High Holy Days 5779

Where Hebrew College Students, Alumni & Faculty are Serving as Spiritual Leaders

  • Rabbi Stephen Slater, Rab`18 | Temple Beth El | Birmingham

 

  • Rabbi Rogerio Cukierman, Rab`11 | Escola Eliezer Max | Rio de Janiero

  • Rabbi Adina Allen, Rab`14 | Berkeley High Holy Day Community | Berkeley
  • Rabbi Chaim Koritzinsky, Rab`08 | Congregation Etz Chayim | Palo Alto
  • Rabbi Jessica Kate Meyer, Rab`14 | The Kitchen | San Francisco
  • Rabbi Gray Myrseth, Rab`17 | Kehilla Community Synagogue | Piedmont
  • Rabbi Alyson Solomon, Rab`09 | Congregation Beth Israel | San Diego
  • Cantor Risa Wallach, Can`15 | Congregation B’nai Shalom | Walnut Creek

  • Rabbi Julia Appel, Rab`11 | Beth Sholom Synagogue | Toronto
  • Matthew Goldberg, Rabbinical and Cantorial Student | Shaarei Zedek | New Brunswick
  • Cantor Audrey Klein, Can`17| Temple Emanu-El | Toronto
  • Rabbi Richard Kline, Rab`15 | Bethany Senior Care | Calgary
  • Ryan Leszner, Rabbinical Student | City Shul | Toronto

  • Rabbi Sarah Bracha Gershuny, Rab`12 | Congregation Nevei Kodesh | Boulder

  • Cantor Sarah Bolts, Can`16 | Beth Sholom B’nai Israel | Manchester
  • Rabbi Rebekah Goldman, Rab`16 | Farmington Valley Jewish Congregation Emek Shalom | Simsbury
  • Cantor Sharon Citrin Goldstein, Can`09 | Beth El Synagogue | Woodbury
  • SAM Luckey, Rabbinical and CJSM student | Temple Beth Israel | Winsted
  • Shoshana Rosenbaum, Rabbinical Student | Isabella Freedman Retreat Center | Falls Village
  • Cantor Robbie Solomon, SJM Faculty | Congregation Beth Israel | West Hartford

  • Rabbi Israel de la Piedra, Rab`13 | Miami Jewish Health Systems | Miami
  • Rabbi Bryan Mann, Rab`18 | Congregation Beth Shalom of Brandon | Brandon
  • Elyse Pincus, Rabbinical Student | University of Florida Hillel | Gainesville
  • Cantor Kimberley Singer, Can`09 | Temple Shir Shalom | Oviedo

  • Rabbi Ezra Balser, Rab`17 | Base Hillel | Chicago
  • Jennifer Boyle | Cantorial Student | Temple Israel | Springfield

  • Rabbi Brian Besser, Rab`10 | Congregation Beth Shalom | Bloomington

  • Rabbi Minna Bromberg, Rab`10, RS Faculty| Kehillat Kol HaNeshama | Jerusalem
  • Rabbi Lila Veissid, Rab`11 | Kibbutz HaMaapil | Emek Hefer

  • Cantor Louise Treitman, SJM Faculty | Beth Hillel Roma | Rome

  • Cantor Kevin Margolius, Can`13 | Touro Synagogue | New Orleans

  • Cantor Bex Blumenfeld, Can`15 | Temple Beth El | Portland
  • Cantor Beth Strassler, Can`17 | Congregation Etz Chaim | Biddeford

  • Cantor Melanie Blatt, Can`18 | Beth El Congregation | Baltimore
  • Becca Grad Droller, CJSM`10 | Temple Isaiah | Fulton
  • Genevieve Greinetz, Rabbinical Student | Temple Beth El | Baltimore
  • Cantor Hinda Eisen Labovitz, Can`14 | Ohr Kodesh Congregation | Chevy Chase
  • Rabbi Micha’el Rosenberg, RS Faculty | Ohr Kodesh Congregation | Chevy Chase
  • Jessica Woolf, Cantorial Student | Congregation Beit Tikvah | Baltimore

