Kehilat Shalom Celebrates ‘50-Plus-Two’

Before Kehilat Shalom opened in 1971, Gaithersburg was still, as its Wikipedia pages describes it, “a rural farm town.” But after a period of...

Ladies and Gents, it’s the Grayden Goldman Bar Mitzvah Show!

Bimah — the focal point of the synagogue where the Torah is read and the rabbi stands — means “stage.” In December, 13-year-old Grayden Goldman...

Birth

Rose Victoria Altman Rose Victoria Altman (Ayelet bat Binyamin v’Tikvah) was born on May 19. Rose is the daughter of Trina Mizrahi and Benjamin Altman,...

B’nai Mitzvah

Evan Benjamin Silberglied Evan Benjamin Silberglied (Ezra Binyamin), son of Steve Silberglied and Gail Ravnitzky Silberglied, became a bar mitzvah at B’nai Israel Congregation on...

Friedland 40th

Melissa and Robert Friedland will celebrate their 40th wedding anniversary on Aug. 7. They met in D.C. in 1981 while attending medical and graduate...

Bottle dancers bring the simchah

Justin Regan | Special to WJW Before going any further, Michael Pasternak would like to answer the question that’s already on your mind. “They are truly...

Ochs joins OneTable education advisory board

Rabbi Vanessa Ochs, a professor at the University of Virginia, has joined the advisory board of One Table, a national nonprofit that empowers young...

Daphne Feigin named Bronfman Fellow

Daphne Feigin of Vienna is one of 26 high school juniors from across North America chosen as a Bronfman Fellow. The group will participate...

Bat mitzvah Eve Berger Eve (Chava Gabriela), daughter of Liz and Jon Berger, was called to the Torah at B’nai Israel, in Wilmington, N.C., on April...

The best part of Moroccan Jewish weddings?

By Britt Jacobson As a member of a big fat Moroccan Jewish family, I attended many, many weddings as a child. My favorite memories were...