The DMV is a great place for professionals to work at Jewish organizations–and it’s getting greater. Our local professionals create a thriving Jewish community, and we want to support them and their work.

After years of hearing from local professionals and understanding the needs of our community, ProConnect was designed to offer best-in-class, high quality professional development, networking opportunities, and convenings to build skills, leadership pathways, and a community of peers. We are committed to attracting, retaining, and supporting professionals who power Jewish life in the DMV.

While we draw on national best practices, ProConnect is guided by a Founding Committee of 10 local professionals who work with JTP to design programming and identify ongoing needs of local professionals.

Over the coming months, we’ll unveil a suite of offerings and share more about our initial Shabbat dinner gatherings. Together, we will build and shape a more interconnected community of professionals who learn with and from each other. 

  Professional Development Opportunities

• R&R, The Rest Roundtable, and more than 30 changemakers and thought leaders are hostinga dynamic conversation October 21 on how to take “rest-investments” to the next level.

• Assembly is hosting Assembling Community October 26–28 in Chicago for Jewish professionals and leaders who work to build Jewish community, including those inviting, gathering, teaching, and connecting people directly—and those shaping the institutions, networks, resources, and strategies that allow relational community-building to flourish. 

• Register for Adamah’s ” ReTreat Yourself!,” a generously funded retreat for professionals from Jewish organizations to gather in community, relax, and recharge. The retreats will be held November 1-3 at OSRUI in Oconomowoc, WI, and December 6-8, 2026 at Isabella Freedman in Falls Village, CT

• JPro27 will be April 12-14, 2027 in Atlanta, presented by Leading Edge and Jewish Federations of North America. Join professionals at every kind of Jewish organization to build valuable skills, expand your network, share ideas, and advance your career.