Tourism may be down by 76% in Israel since last summer, but that did not deter many from the D.C., area from traveling there this summer.| Washington Jewish Week
Almost two years after Chabad of Bethesda announced its purchase of a neighboring property and beginning an expansion, the second phase of the project is getting underway.| Washington Jewish Week
Are the concepts of justice and war incompatible? We might think so, but the Torah does not. This week’s parashah, Shoftim, means “judges,”| Washington Jewish Week
For more than a week, Israel has been carrying out large-scale military raids in the occupied West Bank, where the decades-long conflict with some elements of the Palestinian population has worsened since the outbreak of the war in Gaza.| Washington Jewish Week
Heather, a Richard Montgomery High School senior, is still upset with the hateful Jewish stereotypes she encountered during her run for student government last year.| Washington Jewish Week
As Democratic Party delegates and activists leave Chicago after the national convention, college students are returning to campuses.| Washington Jewish Week
Moshe Lavi didn’t believe in love until he saw it happen to his sister. Since Oct. 7, his brother-in-law has been held hostage in Gaza by Hamas, and Lavi is traveling the country to share his family’s story despite waning energy and hope.| Washington Jewish Week
National political party conventions are carefully orchestrated rituals with a singular goal: to promote party unity in support of the party’s nominees in a presidential election.| Washington Jewish Week
Israel’s National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has a plan. And he is doing everything he can to execute his plan before he is either thrown out of the government or the ruling coalition of which he is a part collapses.| Washington Jewish Week
Several Silver Spring teens were among the nearly 1,000 Jewish students who traveled to Israel in July through NCSY’s first summer program since Oct. 7.| Washington Jewish Week