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David M. Ackerman

JTS Alum (Rabbinical School)

Rachel Ain

JTS Alum (Rabbinical School, Davidson School, List College)

Joel Alter

JTS Alum (Rabbinical School), Rabbi, Congregation Beth Israel Ner Tamid (Milwaukee, WI); Former Director of Admissions, The JTS Rabbinical School and H. L. Miller Cantorial School

Director of Admissions, The Rabbinical School and H. L. Miller Cantorial School

Rabbi Joel Alter earned a BA in Jewish History from Columbia University, an MA from The Davidson School of Education, and rabbinic ordination from The Rabbinical School. Rabbi Alter previously served pluralistic day schools in Washington, DC, Baltimore, and Boston over 16 years as a teacher, assistant head of school, and Rav Beit haSefer.

Amram Altzman

JTS Alum (List College) Associate Director of Youth Programs, Keshet

Hillary Gardenswartz

Zohar Atkins

JTS Alum (Rabbinical School)

Emily Barton

JTS Alum (Rabbinical School)

Lauren Eichler Berkun

JTS Alum (Rabbinical School)

Tim Daniel Bernard

JTS Alum (Rabbinical School)

Cecelia Beyer

JTS Alum (Rabbinical School), Adjunct Instructor of Liturgy, JTS

Jacob Blumenthal

JTS Alum (Rabbinical School), Chief Executive, The Rabbinical Assembly

Sam Blustin

JTS Alum (Rabbinical School, Center for Pastoral Education)

Michael R. Boino

JTS Alum (Rabbinical School)

Alex Braver

JTS Alum (Rabbinical School)

Caleb Brommer

JTS Alum (Rabbinical School)

Steven Brown

JTS Alum

Aaron Brusso

Jack Chomsky

JTS Alum (HL Miller Cantorial School)

Mitchell Cohen

JTS Alum (Rabbinical School), National Director, Ramah Camps and Israel Programs (Retired)

Dianne Cohler-Esses

JTS Alum (Rabbinical School), Adjunct Lecturer and Associate Rabbi, Romemu

Rabbi Dianne Cohler-Esses, Adjunct Lecturer and Associate Rabbi, Romemu

Menachem Creditor

JTS Alum (Rabbinical School), Pearl and Ira Meyer Scholar in Residence, UJA Federation of New York

Melissa Crespy

JTS Alum (Rabbinical School)

Jacob Cytryn

JTS Alum (Kekst Graduate School), Director, Camp Ramah in Wisconsin

Yonatan Dahlen

JTS Alum (Rabbinical School)

Jessica Dell’Era

JTS Alum (Rabbinical School)

Sarah Diamant

JTS Alum (Kekst Graduate School), Former Director of Academic Planning

Ryan Dulkin

JTS Alum (Rabbinical School, Kekst Graduate School)

Abby Eisenberg

JTS Alum (Kekst Graduate School), Founder & Lead Educator, ExploreJewish & Judaics Tutoring NYC

Yedida Eisenstat

JTS Alum (Kekst Graducate School), Editorial Associate, Posen Library of Jewish Civilization and Culture

Ariel Fein

JTS Alum (List College), Adjunct Instructor in Jewish Art

Edward Feld

JTS Alum (Rabbinical School)

Jenna Ferman

JTS Alum (Davidson School, List College), Former Director of Admissions, List College

Director of Admissions, List College

As director of List College admissions, Jenna Ferman facilitates the admissions process for all prospective undergraduate students. She works closely with List College’s deans and the admissions team to provide a seamless and personalized enrollment process.

Jessica Fisher

JTS Alum (Rabbinical School)

Lyle Fishman

JTS Alum (Rabbinical School)

Benjy Forester

JTS Alum (Rabbinical School)

Benjamin Freed

JTS Alum (Rabbinical School)

Edna Friedberg

JTS Alum (Kekst Graduate School), Historian, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum; JTS Fellow

Melissa Friedman

Director of Alumni Affairs

Director of Alumni Affairs

As director of the Office of Alumni Affairs, Melissa Friedman works closely with JTS’s senior leadership and drives JTS’s alumni relations efforts. In her time as director, Melissa has revitalized JTS’s relationship with alumni spanning more than six decades. She engages alumni through social and professional networking opportunities nationwide, and welcomes the opportunity to hear from alumni who want to plan a reunion. Melissa continues to cultivate relationships between alumni and current students. She collaborates with student group leaders and deans to create and provide meaningful encounters between the two. Melissa strives to develop and maintain close relationships between alumni from all of our schools—degree and non-degree programs—and JTS. 

