Our Alumni
Hebrew College alumni are Jewish leaders and lifelong learners all over the world. Learn more
300,000 – Jews Worldwide Reached by Hebrew College Ordained Rabbis
Our rabbinical alumni serve as congregational rabbis in affiliated and independent congregations, Hillel rabbis and executive directors, hospital chaplains and organizational innovators.

90,000 – Students in the past Two Years Educated by Hebrew College Graduate Education alumni.
Our graduate education alumni are heads of day schools, directors of religious schools, teachers, curriculum experts, and tutors for congregations and organizations across the country.
18,000 – Individuals Served by Hebrew College Ordained Cantors
Our cantorial alumni bring leadership, music and spirituality to congregations the U.S., Canada and Singapore.
8,000 – Adult Learners Enriched by Hebrew College Programs
Alumni of our community learning programs have gone on to become rabbis, educators, lay leaders, and lifelong Jewish learners.
5,500 – Teens Inspired by Hebrew College Teen Learning Programs
Our Prozdor alumni attend top colleges and have gone on to leadership and lay positions in their Jewish communities across the U.S.
National: Rabbinical & Cantorial Alumni
California
- Rabbi Adina Allen`14 | The Jewish Studio Project | Berkeley
- Rabbi Chaim Koritzinsky`08 | Congregation Etz Chayim | Palo Alto
- Rabbi SAM Luckey`20 | California Pacific Medical Center | San Francisco
- Rabbi Jessica Kate Meyer`14 | The Kitchen | San Francisco
- Rabbi Gray Myrseth `17 | Kehillah Community Synagogue | Piedmont
- Rabbi Dena Trugman `19| UCLA Health – Santa Monica Medical Center | Los Angeles
- Rabbi Josh Weisman`18 | Jewish Community Federation and Endowment Fund | Berkeley
- Rabbi Genevieve Greinetz `22 | Peninsula Temple Beth El | San Mateo
- Rabbi Stephanie Kennedy `22 | Jewish Gateways | Berkeley
- Rabbi Frankie Sandmel `22 | Bay Area Base | Rockridge
Connecticut
- Cantor Jenn Boyle`20, MJEd`19 | Temple Beth Tikvah | Madison
- Rabbi Rebekah Goldman`16 | Farmington Valley Jewish Congregation Emek Shalom | Simsbury
- Rabbi Rachel Putterman`19 | Trinity College Hillel | Hartford
Florida
- Rabbi David Cohen Enriquez`10 | B’nai Israel Synagogue | Pensacola
- Cantor Kimberley Singer`09 | Temple Shir Shalom | Oviedo
Georgia
- Rabbi Jordan Braunig`14 | Emory University Hillel | Atlanta
Illinois
- Rabbi Ezra Balser, Rab’17, MJSR’17 | Silverstein Base Hillel: LOOP | Chicago
- Rabbi Sarah Mulhern`17 | Rabbi of BASE Chicago | Chicago
Indiana
- Rabbi Brian Besser`10 | Congregation Beth Shalom | Bloomington
Louisiana
- Cantor Kevin Margolius`13 | Touro Synagogue | New Orleans
Maine
- Cantor Beth Strassler`17 | Congregation Etz Chaim | Biddeford
Maryland
- Cantor Melanie Blatt`18 | Temple Beth-El | Pikesville
- Cantor Sarah Bolts`16 | B’nai Israel Congregation| Rockville
- Rabbi Tyler Dratch`21 | Beth Am Synagogue | Baltimore
- Cantor Hinda Eisen Labovitz`14 | Ohr Kodesh Congregation | Chevy Chase
- Rabbi Jeremy Fierstien`11 | University of Maryland Baltimore County | Baltimore
