Award-winning words
by Emily Minton
Staff Writer
Twenty-year-old Gavriel Brown, a Yeshiva University junior and Kemp Mill native, was recently awarded the 2013 Elie Wiesel Prize in Ethics...
An interfaith ‘Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat’
by Emily Minton
Staff Writer
Congregation Beth El of Montgomery County and Bethesda United Methodist Church (BUMC) are coming together musically on Sunday, June 2 for...
Jewish American Heritage Month – 2013 version
by Suzanne Pollak
Staff Writer
Who needs an official White House celebration anyway?
Musical theater, interesting speakers, good causes and, of course, some delicious food, highlighted the...
New bill would make survivor support a priority
by David Holzel
Senior Writer
Bipartisan legislation introduced in Congress last week to give additional support to elderly Holocaust survivors has raised the sense of urgency...
Happy Birthday Florence Gersuk Lipsky!
by Ralph Shapiro
Florence Gersuk Lipsky, a pillar of strength in the Washington Jewish community, resident of Leisure World in Silver Spring, will celebrate her...
Persian Passover
If it happened in America, Jews would be calling it the March Dilemma. In Iran, Passover generally falls at the time of the Persian...
‘Our Shared Bible’
by Suzanne Pollak
Staff Writer
A rabbi, a priest and an imam walked into the Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School May 10, and then...
Selling trees to get to Israel
by Julia Shedlin
WJW Intern
It is common for Orthodox students to take a gap year and study in Israel after graduating from high school, but...
Learning about racism
by Suzanne Pollak
Staff Writer
Anne Frank. Oskar Schindler. Jackie Robinson. Thurgood Marshall.
They were all there, and many more, as students and their families from Waldon...
