Posts tagged Religion
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Exodus: Why DC’s Jewish community left the central corridors, then came back
Beginning in the 1950s, synagogues and other Jewish institutions left DC’s central commercial corridors for Upper Northwest and Maryland, and they didn’t return until the late 1990s. Keep reading…
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Tysons doesn’t have a single congregation. These faith leaders want to help it find its soul.
The US has roughly 350,000 religious congregations, the Harvard Institute estimates, but in the four-mile area that defines the city of Tysons, there isn’t a single one. Some local faith leaders want to change that. Keep reading…
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Exodus: Why DC’s Jewish community left the center city, then came back
Beginning in the 1950s, synagogues and other Jewish institutions left DC’s central commercial corridors for Upper Northwest and Maryland, and they didn’t return until the late 1990s. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Hello?
Can you hear me now?; DC loves rowhouses; Pope prep; Road diets in the works; Slow down in Old Town; Reston founder at rest; Make Dulles less dull; Richmond to Raleigh rail; Biking down, driving up; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Metro madness
Check us out; Panic! at the Metro; Papal pressure; Walk for a change; The race is on; No crossing borders; Razor sharp; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Sadness
Tragedy; Bridge blues; Advertising ban; Go on-dola; New bike lanes?; HOT and bothered; 220 problems; Barriers to biking; And…. Keep reading…
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Amsterdam plays Spot the Christmas Streetcar
Remember #bikeinbloom, when Capital Bikeshare dressed one of its bikes up in cherry blossom regalia? Every Christmas, Amsterdam does the same thing with one of its famous streetcars. Amsterdamers call it the “kersttram”, or “Christmas tram.” Keep reading…
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Morning Bell: Kids learn to garden, adults to use computers
School gardens grow more than food: Almost half of all schools in DC have school gardens, which encourage healthier eating habits and provide a chance to learn new skills. DC also gives schools incentives to use ingredients from local farms in school lunches. (Elevation DC) Will technology help adults learn?: Community College Preparatory Academy, which serves adult learners,… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Fixes for problems
Heard there was a problem; Make the MBT safe; 8+ people struck yesterday; Church must have stained glass; No shuttle for Chevy Chase; Too much burden on small business?; Tech companies isolate; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Higher (power, costs, buildings)
Pope likes transit (not gay marriage); Wait longer for College Park CaBi; Do height right; Working overtime; Population boom continues more quietly; Bad review for new map; Mixed uses stop crime. Keep reading…