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Josh Stevens has been appointed the interim director of the FIDF Washington, D.C., chapter. The appointment follows the creation of the organization’s Eastern Region,...

Stella and Samy Ymar, of Rockville, were honored by AMIT on Nov. 22 for their strong commitment to AMIT Children. “When I was 12 years...

Michael Feinstein has been tapped as chief executive officer of the Rockville-based Jewish ed-tech nonprofit ShalomLearning. He will join the company on Dec. 1. Feinstein...

Washington Jewish communal professionals Shy Ashkenazi and Sherry Fox have been accepted in Cohort 3 of The iCenter and The George Washington University’s Graduate...

Friends of the Israel Defense Forces has merged its Mid-Atlantic and Southeast regions into a “mega-region” called Eastern Region, according to the nonprofit. The...

Catalina Talero has become foundation director of the Tikkun Olam Women’s Foundation. She previously served as the director of individual giving at the Fund...

Zoe Wertlieb, a junior at the Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School in Rockville, was awarded a Kol Koleinu Jewish Feminism Fellowship from the...

Silver Spring native David Schwartz, of Riverdale, N.Y., is being ordained as a rabbi at Yeshivat Chovevei Torah. After working for 20 years as an...

Carol B. Epstein, center, of Chevy Chase is awarded an honorary doctorate from the Technion–Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa on June 20. With...