3+ hour, 31+ min ago  (921+ words) Rabbi Gilah Langner has led Kol Ami: Northern Virginia Reconstructionist Community through a tumultuous decade. She is set to retire this June. "This is now my 10th anniversary, 10 years with the [Kol Ami] community, and this felt like a good moment…...

4+ hour, 32+ min ago  (1414+ words) David Slavnyi knew he was Jewish " he'd checked that box in his exchange student application " but knew nothing about his Judaism until a school year in Montgomery County. The 16-year-old attended High Holidays at a synagogue, celebrated Chanukah with homemade…...

6+ day, 2+ hour ago  (508+ words) Those steeped in truth move with greater confidence because they already know the complexities. By Rabbi Uri Pilichowski or years, I've watched a subtle confusion creep into our schools and communities. What we call "Israel education" is too often advocacy…...

6+ day, 4+ hour ago  (171+ words) By Rabbi Corey Helfand This week's Torah portion is Naso: Numbers 4: 21 " 7: 89 As we enter Shabbat, allow me to offer my own revised version of the Priestly Blessing, drawing on the verses from the Torah, those same verses that were used…...

1+ week, 22+ hour ago  (678+ words) For Senior Rabbi Susan Shankman and Senior Cantor Susan Bortnick, "work wives" just doesn't cut it. The two clergy members have been working side by side at Washington Hebrew Congregation for 25 years now. "I feel so very blessed," the senior…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (962+ words) Rabbi Deborah Bodin Cohen got into writing midrashim " contemporary interpretations of classic stories " when she realized, "These would make a really cool kids" story." The Rockville resident is now the author of more than 20 children"s books with Jewish themes....

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (109+ words) Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School's Dor L'Dor brought generations together for a day of Jewish joy and connection. The post Dor L'Dor Brought Generations Together at CESJDS appeared first on Washington Jewish Week. Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School's Dor L'Dor…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (167+ words) By Rabbi Neil Tow Like so many of us, I love reading books. I enjoy the way the characters" actions help us learn deeper meanings not only about their world, but also our own daily lives and the world we…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (459+ words) By Rabbi David Stav One of the more familiar questions surrounding the holiday of Shavuot focuses on why we seem to celebrate the holiday on the "wrong day." According to the tradition of Chazal, we left Egypt on a Thursday…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (724+ words) The room filled with the sounds of chatter and the rustling of plastic wrappers as half a dozen volunteers packaged challah rolls and assembled Shabbat boxes on May 13. Each of the 100 curated boxes came with a Shabbat guide, electric tealights,…...