Police Arrest Son of Prominent DC-Area Rabbi After Alleged Altercation With Protesters Outside Israeli...
Police arrested the son of a prominent Washington D.C.-area rabbi after he allegedly got into an altercation with protesters outside the Israeli Embassy.
Two witnesses...
Thousands of Local Volunteers Focus on the Needs of Others During ‘Good Deeds Week’
The annual “Good Deeds Week,” a global event centered around volunteerism, saw Jewish organizations across the world and throughout the Greater Washington, D.C., area...
Why is This Year’s Passover Seder Different From All Other Passover Seders?
This Passover, Eric and Sue Marx of Chevy Chase will leave a chair empty at the seder table with an image of one of...
Musical Bridge-Building Project Brings Songs and Dialogue to DC
Members of the Jerusalem Youth Chorus came to Adas Israel Congregation in Washington, D.C., on April 9 to tell the world that personal connections...
Six-Month Anniversary of Oct. 7 Marked by Nationwide Letter-Writing Campaign
A recent campaign organized by the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America (Orthodox Union) garnered 180,000 physical letters that were hand delivered to...
Proposed DC Budget Cuts Would Adversely Impact Local Jewish Preschools
About 300 people of all ages came together on Friday morning, April 5, in Samuel Gompers Memorial Park in Washington, D.C., to protest the...
‘Bring Them Home Now’: DC March to Free the Hostages Draws Large Crowd
More than 1,000 people waving Israeli and American flags marched from the Washington Monument to the Lincoln Memorial on April 7 chanting “Bring Them...
Local Organization Works to Distribute Mezuzot Around the World
MyZuzah, a local Jewish nonprofit organization, has seen an uptick in demand for its services in the months since Oct. 7, as many Jews...
Edlavitch DCJCC Responds With Artistic Programs to the Israel-Hamas War
From the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, the empty Shabbat table for 200 set on the museum’s plaza (and replicated around the world) to...
Tzedek DC Receives Transformative $1 Million Gift
Local Jewish legal organization Tzedek DC received the largest donation in its history on March 19 with a $1 million unrestricted gift from MacKenzie...