  • Rabbi Leora Abelson, Rab`17 | Congregation Agudas Achim | Attleboro
  • Rabbi Alison Adler, Rab`08 | Temple B’nai Abraham | Beverly
  • Cantor Stephen Abramowitz, Can`08 | Temple Ner Tamid | Peabody
  • Cantor Elise Barber, Can`11 | Temple Beth El | Springfield
  • Rav-Hazzan Aliza Berger, Can`17, Rab`17 | Temple Emanuel | Newton
  • Rabbi Daniel Berman, Rab`10 | Temple Reyim | Newton
  • Jodi Blankstein, CJLM`10 | Congregation B’nai Torah | Sudbury
  • Rabbi Elizabeth Bonney-Cohen, Rab`18 | Congregation Kehillath Israel | Brookline
  • Rabbi Jordan Braunig, Rab`14 | Tufts University Hillel | Medford
  • Rabbi Joshua Breindel, Rab`09 | Congregation Beth El | Sudbury
  • Cantor Vera Broekhuysen, Can`16 | Temple Emanu-El | Haverhill
  • Rabbi Oksana Chapman, Rab`09 | Temple Emanuel | Chelsea
  • Mikhail Clebaner, Rabbinical Student | Temple Bnai Israel | Revere
  • Rabbi David Cohen-Henriquez, Rab`09 | Temple Sinai | Marblehead
  • Rabbi Shahar Colt, Rab`16 | Congregation Dorshei Tzedek | Newton
  • Joel R. Davidson, Esquire, CJLM`12 | Congregation Ahavas Sholom | Saugus
  • Avi Davis, CJSM Student | Shirat HaYam Congregation | Marshfield
  • Rabbi Getzel Davis, Rab`13 | Harvard University Hillel | Cambridge
  • Daniel Dubin, Rabbinical Student | University of Massachusetts at Amherst Hillel | Amherst
  • Jevin Eagle, Rabbinical Student | Boston University Hillel | Boston
  • Rabbi Judi Ehrlich, Rab`08 | Congregation NewBridge | Dedham
  • Batya Ellinoy, Rabbinical Student | Temple Beth David | Westwood
  • Rabbi Aaron Fine, Rab`09 | University of Massachusetts  at Amherst Hillel | Amherst
  • Rabbi David Finkelstein, Rab`14 | Temple Beth Israel | Waltham
  • DJ Fortine, CJSM Student | Temple Beth Shalom | Needham
  • Rabbi Shoshana Friedman, Rab`14 | Temple Sinai | Brookline
  • Rabbi Carol Glass, Rabbinical School Faculty | Congregation Mishkan Tefila | Brookline
  • Jessica Goldberg, Rabbinical Student | Hillel at Brandeis University | Waltham
  • Joel Goldstein, Rabbinical Student | Temple Beth Sholom | Hull
  • Rabbi Arthur Green, Rector, Rabbinical School | Chabad Newton Centre | Newton
  • Cantor Peter Halpern, SJM Faculty | Temple Shalom | Newton
  • Maayan Harel, Cantorial Student | Temple Sinai | Brookline
  • Jacob Harris, Cantorial Student | Temple B’nai Israel | Revere
  • Justin Held, Rabbinical Student | Boston University Hillel | Boston
  • Cantor Idan Irelander, Can`09, | Temple Emanuel | Andover
  • Rabbi Eliana Jacobowitz, Rab`10 | Congregation B’nai Brith | Somerville
  • Joshua Jacobson, SJM Faculty | Temple Reyim |Newton
  • Rabbi Suzanne Jacobson, Rab`15 | Temple Israel | Boston
  • Cantor Marcie Jonas, Can`10 | Temple Israel | Boston
  • Rabbi Randy Kafka, Rab`08 | Temple Kol Tikvah | Sharon
  • Rabbi Marcie Kamerow, Rab`15 | Temple Beth Am | Framingham
  • Rabbi Jane Kanarek, RS Faculty | Massachusetts Institute of Technology Hillel | Cambridge
  • Rachel Kaplan, Rabbinical Student | Tufts University Hillel | Medford
  • Gita Karasov, Rabbinical Student | Boston University Hillel | Boston
  • Cantor Rebecca Wexler Khitrik, Can`14 | Temple Sinai | Sharon
  • Cantor Lisa Kipen-Hershenson, Can`14 | NewBridge on the Charles | Dedham
  • Rabbi Daniel Klein, Rab`10, RS Faculty | The Boston Synagogue | Boston
