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The Conversation

Jewish in America

2013 National

  • KAREN ADLER: President, Jewish Communal Fund. NY
  • TALI ARONSKY: Director of Communications for North America, The Jewish Agency. NY
  • LAURA BAUM: Rabbi/COO; creator of OurJewishCommunity.org.  OH
  • PAUL BERNSTEIN: CEO, The Pershing Square Foundation. NY
  • WENDY BORODKIN: Owner, Philanthropic Partners. NJ
  • STEFANIE BREGMAN: Editor, Living Jewishly, A Snapshot of a Generation. IL
  • EPHRAIM CHALAMISH: Attorney, journalist, NYU professor. NY
  • AMI DAR: Founder/executive director, Idealist.org. NY
  • REBECCA DINAR: Director, The Tribe. FL
  • DAVID DUNKELMAN: President/CEO, Weinberg Campus. Buffalo, NY
  • AMI EDEN: CEO and editor in chief, Jewish Telegraphic Agency. NY
  • BRUCE FEILER: Journalist, best-selling author. NY
  • ENAN FRANCIS: Rabbi; Principal, Southern Connecticut Hebrew Academy. CT
  • CLAYTON FROHMAN: Screen writer, film and television. CA
  • DEENA FUCHS: Director of Strategic Partnerships, The AVI CHAI Foundation. NY
  • RACHEL SAIFER GOLDMAN: Project coordinator, The Conversation. PA
  • LISA GOLDSTEIN: Rabbi; executive director, Institute for Jewish Spirituality. NY
  • IRYNA GUBENKO: Director, The  COJECO BluePrint Fellowship. NY
  • LISA GURWITCH: Senior vice-president, Institutional Advancement/External Relations, World Learning. Washington, DC.
  • DAVID HAMMER: Founder, SpotCouncil. NY
  • DAVID HARRIS: Executive director, Rimon: The Minnesota Arts Council. MN
  • EVA HEINSTEIN: Executive director, Piyut North America. MA
  • ISAAC HERSCHKOPF: Psychiatrist, author, lecturer, activist. NY
  • ANNE HEYMAN: Founder/board chair, Agahozo-Shalom Youth Village. NY
  • DAVID INGBER: Rabbi at Romemu shul/center. NY
  • DAVID INGBER: Producer, Major League Baseball Fan Cave. NY
  • ARI ISRAEL: Rabbi; Executive director, University of Maryland Hillel. MD
  • RAE JANVEY: Leadership development advisor, mentor, coach, advisor to The Conversation. NY
  • PETER KASH: Venture capitalist/Crowd Alliance; educator, author. NY
  • JASON GARY KLEIN:  Rabbi; Director, Center for Jewish Life, Jewish Community Project of Lower Manhattan. NY
  • BONNIE KOPPELL: Associate rabbi, Temple Chai; chaplain (COL) U. S. Army Reserve. AZ
  • DANNY KRIFCHER: Advisor to and facilitator for The Conversation. Washington, D.C.
  • ESTHER KUSTANOWITZ: Writer; consultant, ROI Community. CA
  • JOSHUA LANDES: Co-founder/co-managing member, Wynnefield Partners Small Cap Value L.P. NY
  • ABBY LEVINE: Director, Jewish Social Justice Roundtable. Washington, D.C.
  • HILLEL LEVINE: Rabbi, author, professor of sociology and religion at Boston University. MA
  • KARYN LEVITON: Portfolio manager, Jacobson family Foundation. MA
  • JAYSON LITTMAN: New York Area Director, A Wider Bridge. NY
  • BRETT LOCKSPEISER: Co-founder, The Sefaria Project. CA.
  • OR MARS: Director, Wexner Graduate Fellowship Program. OH
  • JASON MILLER: Rabbi, entrepreneur, social media expert. MI
  • DANIEL PETTER-LIPSTEIN:  Chief love officer, The Jewish Montessori Society. NJ
  • MARLENE POST: Honorary vice president, Hadassah, the Women’s Organization of America. NY
  • MARTIN RAFFEL: Senior vice president, Jewish Council for Public Affairs. NY
  • DANA RAUCHER: Executive director, The Samuel Bronfman Foundation. NY
  • LENI REISS: Associate project coordinator, The Conversation.  AZ
  • GARY ROSEN: Attorney, activist. OH
  • GARY ROSENBLATT: Editor/publisher, The Jewish Week; founder, The Conversation. NY
  • RACHEL JACOBY ROSENFELD: Director of Experiential Education, AJWS. NY
  • PETER RUBINSTEIN: Senior rabbi, Central Synagogue. NY
  • LANI SANTO: Executive director, Footsteps. NY
  • JACOB J. SCHACTER: Professor of Jewish history and Jewish thought, Yeshiva University. NY
  • MICHELE SCHIPPER: COO, Goldring/Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life. MS
  • TODD SHOTZ: Founder, Hebrew Helpers. CA
  • ELLA SHTEINGART: Consultant, Wexner Foundation. NY
  • LEANNE SILVERBLATT: Community activist, businesswoman. MS
  • ELISHEVA URBAS: Director,  Makom Hadash, and freelance editorial consultant. NY
  • MARIAN (MIM) WARDEN: Board chair, Center at West Park. NY

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