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✡️ “He really loved and appreciated the D.C.-area Jewish community,” said Jill Gottesman, who has two brothers, David an...
06/20/2026

✡️ “He really loved and appreciated the D.C.-area Jewish community,” said Jill Gottesman, who has two brothers, David and Gerald. “He felt like his work and volunteering were in service to it.”

Joseph Ernest Gottesman would linger after Shabbat services at Congregation Beth El in Bethesda, talking with people long after others had headed home.

🇦🇱 “Besa is a core value that still matters in everyday life here,” said 11th-grader Amelia Miftari, 17. “During the Hol...
06/20/2026

🇦🇱 “Besa is a core value that still matters in everyday life here,” said 11th-grader Amelia Miftari, 17. “During the Holocaust, when Albanians risked their own lives to help the Jews, it wasn’t only a custom but a moral choice — a promise to act with humanity and courage.”

Sixteen-year-old Melisa Malo, a 10th-grader at the Gjimnazi Sami Frashëri here, first learned about the Holocaust four years ago when she attended an Albanian-language stage performance of “The Diary of Anne Frank.”

06/19/2026

Planned talks between the United States and Iran in Switzerland were canceled on Friday after U.S. Vice President JD Vance postponed a trip to meet Iranian negotiators, amid mounting tensions over the fragile ceasefire in Lebanon.

06/19/2026

Jewish and interfaith projects focusing on studying American history like the Talmud are putting an inclusive spin on AMERICA250.

📜✒️ Temple Beth Ami’s Rabbi Emeritus Jack Luxemburg filled in the final letters of the community’s new Torah. On June 5,...
06/19/2026

📜✒️ Temple Beth Ami’s Rabbi Emeritus Jack Luxemburg filled in the final letters of the community’s new Torah. On June 5, the TBA community dedicated its new Torah and celebrated Rabbi Luxemburg’s 50th anniversary in the rabbinate.

Temple Beth Ami’s Rabbi Emeritus Jack Luxemburg filled in the final letters of the community’s new Torah. On June 5, the TBA community dedicated its new Torah and celebrated Rabbi Luxemburg’s 50th anniversary in the rabbinate.

🌈🍞 Members of Temple Micah’s Beytenu gathered to braid and bake rainbow challah for Pride Month, honoring Jewish culinar...
06/19/2026

🌈🍞 Members of Temple Micah’s Beytenu gathered to braid and bake rainbow challah for Pride Month, honoring Jewish culinary traditions and values.

Members of Temple Micah’s Beytenu gathered to braid and bake rainbow challah for Pride Month, honoring Jewish culinary traditions and values.

🕍 Community members celebrated the 150th anniversary of the Capital Jewish Museum’s historic synagogue at an opening rec...
06/19/2026

🕍 Community members celebrated the 150th anniversary of the Capital Jewish Museum’s historic synagogue at an opening reception of a new permanent installation exploring 150 years of Jewish history and community.

Community members celebrated the 150th anniversary of the Capital Jewish Museum’s historic synagogue at an opening reception of a new permanent installation exploring 150 years of Jewish history and community.

🪩 Washington Hebrew Congregation kicked off Pride Month with its annual Pride Shabbat, joining in prayer, song and commi...
06/19/2026

🪩 Washington Hebrew Congregation kicked off Pride Month with its annual Pride Shabbat, joining in prayer, song and commitment as the community recognized its growing LGBTQ+ community.

Washington Hebrew Congregation kicked off Pride Month with its annual Pride Shabbat, joining in prayer, song and commitment as the community recognized its growing LGBTQ+ community.

✨🏳️‍🌈 Members of Bet Mishpachah gathered at the Edlavitch DCJCC for a Pride Shabbat happy hour with an open bar, communi...
06/19/2026

✨🏳️‍🌈 Members of Bet Mishpachah gathered at the Edlavitch DCJCC for a Pride Shabbat happy hour with an open bar, community and joyful conversation followed by a Shabbat service.

Members of Bet Mishpachah gathered at the Edlavitch DCJCC for a Pride Shabbat happy hour with an open bar, community and joyful conversation followed by a Shabbat service.

🏫 Students at Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School held one last morning meeting and celebrated Moving Up Day on their las...
06/19/2026

🏫 Students at Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School held one last morning meeting and celebrated Moving Up Day on their last day of school June 12.

Students at Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School held one last morning meeting and celebrated Moving Up Day on their last day of school June 12.

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