3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (96+ words) Rabbi Eli Meir Zaks demonstrates the sounding of the shofar for preschoolers at the Silver Spring Learning Center ahead of Rosh Hashanah. The post Silver Spring Preschoolers Learn About Rosh Hashanah appeared first on Washington Jewish Week. Rabbi Eli Meir…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (129+ words) The Jewish Federation of Greater Washington partnered with Moving Traditions for the DC Teaching Assistant Fellowship, where 36 teen participants will step into a year of leadership skill-building, learning how to be confident leaders in their synagogue communities. The post Jewish…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (1016+ words) Ethel G. Hofman | JNS Rosh Hashanah — the Jewish New Year — falls this year on the evening of Sept. 11: the 25th anniversary of the 2001 terrorist attacks that rocked America and the world. And it’s Shabbat to boot. That means a trifecta of events…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (204+ words) By Rabbi Josh Jacobs-Velde One of my favorite readings for the High Holy Days, one that we have shared for multiple years at our synagogue, comes from the well-known Buddhist teacher Pema Chodron: What I love about this teaching is…...

4+ day, 21+ hour ago   (453+ words) Every election, we are told, is too important for principle. It was an extraordinary formulation, but a familiar political temptation. El-Sayed has now apologized more fully for his response to the March terrorist attack on Temple Israel outside Detroit. After…...

4+ day, 21+ hour ago   (378+ words) An extraordinary procession of Hasidic rebbes and Orthodox leaders descended upon the White House last week, some arriving by private jet, for what was billed as an opportunity to exchange Rosh Hashanah greetings with President Donald Trump. And then, naturally,…...

4+ day, 21+ hour ago   (471+ words) The Ra’am Party is not an obvious place to look for an experiment in Jewish-Arab political partnership. The United Arab List grew out of the southern branch of Israel’s Islamic Movement and historically represented conservative Muslim Arab voters. Its leader,…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago   (302+ words) Can Our Democracy Survive the Challenge? The op-ed by David Butler “When Technology Outpaces Democracy” (Aug. 20) represents an important appeal to the American electorate to become aware of the dangers of our changed culture. Having made a strong case for…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago   (282+ words) By David J. Benger Same meal. Same neighbors. Different rules. On Aug. 25, the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel concluded that this arrangement is not merely strange. It is unconstitutional. The Office of Legal Counsel is the component of the Justice…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago   (608+ words) In 1897, more than 200 Jewish delegates from 17 countries (including five Americans) gathered in Basel, Switzerland, for three days—from Aug. 29 to Aug. 31—for an audacious purpose: to transform the ancient Jewish longing for Zion into an organized political movement. Convened by…...