Celebrations and Community

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Suzanne Pollak
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A weeklong Chamber Musical Festival recently took place at Charles E. Smith Life Communities in Rockville. Staff musician-in-residence Lauren Latessa and three visiting musicians led a series of open rehearsals, lectures and performances that provided the artists and residents an opportunity to explore music together. The celebration was capped off with a public performance at Ring House on Dec. 17. Pictured from left, are Isabella Mensz, violist based in New Haven, Conn.; Ealain McMullin, violinist and co-director of the Newport (R.I.) String Project; Lauren Latessa, cellist and musician-in-residence at Charles E. Smith Life Communities; and EmmaLee Holmes-Hicks, violinist and co-director of the Newport String Project.Photo courtesy of Charles E. Smith Life Communities
A weeklong Chamber Musical Festival recently took place at Charles E. Smith Life Communities in Rockville. Staff musician-in-residence Lauren Latessa and three visiting musicians led a series of open rehearsals, lectures and performances that provided the artists and residents an opportunity to explore music together. The celebration was capped off with a public performance at Ring House on Dec. 17. Pictured from left, are Isabella Mensz, violist based in New Haven, Conn.; Ealain McMullin, violinist and co-director of the Newport (R.I.) String Project; Lauren Latessa, cellist and musician-in-residence at Charles E. Smith Life Communities; and EmmaLee Holmes-Hicks, violinist and co-director of the Newport String Project.
Photo courtesy of Charles E. Smith Life Communities
The Jewish Community Center of Northern Virginia’s j.dance performance troupe, The Rockdaniot, received first place in the Mini category for ballet and contemporary routines at JUMP Dance Convention in Washington the weekend of Jan. 9-10.Photo courtesy of JCCNV
The Jewish Community Center of Northern Virginia’s j.dance performance troupe, The Rockdaniot, received first place in the Mini category for ballet and contemporary routines at JUMP Dance Convention in Washington the weekend of Jan. 9-10.
Photo courtesy of JCCNV

Celebrations

Orli Yael Pelzman was born Oct. 29 to Dana and Philip Pelzman of Silver Spring at Holy Cross Hospital. Big brothers are Boaz and Shai. Maternal grandparents are Deborah and James Karesh of Chevy Chase. Paternal grandparents are Marianne and Phil Mandel of Milton, Del., and Joseph and Linda Pelzman of Gaithersburg. Orli is named after her paternal great-grandfather, George Rosenberg.Family photo
Orli Yael Pelzman was born Oct. 29 to Dana and Philip Pelzman of Silver Spring at Holy Cross Hospital. Big brothers are Boaz and Shai. Maternal grandparents are Deborah and James Karesh of Chevy Chase. Paternal grandparents are Marianne and Phil Mandel of Milton, Del., and Joseph and Linda Pelzman of Gaithersburg. Orli is named after her paternal great-grandfather, George Rosenberg.
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Isabella Flora Silver became a bat mitzvah in Boca Raton, Fla,. on Dec. 27. The daughter of David and Jennifer Silver, she is a sixth-grader at Cabin John Middle School. Attending the ceremony included her grandmother, Susan Siciliano of Boca Raton, and grandparents Jeanne and John Silver of Rancho Mission Viejo, Calif. Isabella’s older brother, Ian Zachary Silver became a bar mitzvah in Masada, Israel on Dec. 22, 2014.Family photo
Isabella Flora Silver became a bat mitzvah in Boca Raton, Fla,. on Dec. 27. The daughter of David and Jennifer Silver, she is a sixth-grader at Cabin John Middle School. Attending the ceremony included her grandmother, Susan Siciliano of Boca Raton, and grandparents Jeanne and John Silver of Rancho Mission Viejo, Calif. Isabella’s older brother, Ian Zachary Silver became a bar mitzvah in Masada, Israel on Dec. 22, 2014.
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