March 19, 2021
Fairfax Co. school calendar recognizes religious holidays but kids won’t have off
WTOP News
March 19, 2021
Virginia’s largest school system votes down inclusion of non-Christian holidays
Forward
March 19, 2021
Fairfax school board votes no to closing on High Holidays
Washington Jewish Week
March 19, 2021
Fairfax County recognizes additional religious days in academic calendar
WDVM
March 19, 2021
FCPS School Calendar Vote: A letter from the JCRC
JCRC of Greater Washington
As Shabbat nears, we want to take a moment to reflect on last night’s deeply disappointing vote by the Fairfax County School Board. Like so many of you, we hoped that meaningful progress was finally within reach, after years of struggling with FCPS over unfair treatment of Jewish students forced to miss school on our holidays, endure inappropriate Christmas-related activities, and bear the brunt of increasing incidents of antisemitism.
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March 18, 2021
Letter to Montgomery County Board of Education on Proposed 2021-2022 Calendar Options
JCRC of Greater Washington
Dear President Wolff and fellow Board of Education members: We write to you today in reference to your upcoming vote on the 2021-2022 MCPS calendar. We wish to bring to your attention a conflict in one of the two proposed calendars currently under consideration, which would negatively impact many members of the Montgomery County Jewish community.
March 18, 2021
FOX 5 Washington DC
March 18, 2021
Fairfax County Public School's academic calendar under fire for not 'pursuing equity'
ABC7 WJLA
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March 8, 2021
In Virginia, an interfaith coalition fights to get non-Christian holidays on school calendars
Forward
March 4, 2021
School Board Directs FCPS to Draft New Calendar Ahead of Vote
reston now
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March 3, 2021
School Board to Debate Adding New Religious Holidays to Calendar
reston now
March 2, 2021
Back to drawing board over proposal to add four religious holidays to Fairfax schools’ calendar
The Washington Post
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March 1, 2021
The Washington Post
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February 23, 2021
Group pushes for recognition of minority religions in Fairfax County school calendar
ABC7 WJLA
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February 16, 2021
Hogan outlines accomplishments for Jewish community
Washington Jewish Week
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February 12, 2021
Interfaith community pushes Fairfax County Schools to include religious holidays in their calendar
WDVM
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February 11, 2021
The Washington Post
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February 11, 2021
Fairfax Co. school board considers new calendar to address learning loss from pandemic
WTOP News
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February 7, 2021
Jewish group assists food insecure neighbors at Holy Cross Hospital
Washington Jewish Week
February 3, 2021
Repairing the world from the Virginia statehouse
Jewish Insider
January 25, 2021
‘I don’t recognize our country’: Jewish lawmakers under siege respond
The Jerusalem Post
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January 25, 2021
Barbara Leaf could play a key role in Biden’s Middle East policy
Jewish Insider
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January 25, 2021
JCRC looks to make up for COVID losses in state budgets
Washington Jewish Week
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January 19, 2021
JCRC of Greater Washington
Enshrined in the fundamental text of our Jewish heritage, the Torah, is a recognition of the role of both those who adjudicate the law (shoftim) and those who enforce it (shotrim) in the structures of a society based on law and civility (Deut. 16:18). The term, shoftim, refers to judges and the term, shotrim, in modern Hebrew, refers to police. The biblical commentator Rashi, writing in the 11th century, noted when judges (shoftim) rendered a legal decision, it was the police (shotrim) who were charged with enforcing that law even by using physical force. (Midrash Tanchuma, Shoftim 2:17). However, throughout the literature of our sages, attention has been given to the conduct, the decency and the character of both institutions. Both judges and police are expected to comport themselves in keeping with the highest standards of Jewish law and ethical teaching. Further, in the Torah (Ex. 12:49, Lev. 24:22, and others) we find instruction that the law should be applied equally and fairly to all, regardless of social status or origins.
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January 7, 2021
Jewish Community of the Nation’s Capital Condemns Violence at U.S. Capitol
JCRC of Greater Washington
Today’s attack on the most precious of American democratic traditions, the peaceful transfer of power, is reprehensible. The riots and loss of life are the inevitable result of President Trump’s and others’ incitement and the spreading of misinformation and conspiracy theories about theft and fraudulence in our presidential election, the fairness and authenticity of which have been confirmed by Republican and Democratic state and national elected officials and by multiple federal and state courts. Any attempt to undermine the rule of law is a threat to all American citizens, and today’s riots must be rejected by leaders from across the political spectrum.
