Adas Media Room

THE WASHINGTON POST
Thousands gather in D.C. to mourn 11 killed at Tree of Life synagogue
The Washington DC Jewish community joined together on Monday evening, October 29, 2018 for an interfaith service and solidarity gathering to mourn the 11 innocent lives lost, express outrage and concern, and join in prayer as a community.

THE WASHINGTON POST
Ruth Bader Ginsburg calls for equal rights amendment to the Constitution
Adas hosts U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Forward Editor-in-Chief, Jane Eisner for an in depth discussion on law, media and Jewish life.

WASHINGTON JEWISH WEEK
Adas Israel names Holtzblatt, Alexander co-rabbis
Rabbis Lauren Holtzblatt and Aaron Alexander, who were given joint responsibility for primary rabbinic duties at Washington’s Adas Israel… have been named co-head rabbis of the Conservative synagogue.

THE WASHINGTON POST
Remembering an earlier refugee crisis, and a family who risked their lives to help
Adas commemorates Yom Hashoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, with the annual Garden of the Righteous ceremony, honoring the Veseli family from Albania, who sheltered two Jewish families in Kruja, Albania during World War II.

JEWISH TELEGRAPHIC AGENCY
Biden, remembering Peres, pleads for triumph of tolerance over bigotry
Adas hosts the National Memorial Ceremony for Shimon Peres, z"l. “In all of us who continue to hear his voice in our ears, that deliberate irresistible rumble urging us on; ‘Dream big,’ he implores us still, ‘make the world a better place’,” Vice President Biden said.

THE WASHINGTON POST
A covenant with God fulfilled after a blizzard brings D.C. to a standstill
The Adas community proudly welcomed little Amos Eden Alexander, son of rabbis Aaron & Penina Alexander, to the Jewish People -- major DC snowstorm and all!

THE JEWISH DAILY FORWARD 
Washington's Best-Traveled Synagogue Gets Ready To Move Again
The great legacy of the Adas Israel community, and the Jewish Historical Society of Greater Washington, to be preserved in a other historic building relocation. Read all about it in the Forward.

JEWISH TELEGRAPHIC AGENCY
Conservative shuls turning to musical instruments to boost Shabbat services
The use of instruments on Shabbat is not without controversy in the Conservative movement, which is divided over whether they are permissible according to Jewish law, or halachah.

WASHINGTON JEWISH WEEK
Let Freedom Sing
Adas Israel Hazzan Arianne Brown and other guest performers joined the Kolot HaLev Community Choir at Adas Israel Congregation for Pesach: The Sounds of Freedom.

THE WASHINGTON POST
Justice Ginsburg has released a new feminist take on the Passover narrative
Ginsburg released with Rabbi Lauren Holtzblatt a feminist reading of the Passover story

ADAS' JMCW WINS 14/15 SLINGSHOT AWARD: National & DC Editions!
JMCW endorsed as one of America's Top 82 Innovative Jewish Organizations
The Tenth Annual Slingshot Guide Highlights the Best of the Thriving Jewish Nonprofit World  

TABLET MAGAZINE
A D.C. Synagogue’s Game-Changing Rabbi
"Coming home to pray this year I found that everything, all the Jewish homes I had built for myself, existed inside a single synagogue"

THE WASHINGTON POST
D.C. synagogue sets Torah study into a modern setting
Praise for Adas Israel's Biran Beit Midrash (House of Study) and efforts for 21st century Jewish life, learning & community

THE JEWISH DAILY FORWARD 
The Mirror in the Mikveh
Can a Jewish Purity Rite Be Adapted for Teens? Reclaiming the power of mikvah at Adas Israel

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
Synagogue Hopping with Generation Y
Prasie from the Wall Street Journal, on why Adas' innovative programs are part of the solution to a customer service problem in Amercian Synagogue life

WASHINGTON JEWISH WEEK
Transforming to inspire at Adas Israel
The ‘ever-dying people’ tries a new approach. The Vision of Renewal at Adas Israel

WASHINGTON JEWISH WEEK
A Spiritual Connection at Adas
An amazing feature from Washington Jewish Week on the Jewish Mindfulness Center of Washington at Adas Israel

Stories By Us

RELIGION NEWS SERVICE
All Americans owe it to our country to see what’s happening at the border
"Your witness matters. Your presence matters." Written by Rabbis Aaron  Alexander and Lauren Holtzblatt on their trip to the Rio Grande Valley and Mexico border.

THE TIMES OF ISRAEL
How Jewish Law [Actually] Works
"I want to talk about values. Particularly, values that inform the Jewish art of constructing, adjudicating, interpreting, and administering, law; otherwise known as halakhah." by Rabbi Aaron Alexander

E JEWISH PHILANTHROPY
This is a #MeToo story. But it is not a story about sexual harassment or assault
"[This] is not a story about sexual harassment or assault. It is a story about power – of getting caught under the weight of leadership models that have not changed for centuries." By Rabbi Lauren Holtzblatt

THE JEWISH DAILY FORWARD 
There’s No Easy Answer To The Debate Over Intermarriage
Rabbis Lauren Holtzblatt and Aaron Alexander on the complexities of intermarriage.

THE WASHINGTON POST
In a D.C. rabbi’s e-mail, revelation and relief: ‘I am a gay man’
Leader of Adas Israel shared a lifelong struggle and resolution with congregation

METRO WEEKLY
Outrage over Urban Outfitters
Rabbi Steinlauf on Urban Outfitters' disturbing use of clothing reminiscent of garb homosexual prisoners were forced to wear during Holocaust

THE ATLANTIC
Understanding the Goals of Hamas and Israel
On Rabbi Steinlauf and his "deceptively simple [sermon] to help explain the nature of the Middle East conflict."