Surviving the Holocaust through a child’s eyes
When she was a child, Sabina Katz was in one of the last groups of children to safely leave Danzig, Germany, on a Kindertransport...
Cruising through cuisine with Tripping Kosher
By Leenika Belfield-Martin
Imagine munching on some tasty tacos in L.A. on Monday, then chowing down on some Cantonese in Las Vegas on Wednesday. That’s...
How is Holocaust commemoration changing?
Thursday marked the 77th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp, commemorated by the United Nations since 2005 as International Holocaust Remembrance...
Tennessee school board removes ‘Maus,’ iconic Holocaust book, from its curriculum
By Philissa Cramer
A Tennessee school board voted unanimously to remove “Maus,” Art Spiegelman’s graphic memoir about his father’s Holocaust experience, from its curriculum after...
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,...
