2+ hour, 49+ min ago   (841+ words) Gil Preuss, CEO of the Jewish Federation of Greater Washington, recently returned from a weeklong trip to Georgia, Ukraine and Poland more optimistic than he expected. Preuss was part of a 15-member delegation sponsored by the Joint Distribution Committee. The…...

7+ hour, 45+ min ago   (776+ words) Rabbi Doug Heifetz briefly took a step back from the full-time rabbinate to pursue metalsmithing and art. Now he’s back at the pulpit, this time at Kol Ami: Northern Virginia Reconstructionist Community in Arlington. “I never left [congregational life] completely…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (708+ words) On July 15, about 18 vegans, vegetarians or vegan-curious community members filled the room at Rooted3, a plant-based restaurant in Bethesda, to discuss how veganism ties into Jewish tradition. Jewish Vegan Life’s Tikkun Circle has seen success in Montreal and Los Angeles, so…...

1+ week, 1+ hour ago   (952+ words) It is said that seven is Judaism’s most sacred number. It’s also the number of years Rabbi Aaron Potek served Sixth & I Historic Synagogue in the nation’s capital as its rabbi, then later, senior rabbi and director of Jewish life....

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (834+ words) Last summer, Rabbi Fabián Werbin took a delegation of Kol Shalom members to his home country of Argentina. Earlier this year, the Rockville synagogue hosted an educational program on Latin American Jewish literature. Suffice it to say, the Kol Shalom…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (790+ words) As a teenager, Rabbi Gary Pokras wanted nothing to do with religion. He begrudgingly accompanied his parents to High Holidays services at the shul, but skipped other Friday nights. Pokras said he felt like an outsider growing up Jewish in…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (814+ words) At first glance, the recent celebration outside a northern New Jersey synagogue looked a lot like a bar or bat mitzvah party. Dance music blared from the speakers, many of the men wore kippahs and there was enough food coming…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (722+ words) For one Shabbat out of the year, attendees at Temple Beth Torah aren’t dressed in typical Friday night attire. They’re wearing shorts. Shabbat in Shorts has been a summer tradition at the Chantilly Reform synagogue since before Rabbi Lauren Laird…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (93+ words) Washington Hebrew Congregation’s Leila Gordon and Rabbi Eliana Fischel visited Capital Camps to say hello to some WHC campers. The post WHC Staff Pay a Visit to Capital Camps appeared first on Washington Jewish Week. Washington Hebrew Congregation’s Leila Gordon…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (204+ words) The incoming class includes 25 students in the seminary’s campus-based program and 16 in its Virtual Pathway, representing 35 communities across the United States. The college operates campuses in New York, Los Angeles and Jerusalem. The students began their studies on June 28 with…...