Category Archives: Washington Jewish Week
Donald Bruce Cofman, Veteran Diplomat and Public Diplomacy Expert, Dies at 87
Donald Bruce Cofman spent a lifetime explaining America to the world. Whether carrying a moon rock through Turkey early in his diplomatic career, briefing reporters in Israel during the Gulf War or helping establish the first U.S. Read more » »
B’nai B’rith Launches Institute in Honor of Retiring CEO, DMV Resident
B’nai B’rith International launched the Daniel S. Mariaschin Institute for Leadership and Public Policy, named in honor of its retiring CEO. Read more » »
Local Teen Elected BBYO International Teen President
Adi Shankman, a senior at Walt Whitman High School in Bethesda and the newly elected international teen president of the B’nai B’rith Youth Organization, knew he wanted to serve as president when he was wrapping tefillin in the Poconos. Read more » »
Opinion: Lawmakers With Blinders
Daniel S. MariaschinCongressional critics of the war with Iran are not in short supply. Their statements and social media posts read as if they come from the same song sheet. No surprise there.These voices are marching in lockstep on the applicability of the War Powers Act, breaches of “international law” and “illegal regime change. Read more » »
DC’s Izzy Arbetter Helps Jews in Their 20s, 30s Find Home
When Izzy Arbetter first moved to the nation’s capital, knowing no one, she was drawn to Jewish communal events to make friends.“Being part of the Jewish community has been … really important to me,” the Washington, D.C., resident said. Read more » »
Opinion: What We Can All Learn From Mrs. Kellom
Daniel S. MariaschinIn a new year only days old, one story resonated loudly with me: an item about a swastika discovered etched on the wall of the boys’ locker room at the U.N. International School in New York. Read more » »
DMV Photographer Seeks to Make Klezmer Visible
With every click of the shutter, Lloyd Wolf captures musicians maintaining a Jewish tradition that nearly died out in the wake of the Holocaust. He could be the first to do so — Wolf’s exhibition is the only known photographic archive of the klezmer world. Read more » »
International BBYO Convention Is Close to Home in 2026
In February, some 3,500 Jewish teens from 52 countries will gather in Philadelphia for the BBYO International Convention, the organization’s “Super Bowl,” so to speak. Read more » »
Agudas Achim Seeks ‘Proactive’ Ways to Fight Antisemitism
Scroll through the comments on any Jewish-adjacent social media post, and you’re more than likely to see antisemitic tropes, anti-Jewish “jokes” and other harmful rhetoric. Read more » »
Rockville’s Gail Shirazi Marks 50 Years in Israel/Judaica at Library of Congress
Education is in Gail Shirazi’s blood: her mother, father, aunt, daughter, nieces and nephews are all teachers. So it only makes sense that she devotes her days to informing and enlightening others.“Learning, teaching or exposing people to information … really is very rewarding, and when you give back, you get back,” Shirazi said. Read more » »