- Rabbi Sarah Tasman`12 | The Jewish Federation Of Greater Washington | Bethesda
Massachusetts
- Rabbi Leora Abelson`17 | Nehar Shalom Community Synagogue | Boston
- Rabbi Alison Adler`08 | Temple B’nai Abraham | Beverly
- Cantor Elise Barber`11 | Temple Beth El | Springfield
- Rabbi Laura Bellows`18 | Director of Prozdor and Youth Initiatives at Hebrew College | Newton
- Tiferet Gordon Berenbaum`13 | Temple Beth Zion | Brookline
- Rav-Hazzan Aliza Berger`17 | Temple Emanuel | Newton
- Rabbi Daniel Berman`10 | Temple Reyim | Newton
- Rabbi Sam Blumberg`21| Temple Beth Am |Framingham
- Rabbi Elizabeth Bonney-Cohen`18 | Congregation Kehillath Israel | Brookline
- Rabbi Joshua Breindel`09, | Congregation Beth El | Sudbury
- Cantor Vera Broekhuysen`16 | Temple Emanu-El | Haverhill
- Rabbi Getzel Davis`13 | Harvard University Hillel | Cambridge
- Rabbi Jevin Eagle`19 | Boston University Hillel | Boston
- Rabbi Judi Ehrlich`08| Hebrew SeniorLife | Dedham
- Rabbi Aaron Fine`09 | University of Massachusetts at Amherst Hillel | Amherst
- Rabbi David Finkelstein`14 | Temple Beth Israel | Waltham
- Rabbi Shoshana Friedman`14 | Hebrew College | Newton
- Rabbi Dena Glasgow`21 | Gann Academy | Watham
- Rabbi Hillel Greene`14 | Gann Academy | Waltham
- Cantor Maayan Harel`19 | Temple Beth David | Canton
- Cantor Idan Irelander`09 | Temple Emanuel | Andover
- Rabbi Eliana Jacobowitz`10 | Congregation B’nai Brith | Somerville
- Rabbi Suzanne Jacobson`15 | Temple Israel | Boston
- Cantor Marcie Jonas, Can`10 | Temple Israel | Boston
- Rabbi Randy Kafka`08 | Temple Kol Tikvah | Sharon
- Rabbi Marcie Kamerow`15 | Temple B’nai Brith | Somerville
- Rabbi Rachel Kaplan`21, MAJS`21 | Hebrew Senior Life | Roslindale, MA
- Rabbi Gita Karasov`20 | Director of Recruitment and Outreach at Hebrew College | Newton
- Cantor Rebecca Wexler Khitrik`14 | Temple Sinai | Sharon
- Cantor Lisa Kipen-Hershenson`14, MAJS`92 | Newbridge on the Charles | Dedham
- Rabbi Daniel Klein`10 | Hebrew College | Newton
- Rabbi Adam Lavitt`12 | Hebrew SeniorLife | Roslindale
- Rabbi Elie Lehmann`17 | Boston University Hillel | Boston
- Rabbi Noam Lerman`20 | Smith College Hillel | Northhampton
- Rabbi Steven Lewis`11 | Temple Ahavat Aachim | Gloucester
- Rabbi Jessica Lowenthal`19 | Temple Beth Shalom | Melrose
- Rabbi Amalia Mark`21 | Mayyim Hayyim Living Waters Community Mikvah | Newton, MA
- Cantor Michael McCloskey`07 | Temple Emeth | Chestnut Hill
- Rabbi Sara Meirowitz`13 | Gann Academy | Waltham
- Rabbi Mimi Micner`20 | Temple Beth Torah | Holliston
- Rabbi James Morgan`08 | Hebrew SeniorLife | Cambridge
- Rabbi Allison Poirier`19 | Temple Beth Sholom | Framingham
- Rabbi Shayna Rhodes`08 | Hebrew College | Newton
- Rav-Hazzan Ken Richmond`21 | Temple Israel | Natick
- Cantor Jeri Nagler Robins`13 | Beth El Temple Center | Belmont
- Rabbi Margie Klein Ronkin“11 | Essex County Community Organization | Essex County
- Rabbi Shoshana Rosenbaum`21 | Hebrew College | Newton Centre
