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February 7, 2020
New Strategies To Combat Hate And Bias Unveiled In MCPS
Rockville Patch
ROCKVILLE, MD — Montgomery County Public Schools leaders laid out new protocols Thursday on how to better address hate and bias incidents in the classroom.
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February 7, 2020
MCPS unveils new plan to combat hate, bias in schools
Bethesda Magazine
Montgomery County Public Schools officials on Thursday unveiled what they called a “comprehensive plan” to curb hate and bias in the district’s 208 schools.
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February 6, 2020
How Montgomery County Public Schools is tackling student vaping, hate on campus
WTOP News
Montgomery County Public School’s superintendent discussed a number of issues the school system currently faces, such as student vaping, hate incidents and pedestrian safety.
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February 6, 2020
Montgomery County schools overhaul policies to address hate and bias
The Washington Post
Following a countywide push from students and parents, leaders in Maryland’s largest school district shared plans Thursday they say will improve the way the district deals with hate and bias in schools.
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February 1, 2020
MLK Day Injects Historic Urgency to Bond Between African Americans and Jews
Haaretz
U.S. community leaders, religious leaders and historians agree that much still connects the minority groups, despite worrisome trend of anti-Semitic incidents in New York
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January 22, 2020
Do we need two days to commemorate the Holocaust?
Washington Jewish Week
For those who traditionally mark the Holocaust on Yom HaShoah, this other, U.N.-led memorial day (International Holocaust Remembrance Day) may seem odd. So how are these two days different? And do we need two days to remember the Holocaust and mourn the 6 million murdered Jews?
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January 20, 2020
Mayor of DC’s old sister city comes for reunion
Washington Jewish Week
Six years ago, Washington’s Jewish community severed its longtime sister city relationship with Beit Shemesh, some 10 miles west of Jerusalem.
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January 20, 2020
Beit Shemesh Mayor Aliza Bloch visits Washington
The Jerusalem Post
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January 17, 2020
Here's why some DC residents won't be attending the 2020 Women's March
WUSA9
Millions have attended the March, which is now in its fourth year, but some women said they now choose to participate in smaller, action-oriented demonstrations.
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January 16, 2020
Mayor of Israel’s Fastest Growing City Brings Leadership Vision to Washington DC
Israel 365
Dr. Aliza Bloch, mayor of Beit Shemesh, has accepted an invitation from the Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Washington to travel to America’s capital to meet with Jewish and municipal leaders from January 15-18, 2020.
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January 16, 2020
First female mayor of Beit Shemesh on first visit to Washington
Arutz Sheva
Dr. Aliza Bloch will share her solutions to what she defines as 'Israel’s most critical demographic challenges.'
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January 12, 2020
‘Nobody needs another pink hat’: Why the Women’s March is struggling for relevance
The Washington Post
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November 5, 2019
You should know…Rabbi Abbi Sharofsky
Washington Jewish Week
Rabbi Abbi Sharofsky is the Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Washington’s director of intergroup relations and rabbi in residence. The 37-year-old Philadelphia native is new to the Washington area (she started her job at JCRC in July). In her position, she works to foster community relationships with members of other religions.
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November 13, 2013
Washington Jewish Week
The Montgomery County Council begins each of its Tuesday meetings with a prayer. Clergy from a wide array of faith traditions are invited to lead the prayer, noted George Leventhal, council member at large. “I have not felt uncomfortable during our opening prayer. I am quite comfortable with my own religious identity, and I don’t feel threatened.”