Following in her footsteps
This year marks the 50th anniversary of Rabbi Sally Priesand’s graduation from the Hebrew Union College-Institute of Religion’s rabbinical school. Today, an ordinary achievement,...
Jewish Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is retiring
Stephen Breyer, the oldest justice on the Supreme Court and one of its minority of three liberal justices, is set to retire, multiple reports...
Does Wordle have you ‘farblundget’? Try these Hebrew and Yiddish versions
By Michelle Krasovitski
There’s a good chance that when you logged on to Facebook today, you were met with tweets showing off grids of yellow,...
Groups push aid for the disadvantaged during Md. legislative session
By Leenika Belfield-Martin
Maryland lawmakers have headed back to the statehouse for the 2022 session, and local advocacy groups are right behind them, making sure...
Camp programs respond to emerging mental and emotional health needs of campers
While the COVID-19 pandemic has given summer camps ample opportunity to practice keeping campers safe from illness and looking after their physical health, are...
School nurses reflect on nearly two years of COVID
When Jane Brophy, head nurse at Milton Gottesman Jewish Day School of the Nation’s Capital, gets home from work, she puts down her bag,...
All Texas synagogue hostages ‘out alive and safe’ after harrowing 12-hour standoff
By Ron Kampeas and Andrew Lapin
Update:
All four hostages at a synagogue in the Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas area were declared “out alive and safe” by...
In online event, lawmakers reflect on Jan. 6 riot
By Leenika Belfield-Martin
Six days into 2021, as the nation was wrestling with the effects of an ongoing pandemic and the economic issues that followed,...
Baltimore native ends hunger strike for Israeli citizenship
David Ben Moshe, a Baltimore native, has been trying to become an Israeli citizen for over three years now.
On Jan. 3, he began a...
An adaptable feast: Jewish restaurants change with the times
Before the pandemic hit, Accents Grill, one of the kosher establishments owned by restaurateur Lara Franks, featured an in-store Shabbat carryout deli, offering traditional...