Celebrations and Community

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Suzanne Pollak
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Celebrations

Talia Bern Kraner will become a bat mitzvah at Congregation B’nai Tzedek on Jan. 9. The daughter of Linda and Ken Kraner, she is a seventh-grader at Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School. Attending the ceremony will be her sisters Alison and Evie; and grandparents Susan and Richard Kraner of White Plains, N.Y., and Cathy and Samuel Pearlman of Pepper Pike, Ohio.Photo provided
Talia Bern Kraner will become a bat mitzvah at Congregation B’nai Tzedek on Jan. 9. The daughter of Linda and Ken Kraner, she is a seventh-grader at Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School. Attending the ceremony will be her sisters Alison and Evie; and grandparents Susan and Richard Kraner of White Plains, N.Y., and Cathy and Samuel Pearlman of Pepper Pike, Ohio.
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Community

On Dec. 24, Congregation Beth Emeth of Herndon provided and served dinner for the homeless at Epiphany Episcopal Church, (Herndon/Oak Hill). CBE is providing a total of five dinners plus other contributions during the 2015-2016 winter season.Photo provided
On Dec. 24, Congregation Beth Emeth of Herndon provided and served dinner for the homeless at Epiphany Episcopal Church, (Herndon/Oak Hill). CBE is providing a total of five dinners plus other contributions during the 2015-2016 winter season.
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King Mohammed VI of Morocco’s late grandfather, Mohammed V, posthumously received the inaugural Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.-Rabbi Abraham Heschel Award in a ceremony attended by hundreds on Dec. 20 at B’nai Jeshurun Congregation in New York City. Initiated this year by KIVUNIM: The Institute for World Jewish Studies, the award honors King Mohammed V for protecting Morocco’s 250,000 Jews from discrimination and annihilation in the early 1940s, when Morocco was a French protectorate occupied by the pro-Nazi Vichy forces. Pictured: Princess Lalla Hassna, King Mohammed VI’s sister, accepts the award on behalf of her late grandfather. Photo courtesy of Moroccan American Center
King Mohammed VI of Morocco’s late grandfather, Mohammed V, posthumously received the inaugural Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.-Rabbi Abraham Heschel Award in a ceremony attended by hundreds on Dec. 20 at B’nai Jeshurun Congregation in New York City. Initiated this year by KIVUNIM: The Institute for World Jewish Studies, the award honors King Mohammed V for protecting Morocco’s 250,000 Jews from discrimination and annihilation in the early 1940s, when Morocco was a French protectorate occupied by the pro-Nazi Vichy forces. Pictured: Princess Lalla Hassna, King Mohammed VI’s sister, accepts the award on behalf of her late grandfather.
Photo courtesy of Moroccan American Center
Karen Milgram, Janice Klein, Ari Shulsky, Evan Meyer, and Miriam Goldsmith are all smiles at the 22nd Annual Gefilte Fish Gala on Dec. 23 at Capitale in Washington. The annual event raises money for Sharsheret, a Jewish breast cancer nonprofit, and collects canned goods and clothing for Stepping Stones Shelter. The event is sponsored by the Jewish Sports and Social Network and ProsintheCity.Photo provided
Karen Milgram, Janice Klein, Ari Shulsky, Evan Meyer, and Miriam Goldsmith are all smiles at the 22nd Annual Gefilte Fish Gala on Dec. 23 at Capitale in Washington. The annual event raises money for Sharsheret, a Jewish breast cancer nonprofit, and collects canned goods and clothing for Stepping Stones Shelter. The event is sponsored by the Jewish Sports and Social Network and ProsintheCity.
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