People

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

Celebrating 25 years at Gesher Jewish Day School with Beverly Kramer

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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...

You Should Know… Laurel Lehman

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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 New Play’s the Thing

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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

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

You Should Know… Hannah Gaber

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At 39, Hannah Gaber has already won a Pulitzer Prize for her work in journalism. Now, the District resident is entering a new frontier...

You Should Know… Anat Litwok

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After graduating from Marlboro High School in New Jersey, Anat Litwok made aliyah and lived on a kibbutz for seven years. And it was...

Shelly Kupfer is committed to giving back to the community

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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...

You Should Know… Ilana Adler

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At age 4, Ilana Adler was diagnosed with neurofibromatosis, a genetic disorder that causes tumors to grow throughout the body. The 30-year-old has already...

Investing in the Jewish community with Alan Meltzer

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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...

Around Town | January 6, 2023

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