Chaim Galfand

Alum (Rabbinical School), School Rabbi for Perelman Jewish Day School (Philadelphia, PA)

Lisa Gelber

JTS Alum (Rabbinical School)

Jacqueline Gerber Lebwohl

JTS Alum (Kekst Graduate School, List College)

Jason Gitlin

JTS Alum (Rabbinical School), Former Project Manager, ReFrame: Experiential Education in Congregational Schools

Grace Gleason

JTS Alum (Rabbinical School)

Megan GoldMarche

JTS Alumni (Rabbinical School), Executive Director, Tribe 12

Shayna Golkow

JTS Alum (Rabbinical School)

Felipe Goodman

JTS Alum (Rabbinical School)

Israel Gordan

JTS Alum (Rabbinical School, Cantorial School, Davidson School, Center for Pastoral Education)

Judith Greenberg

JTS Alum (Rabbinical School, Kekst Graduate School)

Edward L. Greenstein

JTS Alum (Rabbinical School, Teacher’s Institute), Professor Emeritus of Biblical Studies, Bar Ilan University

Reuven Greenvald

JTS Alum (Rabbinical School), Former Director of Israel Engagement JTS and Director Year-in-Israel Programs, HUC-JIR (NY)

Susan Grossman

JTS Alum (Rabbinical School, Kekst Graduate School)

Emma Grungold

JTS Student (List College)

Stefanie Halpern

JTS Alum (PhD in Jewish Literature, Kekst Graduate School, List College)

Yael Hammerman

Alum (List College, Rabbinical School, Davidson School); Associate Rabbi, Ansche Chesed (New York, NY)

Joshua Heller

JTS Alum (Rabbinical School)

Lauren Henderson

JTS Alum (Rabbinical School), Rabbi, Congregation Or Hadash

David Hoffman

JTS Alum (Rabbinical School)

Vice Chancellor and Chief Advancement Officer

In his role as vice chancellor and chief advancement officer, Rabbi David Hoffman is a member of the senior administration, working closely with many of JTS’s major supporters, including the Board of Trustees, and serving as an ambassador for JTS to the many communities we serve. David is an assistant professor in the fields of Talmudic Studies and Jewish Law.

Joshua Hooper

JTS Alum (Davidson School)

Sarit Horwitz

JTS Alum (Rabbinical School)

Alan Imar

JTS Alum (List College)

Alison L. Joseph

JTS Alum (List College) PhD, Director of Digital Projects, The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization

Rachel Kahn-Troster

JTS Alum (Rabbinical School), Adjunct Instructor in Professional and Pastoral Skills; Deputy Director of T’ruah

Jeremy Kalmanofsky

JTS Alum (Rabbinical School)

Talia Kaplan

JTS Alum (Rabbinical School), Assistant Rabbi , Congregation Beth Shalom (Overland Park, KS)

Lilly Kaufman

JTS Alum (Rabbinical School, Cantorial School)

Allan Kensky

Rabbi of Beth Hillel Congregation Bnai Emunah

Yonah Kirschner

JTS Alum (Davidson School)

David-Seth Kirshner

JTS Alum (Rabbinical School), Rabbi at Temple Emanu-El in Closter, NJ

Ashira Konigsburg

JTS Alum (Rabbinical School, Kekst Graduate School); Chief Operating Officer, The Rabbinical Assembly

Mary Brett Koplen

JTS Alum (Rabbinical School)

Gavriella Kornsgold

JTS Alum (Rabbinical School)

Benjamin Kramer

JTS Alum (Rabbinical School)

Amichai Lau-Lavie

JTS Alum (Rabbinical School)

Melanie Levav

JTS Alum (Rabbinical School)

Aaron Leven

JTS Alum (Rabbinical School)

David Levy

JTS Alum (Rabbinical School, List College)

Rabbi Annie Lewis

Director of Recruitment and Admissions for Religious and Educational Leadership and Assistant Dean of First Year Rabbinical Students

Rabbi Annie Lewis serves as the Director of Recruitment and Admissions for Religious and Educational Leadership and Assistant Dean of First Year Rabbinical Students. In this role, she is the lead ambassador for The Rabbinical School, The H. L. Miller Cantorial School, and the William Davidson Graduate School of Jewish Education and oversees the planning, execution, and oversight of the full life cycle of the professional admissions operation.

