3+ week, 4+ day ago   (163+ words) At the end of every summer, the Lessans Camp JCC staff gather at the Heart of Gold Ceremony to recognize and celebrate the work of camp counselors and team members. Jeremy Silberglied received the R. Andrew Helgeson Heart of Gold Award....

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (878+ words) Ethel Finn, a longtime Montgomery Village resident who helped build the Jewish community that became Kehilat Shalom in Gaithersburg and later worked for 25 years in social work at Shady Grove Medical Center, died on May 31. She was 85. Finn and her…...

6+ mon, 1+ week ago   (141+ words) On Feb. 28, Jay William Brill of Derwood, Maryland. Beloved partner of the late Deborah Potash Brodie, loving father of Mark David (Renee) Brill and Samantha Michelle (Patrick) McWeeney, dear brother of Gary (Kathy) Brill, cherished grandfather of Rebecca, Jamie, Jolie…...

7+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1006+ words) When Barbara Landow’s daughter, Harolyn, once asked why she devoted so much time to Jewish causes instead of to hospitals or international charities, her mother answered without hesitation. “Because if we don’t take care of our own, no one else…...

7+ mon, 1+ week ago   (283+ words) 84, a distinguished scholar of sociology, demography and Judaic studies, died from pancreatic cancer on Jan. 13 at his home in Bethesda. Professor Goldscheider was born in Baltimore on May 28, 1941, to Albert and Minnie (Kessler) Goldscheider. After graduating from the Talmudical Academy…...

7+ mon, 3+ week ago   (115+ words) formerly of Washington, D.C., California, Maryland, and Silver Spring, Maryland, passed away on Jan. 21. Donations in Margaret’s memory may be made to the Riderwood Benevolent Care Fund, 3010 Gracefield Road, Silver Spring, MD 20904. Services are entrusted to Sagel Bloomfield Danzansky Goldberg Funeral…...

8+ mon, 3+ day ago   (676+ words) On Friday nights during World War II, you never quite knew how many people would end up sleeping at the Levinson home. That scene — a home open to strangers and Jewish life organized around hospitality — became a pattern in Burdett’s…...

8+ mon, 2+ week ago   (141+ words) On Dec. 22, Sally Muravchik of Wheaton, Maryland. Beloved wife of Dr. Joshua Muravchik. Devoted mother of Stephanie (Jon Shields) and Madeline (Melvin Marcelo) Muravchik and Valerie (Amir) Klayman. Loving grandmother of Isaiah, Gabriel and Aaron Shields, Quinn Muravchik Marcelo and…...

8+ mon, 3+ week ago   (476+ words) Shuli Tropp says she became the executive director of the Hebrew Free Loan Association of Greater Washington because she was late to shul one day. The next day, Tropp said, Kritz reached back out to her and asked, “‘What are…...

9+ mon, 1+ day ago   (308+ words) Natalie West has always looked up to women she deems successful — those who engage in their communities and pursue their passions. She’s attended Jewish Women International’s annual Women to Watch Leadership Conference since her 20s, before she could afford a ticket....