High Holidays 5783
Where Hebrew College Alumni, Faculty, and Students are Serving as Spiritual Leaders
Alaska
Lisë Stern, Rabbinic Ordination ’26
Congregation Or HaTzafon
Fairbanks, AK
Arizona
Elyse Abrahams, Rabbinic Ordination ’23
Congregation Chaverim
Tucson, AZ
Brazil
Rabbi Rogerio Cukierman ’11
Congregacao Israelita Paulista
Sao Paulo, Brazil
California
Rabbi Adina Allen ’14
Jewish Studio Project in partnership with JCC East Bay
Berkeley, CA
Rabbi Genevieve Greinetz ’22
Peninsula Temple Beth El
San Mateo, CA
Rabbi Stephanie Kennedy ’22
Jewish Gateways
Albany, CA
Rabbi Chaim Koritzinsky ’08
Congregation Etz Chayim
Palo Alto, CA
Rabbi Jessica Meyer ’14
East Bay JCC/Jewish Studio Project
Berkeley, CA
Rabbi Gray Myrseth ’17
Kehilla Community Synagogue
Piedmont, CA
Rabbi Josh Weisman ’18
Temple Beth Sholom
San Leandro, CA
Canada
Sivan Piatigorsky-Roth, Rabbinic Ordination ’27
The First Narayever Congregation
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Connecticut
Rabbi Bekah Goldman ’16
Farmington Valley Jewish Congregation-Emek Shalom
Simsbury, CT
Simcha Halpert-Hanson, Rabbinic Ordination ’24
Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center
Falls Village, CT
Rabbi Rachel Putterman ’20
Trinity College Hillel
Hartford, CT
England
Rabbi Michael Shire, Faculty
Oxford Jewish Centre
Oxford, United Kingdom
Florida
Rabbi Elyssa Austerklein ’11
Ivrim Jews Without Borders
Sarasota, FL
Rabbi David Cohen-Henriquez ’09
B’nai Israel Synagogue
Pensacola, FL
Cantor Kim Singer ’09
Temple Shir Shalom
Oviedo, FL
Cantor Rachel Slusky ’20
Temple Beth Torah Wellington
Wellington, FL
Hawaii
Rabbi Jessica Lenza ’15
Oahu Jewish Ohana
Honolulu, HI
Illinois
Rabbi Ezra Balser ’17
BASE Loop
Chicago, IL
Rabbi Joel Goldstein ’19
Northwestern Hillel
Chicago, IL
Rabbi Philip Sherman ’13
Congregation B’nai Jehoshua Beth Elohim
Deerfield, IL
Indiana
Rabbi Brian Besser ’10
Congregation Beth Shalom
Bloomington, IN
Rabbi Hal Schevitz ’13
Congregation Beth-El Zedeck
Indianapolis, IN
Israel
Matt Schultz, Rabbinic Ordination ’25
Kehilat Sinai
Tel Aviv, Israel
Rabbi Lila Veissid ’11
Kibbutz HaMaapil
Emek Hefer, Israel
Louisiana
Cantor Kevin Margolius ’13
Touro Synagogue
New Orleans, LA
Chaim Spaulding, Rabbinic Ordination ’27
Tulane Hillel
New Orleans, LA
Maine
Rabbi Shoshana Friedman ’14
Temple Beth El
Portland, ME
Maryland
Cantor Sarah Bolts ’16
B’nai Israel Congregation
Rockville, MD
Rabbi Tyler Dratch ’21
Beth Am Synagogue
Baltimore, MD
Michael Fraade, Rabbinic Ordination ’24
Johns Hopkins University Hillel
Baltimore, MD
Cantor Hinda Labovitz ’14
Ohr Kodesh Congregation
Chevy Chase, MD
Rabbi Sarah Tasman ’12
The Tasman Center for Jewish Creativity
Silver Spring, MD
Massachusetts
Rabbi Leora Abelson ’17
Nehar Shalom Community Synagogue
Jamaica Plain, MA
Cantor Steve Abramowitz ’08
Congregation B’nai Tikvah
Canton, MA
