News

Israeli National Baseball Team logo

Israeli-Big Train baseball game skirts Tisha B’Av

By Lexi Gopin The Israeli National Baseball Team, as part of its preparation for the Tokyo Olympics, will stop in Rockville on July 18 to...
Oseh Shalom’s biblical garden

Rabbinic intern to bring the great outdoors to Oseh Shalom Synagogue

  Oseh Shalom Synagogue in Laurel is always looking for ways to be more environmentally friendly. Last fall, Rabbi Daria Jacobs-Velde decided to bring on a...
Neal Bendesky running

‘Never too late’: Athlete promoter goes on weight-loss journey

By Shannon Levitt By the time Neal Bendesky had his bar mitzvah, he knew that as much as he loved sports, he was better suited...

Pearlstone announces merger with Hazon

Pearlstone and Hazon, a national Jewish environmental organization, are merging, Pearlstone announced in an email. "This is a merger of two strong organizations that now...
Rabbi Craig Axler, bottom, during a pre-pandemic cooking class with the Temple Isaiah Sisterhood

Who let Rabbi Craig Axler in the kitchen?

In one memorable class of Rabbi Craig Axler’s cooking class series, “Who let the rabbi in the kitchen,” Axler demonstrated his grandmother’s mushroom barley...

Joel Frankel is ready to lead a new community

During his drive from St. Louis, Mo., to his new home in Columbia, Joel Frankel, the new executive director of the Jewish Federation of...
Pool party at the JCC

JCC celebrates the Fourth of July with a pool party

Brightly colored Italian ice; red, white and blue decorations; kids splashing in the pool; and, most importantly, crowds of people together again after a...
Sue Bird

Tokyo Olympics: All the Jewish athletes to watch

By Emily Burack The 2020 Tokyo Olympics are finally happening, a full year after they were planned. And yes, they’re still being called the 2020...

Swastikas spray-painted on headstones of Jewish cemeteries

More than a dozen separate headstones or monuments have been desecrated with spray-painted swastikas at the German Hill Road Jewish Cemeteries, according to JMORE....
The Abrahamic House’s inaugural Los Angles cohort

Abrahamic House brings its brand of coexistence to DC

Picture four young adults of four different faiths sharing one house for one year. That’s not the premise of a new reality TV show....