  • Cantor Jeff Klepper, SJM Faculty | Temple Sinai |Sharon
  • Michelle Koppelman, CJLM`11, CCNT`14 | Temple B’nai Israel | Revere
  • Rabbi Adam Lavitt, Rab`12 | Hebrew SeniorLife Orchard Cove | Canton
  • Rabbi Ebn Leader, RS Faculty | Temple Beth Zion | Brookline
  • Rabbi Allan Lehmann, RS Faculty | Temple Emanuel | Newton
  • Rabbi Eliezer Lehmann, Rab`17 | Boston University Hillel | Boston
  • Noam Lerman, Rabbinical Student | Nehar Shalom | Jamaica Plain
  • Rabbi Steven Lewis, Rab`11 | Temple Ahavat  Aachim | Gloucester
  • Jessica Lowenthal, Rabbinical Student | Temple Beth Sholom | Framingham
  • Rabbi Emily Mathis, Rab`09 | Tremont Street Shul | Cambridge
  • Cantor Michael McCloskey, Can`07, SJM Faculty | Temple Emeth | Chestnut Hill
  • Jackson Mercer, Rabbinical Student | Highered Holidays | Somerville
  • Michal Micner, Rabbinical Student | Massachusetts Institute of Technology Hillel | Cambridge
  • Cheryl Miller, CCA`09 | Harriett and Ralph Kaplan Estates (Chelsea Jewish Foundation) | Peabody
  • Rabbi James Morgan, Rab`08 | Hebrew SeniorLife and Harvard University Hillel | Brookline and Cambridge
  • Linda Myer, CJSM`15 | Temple Beth Torah | Holliston
  • Dan Nesson, Cantorial Student | Temple Emanuel | Newton
  • Sarah Noyovitz, Rabbinical Student | Temple Israel | Athol
  • Rabbi Suzanne Offit, Rab`09 | Hebrew SeniorLife | Brookline
  • Allison Poirier, Rabbinical Student | Temple Israel | Sharon
  • Rachel Putterman, Rabbinical Student | Boston College Hillel and Emerson College Hillel | Chestnut Hill and Boston
  • Cantor Ken Richmond, SJM Faculty and Rabbinical Student | Temple Israel | Natick
  • Cantor Jeri Nagler Robins, Can`13 | Beth El Temple Center | Belmont
  • Rabbi Richard Rudnick, Rab`11 | University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center | Worcester
  • Cantor Elias Rosemberg, SJM Faculty | Temple Emanuel | Newton
  • Rabbi Ma’ayan Sands, Rab`16 | Temple B’nai Shalom | Braintree
  • Jinny Sagorin, CJSM`18 | Hebrew SeniorLife | Orchard Cove
  • Cantor Hollis Schachner, Rabbinical Student | Temple Shir Tikva | Wayland
  • Jana Schachter, Cantorial Student | Northeastern University | Boston
  • Rabbi Daniel Schaefer, Rab`18 | Temple Ohabei Shalom | Brookline
  • Rabbi Philip Sherman, Rab`13 | Temple Beth Elohim | Wellesley
  • Cantor Wendy Siegel, Can`13 | Temple Emanuel | Marlborough
  • Rachel Slusky, Cantorial Student | Temple Anshe Amunim | Pittsfield
  • Rav-Hazzan Scott Sokol, SJM Faculty | Temple Beth Shalom | Framingham
  • Cantor Sarra Spierer, Can`07 | Congregation Beth Elohim | Acton
  • Mona Strick, Rabbinical Student | Temple Emanu-el | Haverhill
  • Cantor Lynn Torgove, Can`12, SJM Faculty | Temple Emanu-el  | Marblehead
  • Rabbi Seth Wax, Rab`13 | Williams College | Williamstown
  • Rabbi Rebecca Weinstein, Rab`18 | Shaarei Shalom | Ashland
  • Rabbi Ora Weiss, Rab`15 | Somerville
  • Phyllis Werlin, CJSM`17 | Agudas Achim-Ezrath Israel | Malden
  • Rabbi David Winship, Rab`17 | Temple Beth David of the South Shore | Canton
  • David Wolff, Cantorial Student | Temple Beth Am | Framingham
  • Yehoshua Zahavi, Rabbinical Student | Congregation Agudat Achim | Leominster
  • Ilana Zietman, Rabbinical Student | Tufts University Hillel | Medford

