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ZAKS-FOX
Chaya Kranz of Silver Spring, Aharon Zaks of Modi’in Illit, Israel, and Josh and Shiffy Fox of Lawrence, N.Y., joyfully announce the engagement of their children, Chana Tzirel Zaks to Yitzy Fox of...
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Coronavirus couldn’t stop Shimma Wexler’s bar mitzvah
Shimma Wexler, right and his father, Aaron, seen this week. Photo courtesy of Aaron Wexler While most area synagogues closed as a precaution against the coronavirus, the...
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‘I had my bar or bat mitzvah during the pandemic’
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Here’s what my friends were doing when they weren’t having weddings
Sarah Halperin and Seth Levin. Photo by Gennie Wymer When 2020 began, I was looking forward to attending five weddings with my boyfriend, Noam. We had plans to travel from D.C. all over the East Coast,...
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Here are ways you can make the best of your wedding plans
Newlyweds Amy and Robert enjoy their drive-by receptionPhoto provided Wedding postponement wine glasses. Decorative protective masks. These are signs of our COVID-19 pandemic-tainted times. What to do...
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Clemons-Fischer
Eric Nathaniel Fischer and Danielle Alison Clemons Danielle Alison Clemons, formerly of Potomac, and Eric Nathaniel Fischer were married on July 2 in the back yard of the home of the groom’s parents in...
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Alex Zissman and Julia Ilian
Alex Zissman and Julia Ilian Alex Zissman and Julia Ilian, of Pittsburgh, proposed to each other on the weekend of July 24-25. Alex, from the Washington area, is the son of Sharon and Jeremy Zissman....
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Jeremy Matthew Silberglied
Jeremy Matthew Silberglied Jeremy Matthew Silberglied (Yeremiah Menachem), son of Steve Silberglied and Gail Ravnitzky Silberglied, became a Bar Mitzvah at Bnai Israel Congregation on Aug. 29, 2020. He...
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Zoe Wertlieb named Feminism Fellow
Zoe Wertlieb Zoe Wertlieb, a junior at the Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School in Rockville, was awarded a Kol Koleinu Jewish Feminism Fellowship from the Moving Traditions organization for teens. Zoe...
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Shoshana Dalia Berger
Shoshana Dalia Berger, daughter of Deborah Kornbluth Berger and Burman Berger, became a bat mitzvah on Sept. 12 at B’nai Israel Congregation. A seventh-grader at Tilden Middle School, Shoshana is the...
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Catalina Talero to head women’s foundation
Catalina Talero (Photo by Joy Asico/AsicoPhoto) Catalina Talero has become foundation director of the Tikkun Olam Women’s Foundation. She previously served as the director of individual giving at the...
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Evan Samuel Gorodetzky
Evan Gorodetsky Evan Samuel Gorodetzky will celebrate his bar mitzvah on Oct. 25 at B’nai Israel Congregation. Evan is the son of Mark and Tamara Gorodetzky, grandson of Sharyn and Arthur Fuchs of...
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Seth Baron to lead new FIDF region
Seth Baron Friends of the Israel Defense Forces has merged its Mid-Atlantic and Southeast regions into a “mega-region” called Eastern Region, according to the nonprofit. The Eastern Region includes...
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Ashkenazi, Fox join Israel ed. cohort
Shy Ashkenazi and Sherry Fox (Photos courtesy of The iCenter) Washington Jewish communal professionals Shy Ashkenazi and Sherry Fox have been accepted in Cohort 3 of the iCenter and The George...
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Michael Feinstein to lead Shalom Learning
Michael Feinstein (Photo provided) Michael Feinstein has been tapped as chief executive officer of the Rockville-based Jewish ed-tech nonprofit ShalomLearning. He will join the company on Dec. 1....
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Stella and Samy Ymar honored by Amit
Samy and Stella Ymar (Photo provided) Stella and Samy Ymar, of Rockville, were honored by AMIT on Nov. 22 for their strong commitment to AMIT Children. “When I was 12 years old, we moved to Israel from...
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Imeson-Friedland
David Friedland and Roxanne Imeson Roxanne Imeson and David Friedland were married on Oct. 18, in Tulsa, Okla. Rabbi Daniel Kaiman, of Congregation B’nai Emunah in Tulsa, presided. The wedding took...
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Maya Anh Booth
Maya Anh Booth Maya Anh Booth will become a bat mitzvah on Jan. 30 at Northern Virginia Hebrew Congregation, in Reston. Maya is the daughter of Emily Booth-Dornfeld and Stuart Dornfeld; and sister of...
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Kreinces-May
Nicholas May and Taylor Kreinces Nicholas May proposed to Taylor Kreinces on Jan. 13. Both live in Fairfax. Nicholas, from New Orleans, is the son of Victoria and Robert May. Taylor, from Scranton,...
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Ayla Isabel Miller
Ayla Isabel Miller Ayla Isabel Miller, daughter of Rachel Miller and Jason Miller, and sister of Julian Chase Miller, will become a bat mitzvah on Feb. 6, via Zoom and Temple Sinai. A seventh-grade...
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