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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 344

Suzanne Pollak

Ellen Gerecht, executive director of the National Center to Encourage Judaism, at her office in Silver Spring, Maryland, Dec. 29, 2015. (Suzanne Pollak/Washington Jewish Week, via JTA)
January 3, 2016, 11:45 pm
Jewish foundation seeks to convert gentiles, saying ‘We all want Judaism to grow’
Maryland organization breaking taboo against Jewish proselytization by funding outreach programs to non-Jews
By Suzanne Pollak
File: Alan Gross displaying his Cuban cigars at his apartment in Washington, DC, Dec. 23, 2015. (Suzanne Pollak/Washington Jewish Week)
December 30, 2015, 11:07 pm
A year after release, Alan Gross opens up on cigars, selfies and surviving Cuban prison
Back in Maryland Jewish community and awaiting first grandchild, US aid worker says he never gave up hope during 5-year incarceration
By Suzanne Pollak
David Epstein, left, and his brother, Howard Epstein, both have APBD, which is more prevalent among Ashkenazi Jews than in the general public. (Courtesy of David Epstein/via JTA)
November 22, 2015, 2:51 pm
No cure for rare numbing disease that plagues Jews
One in 68 Ashkenazi Jews is a carrier of at least one of the two gene mutations that cause Adult Polyglucosan Body Disease, a frequently misdiagnosed illness
By Suzanne Pollak
Caryl Stern, the US Fund for UNICEF president and CEO, with children in Lodwar, Kenya. (Courtesy of the US Fund for UNICEF/via JTA)
October 31, 2015, 1:28 am
For Jewish UNICEF official, it’s all about the kids
As the daughter of Holocaust refugees, Caryl Stern, president and CEO of the US Fund for UNICEF, knows the importance of first-hand testimony
By Suzanne Pollak
From left, Linda Frank, chair of HIPPY USA's trustees, and home visitors Sonia Sorto and Idis Argueta displaying some of the books and matching curricula given free to families in the HIPPY program. (Suzanne Pollak/via JTA)
October 24, 2015, 1:59 am
Israeli program teaches US parents how to raise curious kids
Founded in Israel in 1969 for large influx of immigrants, HIPPY helps low-income parents prepare their 3- to 5-year-old children to start school
By Suzanne Pollak
Sebastian Espinoza-Carranza, left, who pleaded guilty to spray-painting anti-Semitic graffiti on a suburban Washington, D.C. synagogue, confers with his attorney, Barry Helfand, prior to his hearing, September 8, 2015. (Suzanne Pollak/via JTA)
October 5, 2015, 7:03 pm
Why this Jewish lawyer is defending a synagogue vandal
In taking on Sebastian Espinoza-Carranza’s case, DC attorney Barry Helfand decided to give his client the education he’d needed to prevent his crime
By Suzanne Pollak
While abstinence and Jewish law are taught in Jewish day school classes, so are the reproduction system, menstrual cycles and sexual relationships. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP Images/via JTA)
September 19, 2015, 11:56 am
In sex ed, US day schools teach kids how to make smart choices
Starting from fifth grade, some Jewish schools are beginning to teach students the facts of life
By Suzanne Pollak
After months of work, the mural was dedicated at Orthodox synagogue Ohev Sholom on August 16, in Washington, DC. (Suzanne Pollack/Washington Jewish Week via JTA)
August 21, 2015, 6:22 am
After voyeurism scandal, DC women reclaim mikvah with mural
Project allows Barry Freundel’s ‘shattered’ congregants to put the pieces back together and restore sanctity to ritual bath
By Suzanne Pollak
Jennifer Weiner leaped out of the literary gate in 2001 with her first novel, 'Good in Bed,' about a plus-size woman’s right to love and be loved. (Tamara Staples via JTA)
August 13, 2015, 1:10 am
It’s a Jewish woman’s world for author Jennifer Weiner
The master of relatable female characters wonders what message her daughters are receiving as she primps for television interviews
By Suzanne Pollak
A pregnant woman holding her stomach: Egg banks report that they cannot meet the demand for Jewish donations. (Ian Waldie/Getty Images/via JTA)
August 1, 2015, 3:21 am
To create a Jewish child, which comes first — the mother or the egg?
Donor eggs from Jewish women are a hot commodity, but are they what makes a child ‘kosher’? Like most halachic questions, it depends who you ask
By Suzanne Pollak
From left to right: Jamison, Grayson and Jackson Eberstein, taking a break from playing (Suzanne Pollak/Washington Jewish Week/JTA)
July 25, 2015, 2:35 am
With daughter rapidly aging, Maryland Jewish family finds joy in moment
Four-year-old Jamison Eberstein suffers from rare disorder that sees her body deteriorate at a breakneck rate
By Suzanne Pollak
New York businessman Jacob Ostreicher, right, consults with attorney Abel Montano at a courthouse in Bolivia, where he was being held without charges (photo credit: AP/File)
May 24, 2013, 6:26 am
Jacob Ostreicher’s wife laments: ‘They will never let him go’
At a congressional hearing, actor Sean Penn calls for the US to ‘step up’ for Alan Gross in Cuba as well
By Suzanne Pollak
Shelley Adler and her Republican opponent both tout their staunch support of Israel. (Photo credit: Shelley Adler for Congress via JTA)
October 19, 2012, 4:07 pm
Congressional race pits Jewish widow against former football star
Democrat Shelley Adler faces tough fight to reclaim her late husband’s New Jersey district
By Suzanne Pollak
State Treasurer Josh Mandel, a Republican candidate for the US Senate in Ohio, is shown during his service as a Marine in Iraq. (photo credit: Citizens for Josh Mandel/JTA)
August 5, 2012, 1:22 pm
In Ohio, Brown-Mandel US Senate race is among the most expensive
Mandel, the young Jewish Republican Iraqi war vet, has never served in federal office, but deep pockets and an appealing image are putting him within striking distance, say Democrats
By Suzanne Pollak
Yitzhak Rabin (photo credit: Flash90)
July 24, 2012, 6:14 am
On Capitol Hill, a look back at Oslo and forward on peace process
Washington panel brings together Israeli thinkers from all political streams to reflect on two decades since the accords
By Suzanne Pollak
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