Rabbi Alison Adler ’08
Temple B’nai Abraham
Beverly, MA
Deborah Anstandig, Rabbinic Ordination ’25
Emerson College
Boston, MA
Cantor Elise Barber ’11
Temple Beth El
Springfield, MA
Rabbi Joel Baron ’14
Hebrew SeniorLife
Canton, MA
Rabbi Laura Bellows ’18
Kavod Boston Community
Boston, MA
Rabbi Tiferet Berenbaum ’13
Temple Beth Zion
Brookline, MA
Rav Hazzan Aliza Berger ’17
Temple Emanuel
Newton, MA
Rabbi Dan Berman ’10
Temple Reyim
Newton, MA
Rabbi Sam Blumberg ’21
Temple Beth Am
Framingham, MA
Rabbi Josh Breindel ’09
Congregation Beth El
Sudbury, MA
Emmanuel Cantor, Rabbinic Ordination ’24
Tufts Hillel Reform Community
Medford, MA
Rabbi Oksana Chapman ’09
Temple Emmanuel of Chelsea
Chelsea, MA
Rabbi Sharon Cohen Anisfeld, President of Hebrew College
Newton Centre Minyan
Newton, MA
Rabbi Jevin Eagle ’19
Boston University Hillel
Boston, MA
Ben Einsidler, Rabbinic Ordination ’24
Temple Shalom Emeth
Burlington, MA
Rabbi Shahar Colt ’16
Congregation Ahavas Achim
Westfield, MA
Rabbi Judi Ehrlich ’08
Congregation NewBridge
Dedham, MA
Rabbi Getzel Davis ’13
Harvard Hillel
Cambridge, MA
Rabbi Israel de la Piedra ’13
Hebrew SeniorLife, Simon Fireman House
Randolph, MA
Rafi Ellenson, Rabbinic Ordination ’25
Temple Beth Zion
Brookline, MA
Morgan Figa, Rabbinic Ordination ’27
Nehar Shalom Community Synagogue
Boston, MA
Rabbi Aaron Fine ’09
University of Massachusetts at Amherst Hillel
Amherst, MA
Rabbi David Finkelstein ’14
Temple Beth Israel
Waltham, MA
Cantor DJ Fortine ’22
Temple Beth Shalom of Needham
Needham, MA
Michael Fraade, Rabbinic Ordination ’24
Tremont Street Shul
Cambridge, MA
Josh Greenberg, Rabbinic Ordination ’23
Temple Beth Zion
Brookline, MA
Simcha Halpert-Hanson, Rabbinic Ordination ’24
Smith College
Northampton, MA
Cantor Maayan Harel ’19
Temple Beth David of the South Shore
Canton, MA
Rabbi Idan Irelander ’09
Congregation Ahavat Olam
North Andover, MA
Rabbi Eliana Jacobowitz ’10
Congregation B’nai Brith
Somerville, MA
Rabbi Suzie Jacobson ’15
Temple Israel
Boston, MA
Cantor Marcie Jonas ’10
Temple Israel
Boston, MA
Cantor Kate Judd ’15
Congregation B’nai Torah
Sudbury, MA
Rabbi Randy Kafka ’08
Temple Kol Tikvah
Sharon, MA
Rabbi Jane Kanarek, Faculty
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Hillel
Cambridge, MA
Rabbi Rachel Kaplan ’21
Hebrew SeniorLife – Center Communities of Brookline
Brookline, MA
Cantor Becky Khitrik ’14
Temple Sinai of Sharon
Sharon, MA
Cantor Lisa Kipen-Hershenson ’14
Newbridge on the Charles, Independent Living
Dedham, MA
Rabbi Elie Lehmann ’17
Boston University Hillel
Boston, MA
Rabbi Noam Lerman ’20
Lab/Shul, Nehar Shalom
NYC, Boston
Ryan Leszner, Rabbinic Ordination ’23
Temple Beth Elohim
Wellesley MA
Rabbi Jessica Lowenthal ’19
Temple Beth Shalom
Melrose, MA
David Magazine Malamud, Rabbinic Ordination ’26
Boston College Hillel
Boston, MA