Miriam Liebman

JTS Alum (Rabbinical School)

Ethan Linden

JTS Alum (Rabbinical School), Director, Camp Ramah in the Berkshires

Jonathan Lipnick

JTS Alum (Rabbinical School), Former Rabbi-in-Residence at the William Davidson Graduate School of Jewish Education, JTS

Howard Markose

JTS Alum (Rabbinical School)

Orlea Marlin

Alum (Davidson School), Associate Dean, List College and Gershon Kekst Graduate School, Director of Kekst Graduate Admissions

As associate dean of Graduate and Undergraduate Studies, Orlea Marlin provides academic advising and general guidance to students in List College and the Gershon Kekst Graduate School

Tamar Marvin

JTS Alum (Kekst Graduate School), Adjunct Professor of Medieval and Early Modern Jewish Studies

Andrea Merow

JTS Alum (Rabbinical School, List College), Rabbi, The Jewish Center (Princeton, NJ)

Deborah Miller

JTS Alum (Davidson School), Former Program Coordinator, Fellowship for Applied Jewish Wisdom

Jack Moline

JTS Alum (Rabbinical School), Rabbinic Training Institute Faculty

Bronwen Mullin

JTS Alum (Rabbinical School, Kekst Graduate School, Center for Pastoral Education)

Daniel Nevins

JTS Alum (Rabbinical School), Former Pearl Resnick Dean of The Rabbinical School and the Division of Religious Leadership

Pearl Resnick Dean of The Rabbinical School and the Division of Religious Leadership, Senior Lecturer of Professional and Pastoral Skills

Rabbi Daniel Nevins is the Pearl Resnick Dean of The Rabbinical School and dean of the Division of Religious Leadership of The Jewish Theological Seminary. He represents JTS on the Leadership Council of Conservative Judaism and the Executive Council, Joint Placement Commission, and Committee on Jewish Law and Standards (CJLS) of the Rabbinical Assembly. He has written responsa on the halakhic topics of personal status, disabilities, bioethics, technology, and homosexuality. His responsa may be read at the CJLS website and on his personal web page, rabbinevins.com.

Luciana Pajecki Lederman

Director of the Beit Midrash and Nishma Summer Program, JTS Alum (Rabbinical School, Kekst Graduate School, Davidson School)

Leora Perkins

JTS Alum (Rabbinical School)

Steven Philp

JTS Alum (Rabbinical School)

Shay Pilnik

JTS Alum (Kekst Graduate School), Director, Emil A. and Jenny Fish Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Yeshiva University

Kendell Pinkney

JTS Alum (Rabbinical School)

Kendell Pinkney, Student, The Rabbinical School of JTS (Class of 2022)

Joel Pitkowsky

JTS Alum (Rabbinical School), Adjunct Lecturer of Professional and Pastoral Skills

William Plevan

JTS Alum (Rabbinical School, Kekst Graduate School), Adjunct Professor of Jewish Thought

Louis Polisson

JTS Alum (Rabbinical School, Kekst Graduate School)

Mallory Probert

JTS Alum (Davidson School)

Ora Horn Prouser

JTS Alum (Kekst Graduate School, List College), CEO and Academic Dean, Academy of Jewish Religion

Joshua Rabin

JTS Alum (Rabbinical School, Davidson School), Senior Director of USY, USCJ

Michal Raucher

JTS Alum (List College), Assistant Professor of Jewish Studies, Rutgers University; JTS Fellow

Jonathan Ray

Samuel Eig Associate Professor of Jewish Studies in the Department of Theology and a faculty fellow at the Berkley Center at Georgetown University, JTS Alum (Kekst Graduate School)

Benjamin Resnick

JTS Alum (Rabbinical School, Kekst Graduate School)

Lara Rodin

JTS Alum (Rabbinical School)

David Rose

JTS Alum (Rabbinical School, Teacher's Institute)

David Rosenn

JTS Alum (Rabbinical School), Adjunct Instructor of Professional Skills, JTS

Rachel Rosenthal

JTS Alum (Kekst Graduate School), Gemara Faculty and Director of External Affairs, Yeshivat Maharat

Francine Roston

JTS Alum (Rabbinical School)

