Community Snapshot

PIRATE WEEK

First grade students at Ohr Chadash Academy celebrated Pirate Week with treasure maps, scavenger hunts, pirate books and eye patches.

PETTING ZOO

Goldsmith Early Childhood Center marked Israel’s 73rd birthday with a petting zoo experience that included rabbits, chickens and even a camel.

CHALLAH BRAIDING

More than 70 people attended a virtual challah braiding event hosted by The Macks Center for Jewish Education, where they learned to braid challah...

BLACK LIVES RALLY

Members of Bolton Street Synagogue participated in a rally organized by Black Lives Matter Interfaith Coalition.

GARDEN TIME

Preschoolers at Beth Tfiloh Dahan Community School learned about gardening and the Maryland state flower, the Black-eyed Susan.

PASSOVER CRAFTS

Families attended Har Sinai-Oheb Shalom Congregation’s in-person crafts event, where they made their own seder plates, afikomen bags and cups for Elijah and Miriam.

MATZAH BAKE

Children at Ohr Chadash Academy learned to bake matzah.

PREPARING FOR PASSOVER

Educators and children at Goldsmith Early Childhood Center got ready for Passover and spring break.

COMMUNITY SEDER

Rabbis Sonya Starr and Mikey Hess Webber led a community seder on the second night of Passover for Columbia Jewish Congregation.

MATZAH BAKE

Children at Ohr Chadash Academy learned to bake matzah.