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The Sweet Dishes of Shavuot
1+ hour, 24+ min ago (1055+ words) Ethel G. Hofman | JNS Historically, Shavuot is the celebration of the giving of the Ten Commandments to Moses at Mount Sinai, beginning seven weeks after the first day of Passover. Agriculturally, it commemorates the time when the first fruits were harvested…...
Abraham Foxman, Transformative Longtime Director of the Anti-Defamation League, Dies at 86
1+ hour, 23+ min ago (770+ words) Ron Kampeas | JTA Abraham Foxman, the longtime leader of the Anti-Defamation League who for decades was the last word in post-Holocaust Jewish fury and forgiveness, has died at 86. Foxman, a child survivor of the Holocaust, could be scathing and trenchant…...
Georgetown Law Graduation Speaker Backs Out After Students Protest His "Controversial, Zionist and Harmful Opinions
2+ hour, 34+ min ago (486+ words) Jackie Hajdenberg | JTA A pro-Israel Jewish economist and former university president will no longer speak at Georgetown University Law School's graduation after stepping down from the speaking engagement following student criticism. Instead, graduating students and their families will hear from…...
This Jewish Feminist Has Been the NYC's Sanitation Department's Official Artist for 50 Years. A New Movie Tells Her Story.
1+ hour, 43+ min ago (798+ words) Jackie Hajdenberg | JTA In 1976, deep in New York City's fiscal crisis, the artist Mierle Laderman Ukeles read a review of her conceptual work in the Village Voice. In his review, critic David Bourdon made a radical suggestion inspired by Ukeles…...
Rabbi Aderet Drucker Honored With Impossible Dream Award
51+ min ago (792+ words) Rabbi Aderet Drucker has long served the Jewish community, from New York to northern California, and, most recently, the Washington, D. C. , area. "She's a community builder," Philip Margolius, president of the Phyllis Margolius Family Foundation, said of the Bethesda-based rabbi. "She's…...
After Long Path to Judaism, Rockville's Rabbi Emily Howard Meyer Spreads Jewish Wisdom
1+ hour, 11+ min ago (1066+ words) Rabbi Emily Howard Meyer wears many hats in the DMV Jewish community " rabbi-in-residence, spiritual leader, artist, educator, musician and business owner. She's taught herself Hebrew, worked as a cantorial soloist, taught religious school music, officiated Jewish lifecycle events, volunteered at…...
Remember When: Antisemitic Acts: Past And Present
1+ hour, 3+ min ago (266+ words) On May 6, Washington Jewish Week reported antisemitic vandalism found at a public elementary school in Montgomery County " a trend the Jewish community knows all too well. In the May 6-12, 1982, issue of The Jewish Week, the vandalism was even closer to…...
A Best-Selling Novelist Identified a Minor Character as Israeli. Some Fans Are Canceling Their Orders.
1+ hour, 51+ min ago (719+ words) Jackie Hajdenberg | JTA A bestselling author is facing a flurry of anger from fans after advance copies of her upcoming novel identified a character as Israeli " a move that her critics say advances "normalization" of a country they oppose. Rebecca…...
100 Years of Edlavitch DCJCC
41+ min ago (1095+ words) The Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center's historic building opened on the corner of 16th and Q Streets NW in 1926, making this year its centennial. Located in the Dupont Circle neighborhood of Washington, D. C. , the EDCJCC is home to arts programming, Jewish learning,…...
Washington Jewish Week Wins 8 MDDC Press Association Awards
7+ hour, 47+ min ago (255+ words) Washington Jewish Week had a strong showing at the Maryland-Delaware-D. C. Press Association's annual editorial and design awards ceremony on May 8 in Annapolis, winning eight awards. The MDDC Press Association's annual contest, which this year featured nearly 1, 600 entries in 86 categories, recognizes…...