4+ day, 2+ hour ago  (616+ words) Andrew Lapin | JTA Dozens of anti-Zionist and non-Zionist Jewish authors are criticizing the Jewish Book Council, a historic literary group, for what they said was a "bias toward centering Israeli and Zionist voices" and "narrowing its vision to a Zionist…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago  (735+ words) Sephardic Heritage International DC's 12th annual Mimouna " a Moroccan Jewish celebration marking the end of Passover " took on a renewed sense of importance amid the current war in Iran, according to SHIN DC's founding director. The April 12 festival included live performances…...

6+ day, 4+ hour ago  (561+ words) A rabbi and historian based in Jerusalem will be in town to headline Magen David Sephardic Congregation's mid-April Shabbaton. Rabbi Ken Spiro is a senior lecturer and researcher for Aish Ha Torah in Jerusalem. He is also a licensed tour…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (716+ words) The argument has become almost mechanical. "I am not an antisemite. I am anti-Zionist." It is repeated so often, with such confidence, that it has begun to function like a shield. Like a linguistic escape hatch, a way to redirect…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (795+ words) Shira Li Bartov | JTA As World War II raged in Europe, Friedrich Torberg, an Austrian Jew who fled for the United States in 1940, imagined what was befalling the Jews he left behind. Torberg recorded his image of a German concentration…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (226+ words) Rabbi Dr. Rebecca Joseph This week's Torah portion is Shemini: Leviticus 9: 1 " 11: 47 What is it about not eating pigs that holds so much power emotionally, morally and symbolically? Parashat Shemini introduces the laws of animals permitted and forbidden to the Israelites…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (826+ words) The founding members of a fledgling adult Jewish choir in Washington already knew one another from the community. They were just missing the Jewish choral group. "I love to sing, and I love the experience of making harmonies with other…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (835+ words) Rabbi Avi Strausberg was always drawn to Judaism, but didn't find "her people" and calling as a Jewish educator until a post-college program. She described Adamah, a residential fellowship in Connecticut, as a turning point in her Jewish life, "in…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (66+ words) B'nai Israel Takes Bus Tour Down "Memory Lane' for Centennial'Washington Jewish Week Members of B'nai Israel Congregation took a bus tour down "memory lane" in honor of the shul's centennial, visiting its past three locations in Washington, D. C. , including what is…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (61+ words) Washington Jewish Week Community members enjoyed drinks, a brief Torah discussion and time to socialize at Sudhouse DC for Torah on Tap, a happy hour organized by Kesher Israel and Moishe Houses Columbia Heights and Arlington. Save my name, email,…...