- Rabbi Richard Rudnick`11 | University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center | Worcester
- Rabbi Ma’ayan Sands`16 | Temple B’Nai Shalom | Braintree
- Rabbi Stephanie Sanger-Miller`19 | Brandeis University | Waltham
- Rabbi Daniel Schaefer`18 | Temple Ohabei Shalom | Brookline
- Rabbi Jordan Schuster`18 | Hebrew College | Newton
- Rabbi Philip Sherman`13 | Temple Beth Elohim | Wellesley
- Rabbi Talia Stein`20 | Temple Sinai | Brookline, MA
- Cantor Linda Sue Sohn`11 | Congregation Beth Israel | Lawrence
- Cantor Sarra Spierer`07 | Congregation Beth Elohim | Acton
- Cantor Lynn Torgove`12, MAJS`11 SJM Faculty | Temple Emanu-el | Marblehead
- Rabbi Seth Wax`13, P`98 | Williams College | Williamstown
- Rabbi Rebecca Weinstein`18 | Solomon Schechter Day School of Greater Boston | Newton
- Rabbi David Winship`17 | Temple Beth David | Canton
- Cantor David Wolff`20 | Temple Beth Am | Framingham
- Rabbi Batya Ellinoy `22 | Temple Beth Elohim | Wellesley
- Rabbi Giulia Fleishman `22 | 2Life Communities | Brighton
- Cantor Daniel (DJ) Fortine `22 | Temple Beth Shalom | Needham
Michigan
- Rabbi Alana Alpert`14 | Congregation T’chivah & Detroit Jews for Justice | Detroit
- Rabbi Nate de Groot`16 | Hazon Detroit | Detroit
- Rabbi Lisa Stella`14 | University of Michigan Hillel | Ann Arbor
Minnesota
- Rabbi Tamar Grimm`10 | Beth Jacob Congregation | Mendota Heights
- Rabbi Justin Held`21 | University of Minnesota Hillel & Herzl Camp | Minneapolis, MN
- Rabbi Emma Kippley-Ogman`10 | Macalaster College | St. Paul
- Rabbi Arielle Rosenberg`17| Shir Tikvah | Minneapolis
- Rabbi Joseph Glick `22 | Shir Tikvah | Minneapolis
New Hampshire
- Cantor Marc Stober`21 | Temple Israel of Manchester | Manchester
New Jersey
- Rabbi Eric Cohen`12 | Flemington Jewish Community Center | Flemington
- Rabbi Max Edwards`21 | Temple B’nai Abraham |Livingston
- Cantor Shana Onigman`07 | Morristown Jewish Center Beit Yisrael | Morristown
- Rabbi J. Hannah Orden`10 | Congregation Beth Hatikvah | Summit
- Cantor Risa Wallach`15 | Temple Beth El | Jersey City
- Rabbi Sara Blumenthal `22 | Congregation Agudath Israel | Caldwell
New York
- Rabbi Julia Appel`11 |CLAL– The National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership| New York City
- Rabbi Ayalon Eliach`18 | Lippman Kanfer Foundation for Living Torah | New York City
- Rabbi Hayley Goldstein`19 |BASE, Cornell University | Ithaca
- Rabbi Avi Killip`14 | Mechon Hadar | New York City
- Rabbi Brian Mann`18 | Vassar College | Poughkeepsie
- Rabbi Lev Meirowitz Nelson`13 | Truah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights | New York City
- Sarah Noyevitz `20 |Syracuse University | Syracuse, NY
- Rabbi Michael Silbert`12 | Temple Beth David | Rochester
- Rabbi Rebecca Weintraub`20 | B’nai Jeshurun | New York City
- Rabbi Shuki Zehavi`19 | Temple Adath Yeshurun | Syracuse
- Rabbi Yael Werber `22 | Congregation Beth Simchat Torah | New York City
North Carolina
- Rabbi Salem Pearce`18 | Executive Director, Carolina Jews for Justice | Durham
Ohio
