Doug Emhoff, the Jewish husband of Vice President Kamala Harris, spoke at Congregation Adas Israel in Washington, D.C. on Yom Kippur, emphasizing the need for unity to combat antisemitism.

The unidentified remains of at least one victim from Dachau, the Nazi concentration camp, were recently buried in a Jewish family's plot in Washington, D.C. The bones were sent home by U.S. Army soldier Sgt. Willard N. Maddox in 1946 and remained hidden until they were discovered by Maddox's son-in-law years later.

Washington, D.C. Councilman Trayon White, who faced criticism for suggesting that the Rothschild family controls the weather, has been receiving numerous invitations to Passover seders from the Jewish community.