Jacob Feinspan

Jacob Feinspan Feinspan is executive director of Jews United for Justice, a Washington group that advocates for social justice on local issues — on everything from the Purple Line’s effect on affordable housing in Maryland to fair wages for Wal-Mart workers. Feinspan has spent his career in nonprofit Jewish advocacy, working on global poverty, AIDS relief, debt relief for developing countries, the genocide in Darfur, aid for victims of Hurricane Katrina and more. He also helped create Tikkun Leil Shabbat, a Jewish congregation that meets near Dupont Circle every few weeks to sing, eat and learn about social justice. A native of Silver Spring, the 31-year-old Feinspan now lives in Wheaton with his wife and young son.