- Rabbi Elyssa Joy Austerklein`11 | Ivrim Jews without Borders
- Cantor Richard Lawrence`14 | Temple Emanu El | Orange Village
- Rabbi Scott Roland`13 | Congregation Shaarey Tikvah | Cleveland
- Stephen Slater ’18 |Congregation Agudas Achim | Bexley
Oregon
- Rabbi Philip Bressler`18 | Beit Am | Corvallis
- Rabbi Elias Herb`16 | Temple Beth Shalom | Salem
- Rabbi Alyson Solomon`09 | Temple Beth Israel | Eugene, OR
Pennsylvania
- Rabbi Ari Lev Fornari`14 | Kol Tzedek | Philadelphia
- Jessica Goldberg`20, MJEd ’19 |Bucknell University | Lewisburg
- Rabbi Mónica Gomery`17 | Kol Tzedek & Svara | Philadelphia
- Cantor Julie Newman`17 | Tiferet — A Jewish Spirituality Project | Pittsburgh
- Cantor Henry Shapiro`12 | Parkway Jewish Center | Pittsburgh
- Rabbi Micah Shapiro`17 | University of Pennsylvania Hillel | Philadelphia
- Rabbi Dena Trugman`19, MJSR’17 | Einstein Medical Center | Elkins Park
Rhode Island
- Rabbi Steven Jablow`15 | Bryant University Hillel | Smithfield
Texas
- Cantor Monica O’Desky`18 | Temple Mizpah | Abilene
- Rabbi Michael Cohen`08 | The Legacy Senior Communities | Dallas
Vermont
- Rabbi David Fainsilber`14 | Jewish Community of Greater Stowe | Stowe
- Cantor Kate Judd`15 | Congregation Shir HeHarim | Brattleboro
Virginia
- Cantor Dara Rosenblatt`18 | Temple Beth-El | Richmond
- Rabbi Hal Schevitz`13 | Congregation Or Atid | Richmond
Washington, D.C.
- Rabbi Benjamin Barer`18 | Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School | Washington, DC
- Rabbi Joseph Berman`10| New Synagogue Project | Washington, DC
- Rabbi Avi Strausberg`15 | Mechon Hadar | Washington, DC
- Rabbi Ilana Zietman`19 | GatherDC | Washington, DC
International: Rabbinical & Cantorial Alumni
Australia
- Rabbi Misha Clebenar`19 | North Shore Temple | Sydney
Brazil
- Rabbi Rogerio Zingervitz Cukierman`11 | Escola Eliezer Max | Rio de Janiero
Canada
- Cantor Audrey Klein`17| Temple Emanu-El | Toronto
- Rabbi Richard Kline`15 | Bethany Senior Care | Calgary
- Rabbi Matt Ponak`20 |Congregation Emanu-El of Victoria | Victoria British Columbia
Israel
- Rabbi Minna Bromberg`10 | Fat Torah | Jerusalem
- Rabbi Lila Veissid`11 | Kibbutz Ha-Ma’apil
Where Recent Hebrew College Education Graduates Are Working
Australia
- Rabbi Misha Clebenar, MJEd`19 | North Shore Temple, Sydney
California
- David Derin, MJEd`16, Judaic Studies Teacher, Abraham Joshua Heschel School, Northridge
- Moshe Fisch, MJEd`08, Judaic Studies Teacher, Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School, Palo Alto
- Sarah Hartman MJEd`19 | Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin & Sonoma Counties| San Francisco
- Emily JK Holtzman, MJEJS ’17, Program Coordinator for @Home Shalom, Family & Teen Educator, Temple Beth Am, Los Angeles
- Sophie Needelman, MJEJS`18, Director of Student Life, University of California San Diego Hillel, San Diego
- Dorielle Parker, MJEd`15, Judaic Studies Teacher, Oakland Hebrew Day School, Oakland
- Carina Rock, MJEd`11, Judaic Studies Teacher, San Diego Jewish Academy
