Meet Lisa, Jewish Seder Host of the Week!
Gather the Jews
by Samuel Milligan
6d ago
The GatherDC blog strives to present a holistic portrait of the DMV’s Jewish community, sharing a wide variety of Jewish voices and perspectives. If you have a 20- or 30-something to nominate as our Jewish Person of the Week or for a Spotted in Jewish DMV feature, please email us! We’ve been so excited to sit down with Lisa Del Sesto, the Education Manager for Programs at the Lillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum — with our Nights at the Seder Table experience coming up soon, now seemed like the perfect time! Lisa and I meet at the Judiciary Square Tatte to chat about her insider ..read more
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Meet Sam, Jewish Climate Research Analyst of the Week!
Gather the Jews
by Samuel Milligan
2w ago
The GatherDC blog strives to present a holistic portrait of the DMV’s Jewish community, sharing a wide variety of Jewish voices and perspectives. If you have a 20- or 30-something to nominate as our Jewish Person of the Week or for a Spotted in Jewish DMV feature, please email us! Meet Sam! We sat down together last month at the Foxtrot near Farragut Square to talk about climate research and policy, frisbee, searching for a religious community, The Golem of Brooklyn, Oppenheimer, the Manhattan Project, and Aaron Sorkin at the Shabbat table! Samuel: Hi, Sam! Thanks for joining me today. What b ..read more
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Meet Hannah and Jess, Jewish Dancers of the Week!
Gather the Jews
by Samuel Milligan
3w ago
The GatherDC blog strives to present a holistic portrait of the DMV’s Jewish community, sharing a wide variety of Jewish voices and perspectives. If you have a 20- or 30-something to nominate as our Jewish Person of the Week or for a Spotted in Jewish DMV feature, please email us! Meet Hannah and Jess, the Director and Manager of DMV-based Israeli dance group Rikudei Yachad! They sit down with GatherDC ahead of Rikudei Yachad’s performance at the DC Israeli Dance Festival to chat about the group’s inception, building a community that is both niche and inclusive, dating while dancing, low ..read more
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Meet Aaron, Jewish Songwriter of the Week!
Gather the Jews
by Samuel Milligan
1M ago
The GatherDC blog strives to present a holistic portrait of the DMV’s Jewish community, sharing a wide variety of Jewish voices and perspectives. If you have a 20- or 30-something to nominate as our Jewish Person of the Week or for a Spotted in Jewish DMV feature, please email us! Aaron and I connected one brilliantly sunny January afternoon at Takoma Bev Co. Braving the cold (and, out of the blue, an incredibly noisy construction site roaring to life), we chat about leaving — and returning to — the DMV, seeking out a Jewish space of your own, music as a Jewish practice, Aaron’s Heartbeat ..read more
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Meet Jeremy, Jewish Fiancé of the Week!
Gather the Jews
by Samuel Milligan
1M ago
The GatherDC blog strives to present a holistic portrait of the DMV’s Jewish community, sharing a wide variety of Jewish voices and perspectives. If you have a 20- or 30-something to nominate as our Jewish Person of the Week or for a Spotted in Jewish DMV feature, please email us! Jeremy and I sit down for an afternoon chat at Bluestone Lane, where we talk about his recent engagement, playing soccer in Prague, feeling lonely, finding community, and the “special, infinite being connecting us” in this lovely Valentine’s Day feature! Samuel: What brought you to the DMV? Jeremy: I went to Cl ..read more
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Meet Maya, Jewish Dog Advocate of the Week!
Gather the Jews
by Samuel Milligan
2M ago
The GatherDC blog strives to present a holistic portrait of the DMV’s Jewish community, sharing a wide variety of Jewish voices and perspectives. If you have a 20- or 30-something to nominate as our Jewish Person of the Week or for a Spotted in Jewish DMV feature, please ! Maya and I connect over Zoom this past Tuesday to chat all about breed-specific legislation in PG County, a perfect first date at a Rage Room, imposter syndrome, and photography! Samuel: Hi, Maya! Thank you for taking the time today. What brought you to the DMV? Maya: I went to James Madison University in Harrisonburg. Afte ..read more
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Meet Jackie, Jewish “Survivor” Enthusiast of the Week!
Gather the Jews
by Samuel Milligan
2M ago
Jackie and I meet up at K Street’s PAUL late one January afternoon. While the downtown traffic wends homeward, we sip hot tea and chat about Jackie’s work reporting on retail trends and the consumer experience, the joy of hosting, finding Jewish community in a brand new city, and how best to catch up on the last 45 seasons of Survivor! Samuel: What brought you to the DMV? Jackie: I moved here in July 2020 for a job at the Washington Post, working the overnight shift. I really wanted to become a better, faster writer. To do that, you have to be writing every day, and this allowed me to do that ..read more
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Meet Kelsey, Jewish Organizer of the Week!
Gather the Jews
by Samuel Milligan
2M ago
Kelsey and I meet one crisp, sunny morning at Big Bear Cafe, where I was excited to hear about her work as a true organizer of Jewish life in the DMV: Reverse Tashlich, book clubs, environmental advocacy, and more. Competing to hear one another over a lot of Olivia Rodrigo [Editor’s note: vampire appeared in the author’s 2023 Spotify Wrapped Top 5; he can’t complain too much], we chat about all that, plus independent bookstores, the DC food scene, Queer Jewish representation in contemporary literature, environmental stewardship as a “partnership with the Divine,” and one way to (accidentally ..read more
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Meet Lucy of One Trick Pony!
Gather the Jews
by Samuel Milligan
3M ago
Lucy and I meet one afternoon at Dolcezza to chat about her burgeoning star in the world of peanut butter: One Trick Pony! Peel back the tamper-proof foil on this conversation for insight on the world of grocery store shelves, what could inspire a lid-related nightmare (and how Judaism is involved), working with your family, and how it feels to move back to the DMV after ten years on the West Coast! Samuel: Hi Lucy! So, what’s brought you to the DMV? Lucy: I grew up in DC. I lived in San Francisco, then moved back to DC in March. I’d been in San Francisco for ten years and woke up after the p ..read more
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Meet Jen, Jewish Freelance Director of the Week!
Gather the Jews
by Samuel Milligan
3M ago
Jen and I meet at Radici near Eastern Market for a late afternoon chat, the kind where suddenly you look up and it is dusk and you’re worried about the traffic on Rock Creek Parkway. A conversation: one of the better places to get lost [Editor’s note: My apologies — I also groaned out loud, writing that line]. Come wander into our sit-down with Jen and learn all about her experience as a freelance theatre artist, how she’s been “finding [her] own path” in Jewish DMV life, why Meryl Streep and Linda Belcher are coming over for Shabbat, and whether gluten-free bagels are good (or not)! Samuel ..read more
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