Cantor Josh Perlman Brings Love of Music and Learning to B’nai Israel for 25...
The cantorate runs through Cantor Josh Perlman’s blood: his father and three brothers are all cantors, and he grew up singing in his dad’s...
Bethesda’s Rabbi Jonah Pesner Spearheads Social Justice Through Jewish Lens
Rabbi Jonah Pesner has a hefty job overseeing the Reform movement's justice work in 850 congregations across North America, keeping social justice and Jewish...
Bethesda’s Noam Fischman Uses Legal Prowess to Guide Bender JCC’s Mission
Noam Fischman’s involvement in the local Jewish community comes in response to what he didn’t have growing up: thriving Jewish communal life.
“I had a...
DC’s Matt Nosanchuk Champions Civil Rights Through Decades of Public Service
Having served in two presidential administrations, worked in civil rights law for more than 30 years and started a nonprofit from scratch, Matt Nosanchuk...
Silver Spring’s Alan Ronkin Helps Jewish Community Thrive Through Advocacy
For Alan Ronkin, being a Jew means stepping up, getting involved, leading and seeking to inspire others. It’s what he does through his Jewish...
Gaithersburg’s Meredith Polsky Champions Disability Inclusion in Jewish Spaces
As the head of a summer camp unit, Meredith Polsky bonded with a camper, “Josh,” who had difficulty making friends and fitting in with...
Rabbi Joshua Beraha Prepares to Take the Helm at Temple Micah
As a young professional, Rabbi Joshua Beraha found himself torn between the universal and the particular — the general field of education and the...
B’nai Tzedek’s Cantor Marshall Kapell Creates Full-Circle Moments
Inspired by his childhood cantor and mentor, Cantor Marshall Kapell is passing the music and Jewish learning on to the next generation.
The Arlington resident...
Silver Spring’s Gila Efrati Connects Jews to Hebrew and Each Other
Throughout her life, people always asked Gila Efrati, “Are you a teacher?”
She attributes that question to the way she speaks and explains things. The...
DC’s Rabbi Jake Singer-Beilin Fosters Sense of Belonging at Bet Mishpachah
Through youth groups and Jewish camps, Rabbi Jake Singer-Beilin discovered a type of worship that spoke to him. It was participatory, open, experimental, supportive...