Celebrating 25 years at Gesher Jewish Day School with Beverly Kramer
Beverly Kramer has worked at Gesher Jewish Day School for 25 years, but she’s been involved with the Northern Virginia institution longer than that.
Decades...
Hayley Finn: The New Play’s the Thing
Hayley Finn, the incoming artistic director of Theater J, is looking forward to experiencing the convergence of two of her life’s passions — Judaism...
Applause for Alan Elsner
After spending a professional lifetime as a global correspondent for The Jerusalem Post and Reuters, as a communications person for The Israel Project and...
Shelly Kupfer is committed to giving back to the community
Chevy Chase resident Shelly Kupfer, the former Jewish Federations of North America chair of National Women’s Philanthropy, spent eight summers of her childhood at...
Investing in the Jewish community with Alan Meltzer
Alan Meltzer’s name has become synonymous with philanthropy, both here in the Washington area and beyond.
Meltzer, who founded The Meltzer Group in 1982 as...
Serving the community with Dan Mendelson
“It’s about continuity with prior generations and future generations. I believe that following Jewish practice also makes us better as human beings,” says Dan...
Lighting candles for the community with Paula Goldman
A member of Adas Israel Congregation, Paula Goldman, believes that women are the driving force behind the spiritual growth of a Jewish family.
At 86,...
Slicing lox with Sam Lerner
Sam Lerner could make a good case that the deli is like a synagogue, a house of gathering for Jews. If so, he’s the...
Making music with Leonid Sushansky
If scientists were mapping the gene for concert violinist, they’d likely want a sample of Leonid Sushansky’s DNA. His mother, Rimma Sushanskaya, is a...
5 miles of separation with Sidney Katz
When Sidney Katz was growing up, his family were the only Jews in Gaithersburg.
Katz, 72, who was Gaithersburg’s mayor for 16 years, has lived...
