McKenzie is interpretive programs manager at the Jewish Historical Society of Greater Washington. The organization is located in the historic Lillian and Albert Small Jewish Museum, a former synagogue built in 1876 at Third and G streets Northwest that will be moved two blocks in the coming years to accommodate highway construction. What does your job involve? Essentially to convey the history of the local Jewish community, and that includes Northern Virginia, D.C. and Maryland, to the broader public through a wide array of exhibitions, tours, lectures and educational programs.

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