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Har Shalom Hosts Back to Shul Bash
3+ day, 23+ hour ago (144+ words) The Congregation Har Shalom community kicked off a new school year with a Back to Shul Bash Aug. 23. Attendees enjoyed music, games, inflatables, arts and crafts, food and an opportunity to give back to the community: baking challah loaves for…...
Milton Kindergarteners Visit Kindness Quilt They Made Last Year
3+ day, 23+ hour ago (148+ words) Last year’s preschool students visited Milton Gottesman Jewish Day School’s South Campus admissions office to see the kindness quilt they designed displayed on the wall. Each student created a square representing ways they can show kindness as part of their…...
The ‘Whys’ of the High Holidays
1+ week, 4+ day ago (979+ words) Rabbi Jason Kimelman-Block thinks of High Holiday services almost like an opera. Some attendees study an opera ahead of the performance because there’s often “a lot happening” in the plot. “By studying it and learning, [services] will be a more…...
ADL DC Announces Parent, Caregiver Group
1+ week, 5+ day ago (846+ words) Many efforts that aim to counter antisemitism center on college campuses. Now, the D.C. office of the Anti-Defamation League has launched a program for parents and caregivers of K-12 students. “A lot of attention has been paid over the past few years…...
At New Netanya Surf Therapy Center, Israelis Learn to Fall and Get Back Up
3+ week, 2+ day ago (1051+ words) Sasha Silber | JNS Avi’s first surf therapy session did not begin with a wave. It began with a question: How does the sea make you feel? Then the 22-year-old and the others went into the water, climbed onto their boards…...
D'var Torah: The Wayward Son and Our Effects on Others
3+ week, 4+ day ago (400+ words) By Rabbi Eric L. Abbott This week’s Torah portion is Ki Teitzei: Deuteronomy 21:10 — 25:19 As a father to young children, I often contemplate the way they see me interact with others. How do I speak to the waiter at a restaurant? Am…...
Magician Wows at Camp Ahava
3+ week, 6+ day ago (100+ words) Campers at Camp Ahava were amazed by Turley the Magician, who wowed everyone at Silver Spring Learning Center with magic tricks and sleight of hand. The post Magician Wows at Camp Ahava appeared first on Washington Jewish Week. Campers at…...