Alex Matthews, Rabbinic Ordination ’23
Congregation Ahavas Achim
Newburyport, MA
Cantor Michael McCloskey ’07
Temple Emeth
Chestnut Hill, MA
Jackson Mercer, Rabbinic Ordination ’23
Temple Beth Sholom
Framingham, MA
Rabbi Mimi Micner ’20
Temple Beth Torah
Holliston, MA
Rabbi Jim Morgan ’08
Hebrew SeniorLIfe / Harvard Hillel
Brookline, MA / Cambridge, MA
Akiva Nelson, Rabbinic Ordination ’25
Temple Beth Torah
Holliston, MA
Rabbi Suzanne Offit ’09
New Bridge on the Charles and Temple Shir Tikvah
Dedham, MA and Winchester, MA
Abi Oshins, Rabbinic Ordination ’26
Temple Beth Shalom
Needham, MA
Rabbi Allison Poirier ’19
Temple Beth Sholom
Framingham, MA
Meredith Reiches, Rabbinic Ordination ’27
Shir Hadash
Newton, MA
Heather Renetzky, Rabbinic Ordination ’24
Temple Shir Tikva
Wayland, MA
Rabbi Cantor Ken Richmond ’21
Temple Israel
Natick, MA
Cantor Jeri Robins ’13
Beth El Temple Center
Belmont, MA
Emily Rogal, Rabbinic Ordination ’27
Harvard Hillel
Cambridge, MA
Sarah Rovin, Rabbinic Ordination ’26
Temple Beth Zion
Brookline, MA
Rabbi Richard Rudnick ’11
Jewish HealthCare Center, Inc.
Worcester, MA
Julia Sabra, Cantorial Ordination ’27
Temple Beth David
Westwood, MA
Rabbi Ma’ayan Sands ’16
Temple B’nai Shalom
Braintree, MA
Josh Schreiber, Rabbinic Ordination ’23
Temple Tifereth Israel
Winthrop, MA
Rabbi Jordan Schuster ’18 & Faculty
Nehar Shalom Community Synagogue
Boston, MA
Danny Stein, Rabbinic Ordination ’23
Boston University Hillel
Boston, MA
Rabbi Talia Stein ’20
Temple Sinai
Brookline, MA
Ashira Stevens, Rabbinic Ordination ’23
Temple Emanuel of the Merrimack River Valley
Lowell, MA
Rabbi Jamie Stolper ’21
“Backyard Minyan”
Newton, MA
Rabbi Mona Strick ’19
Temple Beth Sholom
Framingham, MA
Cantor Lynn Torgove ’12
Temple Emanu-el
Marblehead, MA
Sam Tygiel, Rabbinic Ordination ’25
Temple Sinai
Brookline, MA
Rabbi Seth Wax ’13
Williams College
Williamstown, MA
Rabbi David Winship ’17
Temple Beth David of the South Shore
Canton, MA
Cantor David Wolff ’20
Temple Beth Am
Framingham, MA
Michigan
Rabbi Alana Alpert ’14
Detroit Jews for Justice / Congregation T’chiyah
Oak Park, MI
Rabbi Nate DeGroot ’16
Temple Beth Israel
Jackson, MI
Rabbi Lisa Stella ’14
University of Michigan Hillel
Ann Arbor, MI
Minnesota
Matt Goldberg, Rav-Hazzan Ordination ’23
Beth El Synagogue
Minneapolis, MN
Rabbi Justin Held ’21
University of Minnesota Hillel
Minneapolis, MN
Rabbi Emma Kippley-Ogman ’10
Macalester College
St Paul, MN
Rabbi Joey Glick ’22
Shir Tikvah Congregation
Minneapolis, MN
Rabbi Arielle Lekach-Rosenberg ’17
Shir Tikvah Congregation
Minneapolis, MN
Rabbi Tamar Magill-Grimm ’10
Beth Jacob Congregation
Mendota Heights, MN
New Hampshire
Naomi Gurt Lind, Rabbinic Ordination ’25
Congregation Betenu
Amherst, NH
Kochava Munro, Cantorial Ordination ’23
Temple Israel
Portsmouth, NH
Cantor Marc Stober ’21
Temple Israel
Manchester, NH