  • Rabbi Alana Alpert, Rab`14 | Detroit Jews for Justice / Congregation T’chiyah | Oak Park
  • Rabbi Lisa Stella, Rab`14 | University of Michigan Hillel | Ann Arbor

  • Rabbi Tamar Grimm, Rab`10 | Beth Jacob Congregation | Mendota Heights
  • Rabbi Emma Kippley-Ogman, Rab`10 | Macalester College, Beth Jacob Congregation | Mendota Heights
  • Rabbi Arielle Lekach-Rosenberg, Rab`17 | Shir Tikvah | Minneapolis

  • Joseph Glick, Rabbinical Student | University of Missouri Hillel | Columbia

  • Samuel Blumberg, Rabbinical Student | Congregation Betenu | Amherst

  • Rabbi Tiferet Berenbaum, Rab`13 | Temple Har Zion | Mount Holly
  • Rabbi Eric Cohen, Rab`12 | Flemington Jewish Community Center | Flemington
  • Cantor Shana Onigman, Can`07 | Morristown Jewish Center Beit Yisrael | Morristown
  • Rabbi J. Hannah Orden, Rab`10 | Congregation Beth Hatikvah | Summit

  • Sara Blumenthal, Rabbinical Student | Temple Beth El | Dunkirk
  • Talia Laster, Rabbinical Student | Fort Tryon Jewish Center | New York
  • Rabbi Jessica Lenza, Rab`15 | Temple Shaaray Tefila | New York
  • Cantor Melissa Puius, Can`13 | Plainview Jewish Center | Plainview
  • Rabbi Or Rose, Miller Center Director | The Chatham Synagogue | Chatham
  • Rabbi Michael Silbert, Rab`12 | Temple Beth David | Rochester

  • Rabbi Elyssa Joy Austerklein, Rab`11 | Beth El Congregation | Akron
  • Annice Benamy, CJSM`16 | Montefiore Nursing Home | Beachwood
  • Cantor Richard Lawrence, Can`14 | Temple Emanu El | Orange Village
  • Rabbi Scott Roland, Rab`13 | Congregation Shaarey Tikvah | Beachwood

  • Rabbi Philip Bressler, Rab`18  | Beit Am – Mid-Willamette Valley Jewish Community | Corvallis
  • Rabbi Elias Herb, Rab`16 | Temple Beth Shalom | Salem

  • Rabbi Ari Lev Fornari, Rab`14 | Kol Tzedek Synagogue | Philadelphia
  • Joshua Greenberg, Rabbinical Student | Gettysburg College Hillel | Gettysburg
  • Hazzan Michelle Rubenstein, CJLM`12 | Rodef Shalom Congregation | Pittsburgh
  • Cantor Henry Shapiro, Can`12 | Parkway Jewish Center | Pittsburgh
  • Rabbi Micah Shapiro, Rab`17 | University of Pennsylvania Hillel | Philadelphia

  • Marc Guttman, Cantorial Student | Temple Emanu-El | Providence
  • Rabbi Steven Jablow, Rab`15 | Bryant University Hillel | Smithfield
  • Cantor Dr. Brian Mayer, Dean SJM | Temple Emanu-El | Providence
  • Rabbi Sarah Mulhern, Rab`17 | Brown RISD Hillel | Providence
  • Marc Stober, Cantorial Student | Temple Emanu-El | Providence
  • Talia Stein, Rabbinical Student | Temple Shalom | Middletown

  • Cantor Julie Newman, Can`17 | United Hebrew Congregation | Singapore

 

  • Jessica Woolf, Cantorial Student | Synagogue Emanu-el | Charleston

  • Rabbi Michael Cohen, Rab`08 | North Texas VA Health Care System | Dallas
  • Cantor Monica O’Desky, Can`18 | Temple Mizpah | Abilene
  • Rabbi Salem Pearce, Rab`18 | Temple Emanu-El | Longvie

  • Rabbi Dr. Michael Shire, Chief Academic Officer | Oxford Jewish Centre | Oxford

  • Jennifer Daks, Cantorial Student | Shir Shalom Synagogue | Woodstock
  • Shmuel Dorr, CJSM Student | Congregation Shir Shalom | Woodstock
  • Rabbi David Fainsilber, Rab`14 | Jewish Community of Greater Stowe | Stowe
  • Rabbi Lev Friedman, Rab`18 | Jewish Community of Greater Stowe | Stowe
  • Cantor Kate Judd, Can`15 | Congregation Shir HeHarim | Brattleboro

  • Cantor Dara Rosenblatt, Can`18 | Temple Beth-El | Richmond
  • Rabbi Hal Schevitz, Rab`13 | Congregation Or Atid | Henrico
  • Dena Trugman, Rabbinical Student | Temple Emanuel | Virginia Beach

  • Rabbi Joshua Weisman, Rab`18 | Kavana Cooperative | Seattle

  • Rabbi Benjamin Barer, Rab`18 | Georgetown University | Washington, DC
  • Rabbi Joseph Berman, Rab`10 | New Synagogue Project | Washington, DC
  • Rabbi Mónica Gomery, Rab`17 | New Synagogue Project | Washington, DC

* Partial list from the Rabbinical School, School of Jewish Music, and Graduate School of Education. If you see an error or omission, please email wlinden@hebrewcollege.edu, and we will add your information to this page. Thank you.

CJSM = Certificate in Jewish Sacred Music
CJLM = Certificate in Jewish Liturgical Music