You Should Know

By Orrin Konheim Rachael Wilks-McCann is a guidance counselor for Stride K12 Private Academy, which accommodates non-traditional students through remote learning. In the Washington area,...

By Lindsay VanAsdalan Sean Siegel always knew the importance of Jewish involvement — from growing up in a culturally Jewish household in the Los Angeles...

Like many girls, Michelle Penn took ballet, jazz and tap lessons while growing up. In her teen years, dance became her passion. As a...

Growing up in Silver Spring, Alex Flum had a hard time choosing between basketball, football, hockey and baseball. He loved them all. Today Flum,...

In early 2021, vaccines emerged in the fight against COVID-19. But many senior citizens didn’t know how to make appointments online and the appointment...

High school teachers aren’t supposed to be cool, right? Wrong. Adam Newburger, a geometry teacher and baseball coach at McLean High School, aims to...

Bryan Knapp, 22, loves playing basketball and is pretty good at it, too. The graduate of Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School and Cornell...

To say that 21-year-old Deborah Brown is involved in many activities at the University of Maryland, College Park, is an understatement. Among her activities,...

Ethan Jach, 21, co-founded Potomac Mishmar, a group for teenagers to discuss topics that interest them that may or may not pertain to Judaism...

Need a recommendation for a book in Yiddish? Charlotte Hovland may have you covered. The 25-year-old Washington native is a self-described Yiddishist. Throughout college...