Jewish American Heritage Month Enters Sixth Year

Following on the tail of Yom Ha’atzmaut (Israeli Independence Day,) I’m expecting U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.)’s annual press release for the stateside Jews any day now! Meanwhile, I’ve gone digging myself through my grad school’s digital archive to contribute a little something—an image of the yearbook page from the first anum where Hillel [...]

Read Full Post »

Local DC Shots for Purim 5772!

Happy belated Purim! Wasn’t able to get out much, unfortunately, due to school, so I decided to show a more unique side to the local offerings for Purim. Photos include from Adas Israel’s Rose Ruth Freudberg Memorial Sisterhood Library, GatherTheJews, Washington Jewish Week, and The Jewish Historical Society of Greater Washington. Hope you enjoy! Also [...]

Read Full Post »

Simchat Torah in the District for 5772!

As our autumn Jewish holidays continue to roll along we stop to commemorate Simchat Torah, a celebratory day that immediately proceeds Sukkot. This holiday traditionally details the receiving of the Torah on Mount Sinai, leaving descendants for many years to come to celebrate the Jewish way…late night study parties!! Oh yeah! Today, festivities are more [...]

Read Full Post »

L’Shanah Tova 5772!

I feel like I’ve already said this a few times but now it’s a new Jewish year and a new secular month, so L’shanah tova!Hope everyone had a sweet new year filled with apples and honey and the rest of it. If you want to keep up on your local Jewish news for the year [...]

Read Full Post »

DC, MD and VA JCCs Celebrate Israel with Day-Long Programming

No matter where you live in the Greater Washington area, you were probably close to an “Israel@63″ Yom Ha’atzmaut celebration last Sunday, which happened to be Lag B’Omer. Three JCCs—the Washington, DC Jewish Community Center, the Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington, and the Jewish Community Center of Northern Virginia worked in conjunction last Sunday [...]

Read Full Post »

Washington Jewish Week Changes Ownership Hands–And Editors

Earlier this week, Debra Rubin, the long-time editor of The Washington Jewish Week, was let go from her position when the paper changed business hands from Florida-based HarborPoint Media to local businessmen with considerable ties to the Jewish Federation of Greater Washington. Sources suggest that she may have lost her job due to negative coverage [...]

Read Full Post »