Julie Roth

JTS Alum (Rabbinical School)

Ilana Sandberg

JTS Alum (Rabbinical School)

Charles Savenor

JTS Alum (Rabbinical School)

Craig Scheff

JTS Alum (Rabbinical School), Adjunct Lecturer of Professional and Pastoral Skills

David Shmidt Chapman

JTS Alum (Rabbinical School)

Nathan Schumer

JTS Alum (Kekst Graduate School, List College)

Charlie Schwartz

JTS Alum (Rabbinical School, Davidson School)

Rami Schwartzer

JTS Alum (Rabbinical School)

E. Noach Shapiro

JTS Alum (Rabbinical School), Mental Health Program Coordinator, Adjunct Faculty in the Center for Pastoral Education at JTS

Andrew Shugerman

JTS Alum (Rabbinical School)

Ronald J. Shulman

JTS Alum (Rabbinical School)

Lilliana Shvartsmann

JTS Alum (Rabbinical School)

Dave Siegel

JTS Alum (Rabbinical School, Davidson School)

Michael Singer

JTS Alum (Rabbinical School)

Nancy Sinkoff

JTS Alum (Kekst Graduate School), Associate Professor of Jewish Studies and History, Rutgers University

Gerald C. Skolnik

JTS Alum (Rabbinical School)

Rachel Smith

JTS Alum (Kekst Graduate School, Davidson School)

Brent Chaim Spodek

JTS Alum (Rabbincal School, Kekst Graduate School), Rabbi, Beacon Hebrew Alliance

Mychal Springer

Adjunct Instructor of Professional and Pastoral Skills

Director of the Center for Pastoral Education

Rabbi Mychal B. Springer founded the Center for Pastoral Education at JTS in 2009, establishing relationships with hospices, Jewish social service agencies, and—most recently—prisons and reentry facilities, allowing students to learn the art of pastoral care as they serve marginalized populations. 

Ally Sterling

JTS Alumni (List College)

Ute Steyer

JTS Alum (Rabbinical School)

Malka Strasberg Edinger

JTS Alum (Kekst Graduate School), Adjunct Lecturer in Bible, JTS

Jeremy Tabick

JTS Alum (PhD in Rabbinic Literature, Kekst Graduate School), Content Manager, Hadar

Sarah Tauber (z”l)

JTS Alum (Davidson School)

Sarah Tauber was an assistant professor at the William Davidson Graduate School of Jewish Education of JTS. She graduated from Yale University with a bachelor’s degree magna cum laude in history, University of California at Berkeley with a secondary school teaching certification in English, and JTS with an EdD in Jewish education. She also studied Jewish history in Paris at l’Écoledes hautes études en sciences sociales. She has taught in a variety of secondary school settings in the Jewish and general educational world, both in the United States and in Europe, and was the education director of Congregation Beit GIL in Geneva, Switzerland. Before coming to JTS she taught Judaic studies, history, and tefillah at the High School of the Solomon Schechter School of Westchester. Dr. Tauber is also the book review editor of the Journal of Jewish Education. Dr. Tauber is passionate about teaching and mentoring JTS students on their journeys. 

Kara Tav

JTS Alum (Rabbinical School), Adjunct Lecturer, JTS

Abigail Treu

JTS Alum (Rabbinical School, Kekst Graduate School)

Lawrence Troster (z”l)

JTS Alum (Rabbinical School)

Lauren Tuchman

JTS Alum (Rabbinical School, Kekst Graduate School)

Danielle Upbin

JTS Alum (Rabbinical School), Rabbinic Fellow

Katja Vehlow

JTS Alum (Rabbinical School)

Lewis Warshauer

JTS Alum (Rabbinical School)

Yehudah Webster

JTS Alum (List College)

Raysh Weiss

JTS Alum (Rabbinical School)

Andy Weissfeld

JTS Alum (Rabbinical School)

Marc Wolf

JTS Alum (Rabbinical School)

Dave Yedid

JTS Alum (Rabbinical School)

Adam Zagoria-Moffet

Alum (Rabbinical School); Rabbi, St. Albans Masorti Synagogue

Ilana Zietman

JTS Alum (List College), Community Rabbi, GatherDC

Alisa Tzipi Zilbershtein

Student, The Rabbinical School of JTS

Maya Zinkow

JTS Alum (Rabbinical School)