http://washingtonjewishweek.com en-us Sun, 19 May 2013 03:16:09 GMT Daily feed of articles http://washingtonjewishweek.com/Main.asp?SectionID=4&SubSectionID=4&ArticleID=19337 Make that step forward, but also take a look back. Local News Fri, 17 May 2013 16:08:00 GMT http://washingtonjewishweek.com/Main.asp?SectionID=4&SubSectionID=4&ArticleID=19336 Anne Frank. Oskar Schindler. Jackie Robinson. Thurgood Marshall. Local News Wed, 15 May 2013 16:24:00 GMT http://washingtonjewishweek.com/Main.asp?SectionID=4&SubSectionID=4&ArticleID=19335 It is common for Orthodox students to take a gap year and study in Israel after graduating from high school, but of course, it is not cheap. Sarah Pollock, a high school junior at the Yeshiva of Greater Washington, has found a way to raise money through the Jewish National Fund's Plant your Way to Israel Program: Sell trees that will be used to rebuild Israel's forests after forest fire damages. Half of the money will go to Pollock and half of the money will go to JNF. Local News Wed, 15 May 2013 16:19:00 GMT http://washingtonjewishweek.com/Main.asp?SectionID=4&SubSectionID=4&ArticleID=19334 A rabbi, a priest and an imam walked into the Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School May 10, and then began to seriously talk to the high school students about "Our Shared Bible." Local News Wed, 15 May 2013 16:13:00 GMT http://washingtonjewishweek.com/Main.asp?SectionID=4&SubSectionID=4&ArticleID=19333 Sixth & I Historic synagogue celebrated Shavuot on Monday evening by hosting actor and filmmaker Josh Radnor (pictured above), best known as Ted on CBS' How I Met Your Mother, as the headline speaker at its alternative Shavuot program, The TEN. Radnor spoke about his Jewish experiences, spiritual growth and thoughts on spiritual philosophy for an enraptured audience of more than 600, even sharing an original prayer. The popular program included mezuzah-making and Shavuot snacks as well as more traditional text studying. Monday also marked the announcement that the synagogue had earned $75,000 to repair and restore its historic stained glass windows in the Partners in Preservation grant competition with other local historic sites for a total of $1 million in disbursed grant money. Local News Wed, 15 May 2013 16:11:00 GMT http://washingtonjewishweek.com/Main.asp?SectionID=4&SubSectionID=4&ArticleID=19330 By 9 a.m. on a Sunday morning a few weeks ago, some 100 Washingtonians, most dressed in Sunday jeans, with some leftover yawns of the night before, pulled up to the Washington DC Jewish Community Center to start their day. While the fitness center is the usual destination at that hour on that day, that weekend the crowd was there to work their minds and spirituality. The event was the first ever "yom iyun" (day of study), "Jews and Power: Ambivalence or Embrace," hosted by Mechon Hadar, an egalitarian educational institution based in New York City that focuses on Jewish practice, Torah study and prayer. Local News Wed, 15 May 2013 14:56:00 GMT http://washingtonjewishweek.com/Main.asp?SectionID=4&SubSectionID=4&ArticleID=19329 The Friends of the Israel Defense Forces Washington, D.C., chapter borrowed a page from reality TV or the old This is Your Life show last week when it surprised a Silver Spring couple by reuniting them with their Israeli soldier son in front of 425 people at the group's annual gala. Local News Wed, 15 May 2013 14:55:00 GMT http://washingtonjewishweek.com/Main.asp?SectionID=4&SubSectionID=4&ArticleID=19316 Following complaints from several Jewish groups and at least one donor, the Newseum abruptly canceled its plans to honor two slain cameramen who were employed by a Hamas affiliate television station. Local News Wed, 15 May 2013 14:13:00 GMT