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Orrin Konheim | Special to WJW Doug Halpert, 32, is a traffic engineer with Greenman-Pedersen, Inc. In his profession, he’s worked on everything from traffic...

Becca Leviss, 25, could end up at rabbinical school. But right now, the Tufts University graduate is happy working on the Partnerships Team at...

Aaron Shneyer believes that music can transform the world — or at least change people and communities for the better. The Takoma, D.C., resident...

Jacob Bogage is a business reporter at The Washington Post, where he has worked since 2015, when he began as an intern on the...

Carrie Filipetti graduated from University of Virginia in 2011 with a degree in religious studies. Now 33, she’s spent part of the years since...

Silver Spring native Eli Lev, 40, just released his pandemic-based project “Walk.Talk.Dance.Sing.” The singer-songwriter draws inspiration for his indie folk music from his Jewish...

Melanie Fineman wants to be the change she wants to see in the world. The 29 year old has already done a slew of...

Emily Pearl Goodstein does it all. The 38-year-old Washingtonian is a co-contributor to three books, mom of a 19 month old, former photography business...

Elliot Merker is a social studies teacher at Wakefield High School in Arlington. Merker, 31, attends Beth El Hebrew Congregation in Alexandria. He worked...

By Orrin Konheim | Special to WJW Jesse Milzman, 29, grew up in Bethesda in an interfaith family with a Jewish father and a Catholic...