Washington D.C.

Police arrest son of prominent DC-area rabbi after alleged altercation with protesters outside Israeli Embassy

An arrest sheet said Ezra Weinblatt told police “what [protesters] were doing is illegal and annoying,”

D.C. Police arrest Lyft driver who allegedly assaulted Chabad rabbi, now say it was possible hate crime

A rabbi says an alleged assailant said he didn’t like “people like you” just prior to an assault.

Thousands at Washington pro-Palestinian protest, with some chanting ‘Intifada’ and rushing White House fence

The protest, which began at 2 p.m. on Saturday and lasted into the evening, called for a ceasefire in the fighting between Israel and Hamas, a demand Israel and the Biden administration have rejected.

Food

DC to declare an official Mimouna day to celebrate end of Passover

Obituaries

Ted Lerner, real estate developer who brought baseball back to Washington, dies at 97

Politics

DC councilmember who once spread Rothschild conspiracy theory is running for mayor

United States

Elie Wiesel to be the first Jew honored with a bust in the National Cathedral in Washington

Politics

Joe Lieberman is lobbying Republicans to make DC a state

Ideas

As mobs stormed the Capitol, we lost something sacred. The Talmud can help us process our collective grief.

United States

Neo-Nazis, QAnon and Camp Auschwitz: A guide to the hate symbols and signs on display at the Capitol riots

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