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Gather the Jews is now GatherDC!
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everything else is the same!
Meet Sam: Jewish Moishe House Resident of the Week!
/0 Comments/in Blog, Featured Jewish Guys, Featured People /by Allison FriedmanAllie: What brought you to DC? Sam: I was living in Indonesia as part of the Boren Scholars, which is a year-long post-grad language program. I went before officially graduating from the University of Maryland because I wasn’t ready to enter the workforce just yet. I decided to go, learn a new language, and then […]
Meet Alex: Jewish History Buff of the Week!
/0 Comments/in Blog, Featured Jewish Girls, Featured People /by Allison FriedmanAlex Fosco is GatherDC’s brand new Community Coordinator and she cannot wait to meet you! Get to know all about Alex’s love of Mesopotamian pottery, costuming, and wine. Email her or comment below to welcome her to the team. Allie: What brought you to DC? Alex: I was planning to move to New York after […]
Giving Tuesday with GatherDC: Yoga and Bagels
/0 Comments/in Blog /by GatherDC StaffIt’s almost time for Giving Tuesday and that means we’re feeling all mushy and grateful for our community members who make it possible for Gather to even exist (yes, that’s you). To show you how much we appreciate you, we’ve decided that instead of celebrating this global giving movement with tons of emails and posts asking […]
Meet Lilly: Jewish Outdoorswoman of the Week!
/0 Comments/in Blog, Featured Jewish Girls, Featured People /by Allison FriedmanWhen she’s not running around to one of the EIGHT different hotels she does HR for, you might find Lilly Andorsky trekking through Harper’s Ferry, biking around the city, or enjoying a delicious Chinese food dinner. Get to know this happy-go-lucky, nature loving woman! Allie: What led you to DC? Lilly: I grew up in […]
A Nice Jewish Girl’s Guide to Noshing at Taim
/0 Comments/in Blog /by Michele AmiraIsraeli Chef Einat Admony and her husband Stéfan Nafziger recently opened a new, vegetarian Israeli restaurant called Taïm in Georgetown. I recently went to discover if Taïm truly lives up to its namesake, which means “tasty” in Hebrew. I was personally very excited to nosh at Taïm because I’m vegan and appreciated their mostly plant […]
Meet Andrew: Jewish Home Chef of the Week
/0 Comments/in Blog, Featured Jewish Guys, Featured People /by Allison FriedmanAllie: What brought you to DC? Andrew: It’s been my dream to move to DC ever since I interned here during college for House Majority Leader Pelosi at the time. I fell in love with the city, it was easy to navigate and fit me so well personality-wise. I love politics, and DC is the […]
Meet Mollie: Jewish Foodie of the Week
/0 Comments/in Blog, Featured Jewish Girls, Featured People /by Allison FriedmanWhen she’s not empowering women as the president of JWI’s Young Women’s Leadership Network, Mollie Bowman is taste-testing the best of the Michelin Guide in DC, enjoying the monuments at night, or dreaming of becoming a comedy writer. Allie: What brought you to DC? Mollie: I’m from Atlanta, and moved to DC for school at […]
Meet Blake: Jewish Gifting Pro of the Week
/0 Comments/in Blog, Featured People /by Allison FriedmanAllie: What brought you to DC? Blake: I grew up in this area, went to Wootton High School and then University of Florida for college. I stayed at UF for grad school in entrepreneurship/entrepreneurial marketing. I came back to DC to get a job, and interned for Cava Restaurant Group before getting a job at […]
Meet Nikki: Jewish Teacher of the Week!
/0 Comments/in Blog, Featured Jewish Girls, Featured People /by Allison FriedmanAllie: How did you wind up in DC? Nikki: I applied to be a part of the Avodah Jewish Service Corps, which is a year-long Jewish service program. At 22, didn’t know what I wanted to do professionally, but knew I wanted to be part of repairing the world and Avodah gave me the opportunity […]
Can We Find Joy In Vulnerable Times this Sukkot?
/0 Comments/in Blog, Uncategorized /by Rabbi Ilana ZietmanAs Yom Kippur ended last Wednesday night, I quickly had a bite of a bagel and downed some orange juice. I soon checked in on social media after taking a nice break from it over the holiday. I was quickly horrified to see the news of the terrorist attack on a synagogue in Halle, Germany […]
Meet Miriam: Jewish Internationalist of the Week
/0 Comments/in Blog, Featured Jewish Girls, Featured People /by Allison FriedmanAllie: What led you to live in DC? Miriam: I grew up in Silver Spring and wasn’t planning to come back after graduation, but there were a lot of jobs here in international affairs. I don’t know if DC will be my forever place, but it’s great for now. Allie: What led to your passion […]
3 Alternative Ways to Fast this Yom Kippur
/0 Comments/in Blog /by Julie ThompsonYom Kippur is hard. At least, for me – a fairly connected, yet pretty unreligious Jew on her own spiritual journey and trying to figure out how these traditional rituals fit into her own life – if they even do hold meaning and have a place in her life – Yom Kippur can be a […]
Meet Joe: Jewish Social Butterfly of the Week!
/0 Comments/in Blog, Featured People /by Allison FriedmanAllie: How did you wind up in DC? Joe: I’m originally from Connecticut, and then my family moved to North Carolina. I was most recently living in Baltimore and working for Hillel, but saw my social life continually shift more and more towards DC, and sometimes I found myself here 5-7 times a week. Eventually, […]
Making High Holiday Plans and Picking a Synagogue
/0 Comments/in Blog /by Jason LangsnerIn 2013, the Pew Research Center released the comprehensive survey “A Portrait of Jewish Americans” The takeaways from this study opened a lot of eyes to the state of Jewish pluralism today, and the future of Judaism in America. In Washington Jewish Week’s 2018 article, they claimed it shocked the Jewish community, and (in […]
Meet Lisa: Jewish Relationship Journalist of the Week!
/0 Comments/in Blog, Featured People /by Allison FriedmanAllie: What brought you to DC? Lisa: I’m from California and went to UCLA where I had been writing a dating column for the student newspaper. Then, I got an internship at The Washington Post right out of college. So, I packed up my stuff and moved out here for what I thought was going […]