Dear Friends: There is a lot going on in the world today: the supposed ceasefire in Ukraine for Orthodox Christmas, Damar Hamlin...

Dear Friends: I had never heard the name “Damar Hamlin” until on Monday night I noticed a lot of my Facebook friends posting that they...

Dear Friends: Word came earlier this week that Rep. Jamie Raskin was diagnosed with diffuse large B cell lymphoma. Rep. Raskin said that...

Dear Friends: We received news this morning of the passing of Audrey Komrad, mother or Dr. Mark Komrad, mother-in-law of Hazzan Kim...

Dear Friends: You should already know that services tomorrow morning will be on Zoom only due to weather conditions. As I write this on...

Dear Friends: I want to thank everyone who worked so hard to make the Kiddush and panel discussion last Shabbat so successful and so...

Dear Friends: President Biden signed the “Respect for Marriage Act” yesterday which contains nationwide protections for same-sex and...

Dear Friends: Some of you may have heard me say that I take it as a very high compliment when someone lets me know that they disagree...

Dear Friends: On Monday the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case of 303 Creative vs. Elenis, where a website designer who is an...

Dear Friends: As you know, this coming Shabbat we will honor Andie Epstein with a special Kiddush as she retires after about seven years...

Dear Friends: This coming Shabbat we will honor Andie Epstein with a special Kiddush as she retires after about seven years as our...

Dear Friends: Tomorrow is Thanksgiving. Our office will be closed and our own evening minyan canceled but if you need to pray with a...

Dear Friends: Last Shabbat our member Bruce Levinson gave a very thoughtful Drasha on the Akedah for Parashat VaYera. A video of his talk...

Dear Friends: As you may know, antisemitic graffiti was found Monday morning near the Bethesda Trolley Trail. This is the second time...

Dear Friends: Although the early parts of the book of Genesis by and large do not contain legal material, they contain a lot of stories...

Dear Friends: This Shabbat we read Parashat Vayera, which contains both the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah as well as the Akedah, the...

Dear Friends: As you certainly know, Israel held elections for the Knesset on Tuesday. Pre-election polls predicted that neither the...

Dear Friends: The Supreme Court yesterday heard two combined cases dealing with the question of racial preferences in college admissions...

Dear Friends: Last night after minyan we had a very interesting discussion of the Kanye West situation and what is the best way to combat...

Dear Friends: This past Shabbat our congregant Joel Wasserman gave us an update on the situation in Ukraine and the work he and his...