The Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism contingent at the Capital Pride Parade on June 14 in Washington. Photo courtesy of The Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism
Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) readies a toast for Alan Gross at the JCRC of Greater Washington’s annual gala on June 17 at Beth Sholom Congregation and Talmud Torah in Potomac. Anthony Marill Photography
Charles E. Smith Life Communities announced the appointment of Bruce J. Lederman as senior vice president, chief operating officer. His appointment follows a nationwide search to fill the vacancy left by the retirement of Pat Carter in March. Photo courtesy of Charles E. Smith Life Communities
The Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies marks its 30th anniversary this month. To celebrate, Schechter’s international leadership traveled to Israel. One of the members of the anniversary mission was Marilyn Wind of Bethesda, pictured, an activist in the national Conservative movement and a founding president of Kol Shalom in Rockville. Photo courtesy of The Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies
Andy Finke, DC Central Kitchen chief operating officer, and Glenn Katz, vice president and general manager of Comcast Business Enterprise Services and DC Central Kitchen board member, both members of the Beth Sholom synagogue, co-hosted a fundraiser for DC Central Kitchen on Sunday, June 7. The event raised over $4,500 for DC Central Kitchen. Pictured left to right: Finke, Katz, Anand Shantam, culinary instructor at DC Central Kitchen and graduate of DC Central Kitchen’s Culinary Job Training Program and Michael F. Curtin, Jr., chief executive officer at DC Central Kitchen. Photo courtesy of DC Central Kitchen
Gesher LaTorah, the oldest religious special needs program of its kind in the United States, held its gala banquet on June 2 at Greengate Jewish Center hall in Baltimore. Photo by Esky Cook
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum hosted the film premiere of National Geographic Channel’s Anne Frank’s Holocaust on June 14. About 350 attendees viewed the advanced screening and heard from documentary filmmaker Erik Nelson and Suzy Snyder, Museum arts and artifacts curator. U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum
On June 9, Adas Israel celebrated the 139th anniversary of the congregation’s historic 1876 synagogue, now the home of the Lillian & Albert Small Jewish Museum. Pictured left to right: D.C. Council members Elissa Silverman (I-At Large), Jack Evans (D-Ward 2), Brianne Nadeau (D-Ward 1) and Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser (D). Photo courtesy of Jewish Historical Society of Greater Washington
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