New Jersey
Hadar Ahuvia, Rabbinic Ordination ’27
Temple Beth El
Jersey City, NJ
Rabbi Sara Blumenthal ’22
Congregation Adudath Israel
Caldwell, NJ
Rabbi Eric Cohen ’12
Flemington Jewish Community Center
Flemington, NJ
Rabbi Max Edwards ’21
Temple B’nai Abraham
Livingston, NJ
Rabbi Sarah Noyovitz ’20
Woodstock Jewish Congregation
Woodstock, NJ
Cantor Shana Onigman ’07
Morristown Jewish Cdentr Beit Yisrael
Morristown, NJ
Rabbi Hannah Orden ’10
Congregation Beth Hatikvah
Summitt, NJ
Cantor Jana Schachter ’21
Lions Gate Senior Living Center
Voorhees, NJ
Cantor Risa Wallach ’15
Temple Beth El
Hillsborough, NJ
New York
Lisa Feld, Rabbinic Ordination ’23
SUNY
Binghamton, NY
Micah Friedman, Rabbinic Ordination ’23
Congregation Shaaray Tefila
Glens Falls, NY
David Joslin`22
Temple Beth Israel
Plattsburgh, NY
Cantor Melissa Puius`13
The Knolls
Valhalla, New York
Rabbi Margie Klein Ronkin ’11
Congregation Beth El
Potsdam, NY
Rabbi Bryan Mann ’18
Vassar College
Poughkeepsie, NY
Rabbi Lev Meirowitz Nelson ’13
Flatbush Jewish Center
Brooklyn, NY
Rabbi Lee Moore ’10
Vassar College
Poughkeepsie, NY
Elli Pripas, Rabbinic Ordination ’25
Hillel at Binghamton
Binghamton, NY
Rabbi Michael Silbert ’12
Temple Beth David
Rochester, NY
Rabbi Becca Weintraub ’20
B’nai Jeshurun
New York, NY
Rabbi Yael Werber ’22
Congregation Beit Simchat Torah
New York, NY
Ohio
Rafi Abramowitz, Rabbinic Ordination ’26
Congregation Agudas Achim
Bexley, OH
Rabbi Scott Roland ’13
Congregation Shaarey Tikvah
Beachwood, OH
Rabbi Stephen Slater ’18
Congregation Agudas Achim
Bexley, OH
Oregon
Rabbi Phil Bressler ’18
Beit Am – Mid-Willamette Valley Jewish Community
Corvallis, OR
Rabbi Eli Herb ’16
Temple Beth Sholom
Salem, OR
Pennsylvania
Rabbi Misha Clebaner ’19
Penn Hillel
Philadelphia, PA
Rabbi Ari Lev Fornari ’14
Kol Tzedek Synagogue
Philadelphia, PA
Rabbi Jess Goldberg ’20
Bucknell Univeristy
Lewisburg, PA
Rabbi Mónica Gomery ’17
Kol Tzedek Synagogue
Philadelphia, PA
Cantor Julie Newman ’17
Temple Ohav Shalom
Allison Park, PA
Cantor Jessica Silverberg ’21
Har Zion Temple
Penn Valley, PA
Rhode Island
Marc Guttman ’22
Temple Emanu-El
Providence, RI
Rabbi Steven Jablow ’15
Bryant University
Smithfield, RI
Texas
Rabbi Michael Cohen ’08
Legacy Senior Communities
Plano, TX
Cantor Monica O’Desky ’18
Temple Rodef Sholom
Waco, TX
Vermont
Rabbi David Fainsilber ’14
Jewish Community of Greater Stowe
Stowe, VT
Virginia
Cantor Dara Rosenblatt ’18
Temple Beth-El
Richmond, VA
Washington, DC
Rabbi Yosef Berman ’10
The New Synagogue Project
Washington, DC
Rabbi Daniel Schaefer ’18
Georgetown University
Washington, DC
Jenna Shaw, Rabbinic Ordination ’23
Adas Israel Congregation and Hill Havurah
Washington, DC
Rabbi Micah Shapiro ’17
Sixth & I
Washington, DC
Rabbi Ilana Zietman ’19
GatherDC
Washington, DC
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