In Virginia, an interfaith coalition fights to get non-Christian holidays on school calendars
How Jewish, Muslim, and Hindu community leaders in the state’s biggest county are working together to get days off for minority religious holidays.
After year of isolation, fully vaccinated grandparents head to in-person Passover seders
What it’s like to hug and kiss grandkids after a ‘lost year’ of masking and distancing. ‘We’re going to start living,’ said one grandma.
A conversation with Jewish disability rights advocate Judy Heumann
How Jewish communities can use lessons learned amid the pandemic to better embrace their disabled members.
‘Mentsch of the highest order’: Jewish teen helps register hundreds for vaccine
Benjamin Kagan, 14, spends up to 10 hours a day helping those in need access a vaccine.
Purim as a Jewish ‘National Coming Out Day’: What the holiday means for LGBTQ Jews
Purim, some Jewish scholars argue, can ‘queer’ our understanding of what Torah is and what tradition is asking of us.
90-year-old Jewish woman walked six miles in snow to get vaccine
In an interview after her now-famous hike, Fran Goldman reveals the lesson she hopes people take from her journey.
Israeli environmentalist nominated for Nobel Peace Prize by more than a dozen countries
Yosef Abramowitz, the CEO of Energiya Global, is bringing solar power to the African continent.
Jewish college students volunteer to help local seniors register for vaccine
GW’s Hillel and the DCJCC saw an opportunity for service. Three weeks later, 105 older adults are vaccinated.
‘I get 3 New Years!’: Chinese American Jews celebrate third New Year in six months
For Lunar New Year Shabbat, we asked four Asian American Jews what the holiday means to them.