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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,...
Supreme Court justices John Roberts, Elena Kagan and Stephen Breyer

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...
Wordle in Hebrew and Yiddish

Does Wordle have you ‘farblundget’? Try these Hebrew and Yiddish versions

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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,...
Baltimore Jewish Council with Gov. Larry Hogan

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...
Campers at J Camps

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...
Monica Stewart and Donna Friedman

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,...
SWAT team members deploy near the Congregation Beth Israel Synagogue in Colleyville, Texas

All Texas synagogue hostages ‘out alive and safe’ after harrowing 12-hour standoff

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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...
Sen. Ben Cardin

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,...
David Ben Moshe

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...