Phil Lehman, a 67-year-old Kemp Mill resident, has been the subject of not one but two articles in the Washington Jewish Week this month.

Lehman is a certified spinning instructor and leads classes at the Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington in Rockville. (Spinning in this context is not turning around in circles; it’s an exercise workout on stationary bikes.)

But Lehman is also the man behind the kosher bakery planned for the new Costco in Wheaton. Lehman apparently did his research, contacting 22 area synagogues to gauge interest. The response? Very favorable.

This would be the 16th Costco bakery to go kosher, according to Washington Jewish Week.

The Wheaton area already has several kosher bakeries, including Kosher Pastry Oven and Shalom Strictly Kosher.

What do you think of the plans for a kosher Costco bakery: good for shoppers or bad for competing local businesses? Tell us in the comment section below.

To read more about Lehman, see the spinning story and the kosher bakery story in Washington Jewish Week.