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Apr 30, 2025

Arlene Slutzah 2025 Sofie Stahl Memorial Award Recipient

Jewish Women International proudly announces Arlene Slutzah as the 2025 recipient of the Sofie Stahl Memorial Award.

Originally created by The Day Chapter of JWI (then B’nai B’rith Women) and the Stahl family, the award honors a Jewish woman whose volunteerism demonstrates a life-long…

Apr 29, 2025

Passover Crosses Generations in RVA

If you ask somebody about their most cherished Passover tradition, likely they will first mention the generations of family and friends who gather for Seder.

 

A joint program funded and supported by the Federation, Weinstein JCC, and JFS once again added a twist to that tradition recen…

Apr 28, 2025

Spring at the Virginia Holocaust Museum

Spring is in full bloom in Virginia, and with it comes a surge of students visiting the Museum on school field trips to enrich their classroom learning about the Holocaust.

Last year, nearly 5,000 students visited us, and with the addition of our new Dimensions in Testimony holographic thea…

Apr 28, 2025

Israel on Our Minds: How RTA students are deepening connections to homeland

This spring, middle school students at RTA–Richmond Hebrew Day School will board a plane for Israel—a milestone that reflects years of learning, connection, and preparation.

Their plane will touch down at the dawn of Yom Yerushalayim, and they’ll head straight to the Western Wall to j…

Apr 27, 2025

Hadassah in DC and on the Hill

On March 25, Hadassah co-sponsored an interfaith Iftar with The American Muslim & Multi-faith Women's Empowerment Council to celebrate the shared Jewish and Muslim traditions of faith and fasting.

It was an honor to build community, break bread and join forces in standing up to hate, no mat…