Jew You Should Know: Josh Ashkenazy
By Kirstyn Flood
For the Mitzpeh
@ThatsSo_Kirstyn
Josh Ashkenazy encourages others to “wake up early, jump out of bed like a lion and start the day.” This idea has enabled the Long Island native to live every day anew, accept challenges ...
Jew You Should Know: Joshua Leviton
By Senaya Savir, Staff writer, @SenayaSavir
In this year’s SEE Battle of the Bands, senior Joshua Leviton claimed victory, giving him the privilege of performing his biggest show so far opening for artists Jessie J, Logic and the Chainsmo...
Jew You Should Know: Joshua Bloch
By Daniel Chavkin, Staff writer, @dchav96
Everybody has a hobby, but freshman aerospace engineering major Joshua Bloch went one step further. When he is not studying or attending services, Bloch solves Rubik’s Cubes as fast as he can. This ...
Jew You Should Know: Rachel Hochheiser-Schwartz
By Senaya Savir, staff writer, @SenayaSavir
Hillel staff welcomed an additional member to their team this past December. Rachel Hochheiser-Schwartz, originally from Potomac, Md., is serving as the new Maryland Hillel leadership consultant....
Jew You Should Know: Ariella Bloomfield
By Jamie Weissman
Whenever Manhattan native Ariella Bloomfield is back in New York she visits DOROT, an old age home where she volunteers and delivers food. So, when a friend asked her if she wanted to visit Potomac’s Hebrew Home every ...
Jew You Should Know: Yael Nagar
By Jamie Weissman
It’s not everyday you meet someone who’s traveled around Africa. But for junior economics and government & politics major Yael Nagar, living in Africa was just her fall semester.
Nagar, a Potomac resident, ...
Jew You Should Know: Talia Richman
By Amanda Eisenberg
Most newspapers don’t publish stories written by a freshman. Most newspapers don’t even hire freshmen. Talia ‘Tali’ Richman, 18, managed to do both.
“I feel like I have a lot to prove,” the journalism major ...
Jew You Should Know: Jesse Krantz
By Jamie Weissman
Navigating through a big university can be challenging. But between becoming Vice President of his fraternity, joining the Investment Banking club and being inducted into Order of Omega, sophomore finance and biochemistry major ...
Jew You Should Know: Jamie Weissman
By Amanda Eisenberg
Jamie Weissman had a clear idea in mind for a new magazine she wanted to start as a freshman. It took the journalism major one year to develop the concept of The Campus Trainer before springing right into action.
“My ...