People

Get to know people from the DMV Jewish community through profiles, and sections You Should Know, and Last Word.

You Should Know…Rabbi Atara Cohen

Rabbi Atara Cohen didn’t initially plan on becoming a rabbi. She studied religion at Princeton University before she said more opportunities opened up in...
Frank Cohn. Courtesy of U.S. Army

Holocaust Survivor and Liberator Frank Cohn Is a Shining Example of Resilience

Retired Army Colonel, World War II veteran and Fort Belvoir, Virginia, resident Frank Cohn is a shining example of survival and resilience, with a...

Noa Nir… You Should Know

Noa Nir is a longtime resident of Arlington and has ties to the Northern Virginia Jewish community that stretch back to some of her...

Marc Ginsberg: Dedicated To Protecting the Jewish Community in Israel, the US and Online

Marc Ginsberg’s career has taken turns down several different paths, including an ambassadorship to Morocco during the Clinton administration, to now serving in a...

You Should Know… Leilah Mooney Joseph

Leilah Mooney Joseph grew up with a reverence for teachers and the teaching profession, which ultimately led to her working alongside educational institutions in...

Celebrating His ‘Bar Mitzvah Year of Volunteerism’ by Investing in Israel with Jason Langsner

This year, Potomac resident and Washington Hebrew Congregation member Jason Langsner is marking the occasion of his self-described “bar mitzvah year of volunteerism” in...

You Should Know… Amalia Kruszel

When OneTable’s first-ever chief technology officer, Amalia Kruszel of Arlington, works to enhance peoples’ connections to Shabbat, she can often be found hanging out...

Cultivating a Sense of Jewish Community Through Communications with Niv Elis

Niv Elis wasn’t always aware of the impact and influence of the Jewish Federations of North America, but after studying international relations and working...

You Should Know… Jeremy Frisch

Over the course of Jeremy Frisch’s relatively short career since he graduated from American University in 2018, he explored a wide range of paths...

Jewish Education and Biblical Fiction with Esther Goldenberg

Esther Goldenberg spent a decade in the education field before she moved to Israel, where she spent several years working on her biblical fiction...