set for a High Holiday-themed music video created by one of the Conservative synagogue’s...