- Aron Wolgel, MJEd`09, Judaic Studies Teacher, Jewish Community High School of the Bay, San Francisco
Canada
- Seth Goldstein | Leo Baeck Day School | Ontario
- Cantor Audrey Klein, Can`17, MJEd`17| Temple Emanu-El | Toronto
- Rabbi Richard Kline, Rab`15, MAJS`15 | Bethany Senior Care | Calgary
- Matt Ponak ’20 | Congregation Emanu-El, Victoria | British Columbia
- Jonah Potasznik, MJEd`10 | Hebrew Foundation School | Quebec
- Tema Smith, MJEd`18, Director of Community Engagement, Holy Blossom Temple, Toronto
- David Wallach, MJEd`16 – Judaic Studies Teacher, Herzliah School, Montreal
Colorado
- Ori Bieder, MJEd`17, Judaic Studies Teacher, Denver Jewish Day School
- Brooke Fisher, MJEd`20 | Congregation Nevei Kodesh | Boulder
- Sarah Levy, MJEd`10 – Judaic Studies Teacher, Denver Jewish Day School
Florida
- Beth Pennamacoor, MJE ’17, Director of Education, Temple Beit HaYam & Cantorial Soloist, Stuart
Georgia
- Drew Cohen, MJEd`11, Judaic Studies Teacher, Weber School, Atlanta
- Ilan Weismark, MJEd`13, Judaic Studies Teacher, Davis Academy, Atlanta
Illinois
- Natan Anderson, MJEd`17, Judaic Studies Teacher, Rochelle Zell Jewish High School, Chicago
Israel
- Rachel Shapiro Fink, MJEd`08, Founder & Director, Journey Early Childhood Center, Tel Aviv
Maryland
- Lisa Bodnizer, MJEd`08, Executive Director, Towson University Hillel, Baltimore
- Julie Gordon, MJEd`12, Director of Education, Adat Shalom Reconstructionist Congregation, Bethesda
- Orna Siegel, MJE ’16, Director of Enrollment & Tuition Assistance, Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School, Rockville
Massachusetts
- Roberta Bergstron, MJEd`19, Temple Israel | Boston
- Jonah Peretz, MJEd`18, Judaic Studies Teacher, Jewish Community Day School of Boston | Watertown
- Rabbi Allison Poirier, MJEd`19 | Temple Beth Shalom | Framingham
- Wilma Sack-Poyser, MJEd`19 |Temple Aliyah | Needhman
- Rebecca Redner, MJEd`19 | Gateways: Access to Jewish Education | Newton
- Devora Rohr, MJEd`20 | Congregation Dorshei Tzedek | West Newton
- Andrea Shapiro, MJEd`19 | Temple Emanuel | Newton
- Stephanie Wolfe, MJEd`19 | Temple Shalom Emeth | Burlington
Michigan
- David Fain, MJEd`11, Judaic Studies Teacher, Hillel Day School, Farmington Hills
- Avi Spodek, MJEd`13, Judaic Studies Teacher, Frankel Jewish Academy, West Bloomfield MI
Mississippi
- Alachua Nazarenko, MJEd`18, Programming Coordinator, Goldring/Woldenberg Institute of Jewish Life, Brandon
Missouri
- Rina Mangurten, MJEd`17, Judaic Studies Teacher, Saul Mirowitz Jewish Community School, St. Louis
New Hampshire
- Dale Rosenberg, MJEd/MAJS`19 | Congregation Ahavas Achim | Keene
New Jersey
- Avi Mandel, MJEd`18, Judaic Studies Teacher, Ma’ayanot Yeshiva High School for Girls, Teaneck
New York
- Leah Beck, MJEd`20 | Community Synagogue of Rye | Rye
- Tamar Benus, MJEd`16, Judaic Studies Teacher, Ramaz School, New York
- Esther DuBow, MJEd`12, Judaic Studies Teacher, Solomon Schecter School of of Long Island
- Sarah Greenberg, MJEd`13, adjunct professor at Excelsior College, Albany
- Dammara Hall, MJEd`17, Judaic Studies Teacher, Rodeph Sholom School, New York
