People

Debra Band of Potomac is a scholarly artist of illuminated manuscripts of Jewish texts. Descended from an eminent rabbinic family, her extensive studies of Jewish...

When Dave Finkelstein, then both a rabbinic and an MBA student, phoned his parents to tell them he wanted to be ordained as a...

Estelle Deutsch Abraham might not look like your typical podcast host, but don’t let her demographics fool you. “I wake up in the morning with...

Since 2021, Emily Braley has been manager of the volunteer transportation network NV Rides, a partner organization of the Pozez Jewish Community Center of...

Since 2009, February has been designated Jewish Disability Awareness, Acceptance and Inclusion Month, or JDAIM. Jessica Tischler is the director of inclusion and disability...

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...

Laurel Lehman’s Jewish life started around the same time her professional life did. Now a policy analyst in Consumer Reports’ Washington, D.C., office, working to...

Hayley Finn, the incoming artistic director of Theater J, is looking forward to experiencing the convergence of two of her life’s passions — Judaism...

After spending a professional lifetime as a global correspondent for The Jerusalem Post and Reuters, as a communications person for The Israel Project and...