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Georgetown Football Player Inks NIL Deal with Blue Square
Today’s college athletics look different than ever before.
Among recent developments are Name, Image and Likeness deals, commonly referred to as NIL.
NIL allows a player...
Opinion
D’var Torah: The Meaning of the Mezuzah
By Rabbi Geri Newburge
This week’s Torah portion is Re’eh: Deuteronomy 11:26 — 16:17
Earlier in Deuteronomy we read the instruction to “write them upon the...
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Sterling’s Sarah Moldover Brings Guitar, Jewish Joy to Beth Emeth
Sarah Moldover’s mom and brother regularly lead services at Congregation Beth Emeth. Her mom, dad and older brother serve as gabbaim for Saturday morning...
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Last Word
Potomac’s Michelle Bronzo Helps People Navigate Loss, Reconnect to Judaism
It’s not every day that chocolate popping candy and grief counseling go together, but in this Potomac therapist’s office, that’s part of healing for...
Food & Dining
Buying Kosher Wine Online
By Jules Polonetsky
If you live in one of the major U.S. Jewish population centers, you benefit from kosher wine retailers who will deliver...
Nation and World
Herzl’s Grandparents are Reburied in Jerusalem, Fulfilling Zionist Leader’s Final Wish
Theia Chatelle | JTA
When World Zionist Organization officials working with the Israeli Foreign Ministry opened the grave of Theodor Herzl’s grandfather on July 29...
Arts & Culture
This Clown Eats Bubbles, Cracks Jokes and Helps Israeli Children Recover...
Deborah Danan | JTA
Shorty, the aptly named 4-foot-8-inch medical clown, stood between two young patients riding coin-operated toy cars in the lobby of Tel...
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Meet the North American Families Who Are Moving to Israel Right Now
By Peter Ephross
At first glance, the recent celebration outside a northern New Jersey synagogue looked a lot like a bar or bat mitzvah party. Dance...
More Than a GPA: Inside the Movement to End Letter Grades in Jewish Education
By Debra Rubin
At least three times each school year, middle school pupils at the Oakland Hebrew Day School write divrei Torah, or essays on a...
How Teachers Are Harnessing AI to Democratize Israeli Education
By Elana Sztokman
When veteran Israeli educator Meirav Seror asked her high school literature class in Beersheba how they might use artificial intelligence to study for...
These Schools Build Druze Israeli Identity, One Student at a Time
By Elana Sztokman
The front courtyard of the Amal high school in the western Galilee village of Yanuh Jat, with its stone terraces, flower-lined walkways...