3 Years After Oct. 7, Israel has Overhauled the Defense of Gaza Border Communities
Josh Hasten | JNS
The Israel Defense Forces has implemented major changes to the way it protects Israeli communities and residents in the Gaza border...
8 Interesting Events Coming Up in Jewish DMV: Sept. 19-24
Explore these upcoming events in Jewish DMV, from tashlich opportunities to a klezmer concert.
SATURDAY, SEPT. 19
SINS AND S’MORES
Join Congregation Beth El the weekend between...
Commemorating 9/11 With Reverse Tashlich
Sept. 11 marked the first night of Rosh Hashanah and the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks. Students at the University of Maryland...
Dr. Herbert Tanenbaum, Pioneer in Washington Cardiology, Dies at 98
When Dr. Herbert Tanenbaum helped establish Washington, D.C.’s first cardiac catheterization laboratory, the equipment cardiologists take for granted did not exist.
Tanenbaum needed a wire...
Rockville Nonprofit Offers Project-Based Hebrew Learning
The 50-year-old Maryland School for Jewish Education is Montgomery County’s “best-kept secret” in Jewish education, according to MSJE Director Eric Manne.
Housed in Rockville at...
Artifacts From Bygone Polish Shtetl on Display in DC
One of the oldest Jewish communities in Poland was largely wiped out during the Holocaust. Now, some artifacts from the Luboml community are soon...
Judge Shields Silver Spring Synagogue From Gun Restrictions
A federal judge temporarily barred Montgomery County from enforcing its handgun restrictions against the Silver Spring Jewish Center on Sept. 10, just in time...
Hamsa Nomads Hosts Retreats For Rosh Hashanah
Mia Resnicow | Staff Writer
A typical Rosh Hashanah may look like a family meal with round challah bread and attending synagogue services. For Moshe...
Holidays Are a Family Affair at Clarksburg Chabad
The Passover Seder is traditionally centered around the children at the table, and so is the Jewish New Year, according to Rabbi Yossi Kagan.
“Rosh...
Bender JCC Becomes First US Fitness Center to Offer RightHear Accessible Technology
Anyone visiting the Bender JCC in Rockville in the past few weeks probably noticed small blue, white and black stickers all over the building....