Local synagogue vandalized- community comes together

Antisemitism reared it’s ugly head on Monday morning as B’nai Shalom congregation in Olney was found painted with hateful graffiti, The Washington Jewish Week reported. With such touches as swastikas, Nazi slogans in both English and German, and coins scattered along the ground, possibly a reference to the money-grubbing Jews stereotype, the shul’s president believes [...]

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Time for a Re-Brand

It’s not exactly as dramatic as all of that, but recent events have nudged me to take into account where I am, and what I want to gain from my Internet presence. To that effect, I’ve switched up my professional page/blog to rachelmauro.net, and over here, did an edit of the About Me page. Times [...]

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Holocaust Museum Shooter Dies in Prison Hospital

James Von Brunn, accused gunman in the June 10 attack on the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, which resulted in the death of security guard Stephen Johns, died earlier today, according to newspaper reports. The 89-year-old white supremacist, wounded in the shooting, had been in a Bunter, N.C. federal prison for psychological examination. The reason [...]

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Electro Morocco and DJ Balagan caters to young adults at the Washington Jewish Music Festival

It was a night of Middle Eastern-styled ballads and Israeli hip hop Wednesday at Station 9. Dozens of young professionals, still largely donned in their work clothes, came down to U Street to hear a concert by Electro Morocco and then dance to the styles of DJ Balagan, as sponsored by J-on-Demand and Shemspeed. It [...]

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