- Laura Marder, MJEd`14, Judaic Studies Teacher, Hannah Senesh Community Day School, Brooklyn
- Amy Martin, MJEd`11, Family Engagement Director, Central Synagogue, New York
- Hannah Perlis, MJEd`13, Judaic Studies Teacher, Shefa School, New York
- David Riemenschneider, MJEd`10, Judaic Studies Teacher, Abraham Joshua Heschel School, New York
- Elana Rothenberg, MJEd`18, Judaic Studies Teacher, Solomon Schecter School of Manhattan, New York
- Ari Weber, MJP`10 | Beit Rabban Day School | New York
North Carolina
- Rebecca Weiner, MJEd`18, Judaics Specialist, Charolotte Jewish Preschool, Charlotte
Ohio
- Brian Freedman, MJEd`18, Executive Director, Northern Hills Synagogue, Cinncinati
- Elana Shilling Perlin, MJEd`15 , Judaic Studies Teacher, Mandel School, Cleveland
Pennsylvania
- Will Keller , MJEd`12, Judaic Studies Teacher, Jack Barrack Hebrew Academy, Philadelphia
- Adam Mayer, MJEd`14, Judaic Studies Teacher, Kohelet Yeshiva High School, Philadelphia
Rhode Island
- Joshua Berkowitz, MAJS`19 | Central Congregational Church | Providence
- Michelle Raskin, MJEd`17, Judaic Studies Teacher, Jewish Community Day School of Rhode Island, Providence
Texas
- Arielle Levy, MJEd`20, Women’s Philanthropy & Missions Manager, Shalom Austin, Austin
Washington
- Cara Abrams-Simonton, MJEd`14, Judaic Studies Teacher | Seattle Jewish Community School
- Adam Josephs, MJEd`17, Judaic Studies Teacher, Northwest Yeshiva High School, Seattle
Washington, D.C
- Shifra Kaufman Chelst, MJEd`09, Judaic Studies Teacher, Milton Gottesman Jewish Day School of the Nation’s Capital
- Pamela Shapiro, MJEd`19 | One Table
- Rabbi Ilana Zeitman, MJEd`19 | Gather DC
Meet Our Alumni
The Kitchen & The Jewish community of Greater Stowe Rabbi Jessica Kate Meyer `14 & Rabbi David Fainsilber `14
Temple Emanuel, Newton, MA Rav- Hazzan Aliza Berger, Rab`17, Can`17 Rav-Hazzan
Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School in Washington, D.C. Orna Siegel, MJEd`16 Director of Enrollment and Tuition Assistance
David Lobron Parenting Through a Jewish Lens alumnus
Ohr Kodesh Congregation, Chevy Chase, MD Cantor Hinda Tzvia Eisen Labovitz '14 Cantor
Student, Syracuse University Sarah Winn, JTFGB`18 Jewish Teen Foundation of Greater Boston (JTFGB) 2018 Alumnus
Alumna Michelle Black, Me'ah`14 Me'ah, Parenting Through a Jewish Lens, Open Circle Jewish Learning
T'ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights in New York City Rabbi Salem Pearce, Rab`18 Director of Congregational Organizing
Goldring/Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life, Jackson, MS Alachua Nazarenko, MJEd`18 Director of Programming
Finding Rabbi Tiferet Berenbaum, Rab`13 Director of Congregational Learning and Programming at Temple Beth Zion
Musicians Share Passions for Hebrew College and Yiddishkayt Rabbi Shira Shazeer, Rab `10 Rabbi, Metrowest Jewish Day School
High Holiday Leadership
Each year, Hebrew College faculty and alumni serve communities as spiritual leaders world-wide on the high holidays.