The Wexner Foundation is proud to announce the selection of Class 26 of the Wexner Graduate Fellowship/Davidson Scholars Program. Several hundred future and current Jewish professionals applied to be part of this prestigious Fellowship and leadership learning opportunity. Twenty-two were selected. Fellows are selected as part of professional career areas including those going to graduate school to become the rabbis, cantors, Jewish educators, Jewish studies professors, and Jewish professional leaders. This year, in addition to these graduate cohorts we have selected our pilot group of three Wexner Field Fellows. Created in partnership with the Jim Joseph Foundation, Wexner Field Fellows are full time Jewish communal professionals who plan to continue to work full time while attaining professional development through the Fellowship Program and their own individualized program.
 
Class 26 – Wexner Graduate Fellowship/Davidson Scholars Program

Wexner Fellows (Rabbinate and Jewish Studies)
 
Yakov Danishefsky
Rabbinate
Yeshiva University
 
Michael Friedman
Jewish Studies
Georgetown University
 
Rachel Gross-Prinz
Rabbinate
Hebrew Union College
 
Georgette Kennebrae
Rabbinate
Reconstructionist Rabbinical College

Gilah Kletenik
Jewish Studies
New York University
 
Elie Lehmann
Rabbinate
Hebrew College
 
Melanie Kohler Levav
Rabbinate
Jewish Theological Seminary
 
Sarah Mulhern
Rabbinate
Hebrew College
 
Justin Pines
Rabbinate
Yeshivat Chovevei Torah
 
Juliana Schnur
Rabbinate
Hebrew Union College

Davidson Scholars (Jewish Education and Jewish Professional Leadership)

 Guila Benchimol-Benyair
Jewish Professional Leadership
University of Guelph

 
Jonah Hassenfeld
Jewish Education
Stanford University

 
Ilana Horwitz
Jewish Education
Stanford University

 
Elisheva Massel
Jewish Professional Leadership
Brandeis University

 
Jeremy Ragent
Jewish Professional Leadership
Hebrew Union College/University of Southern California

 
Lauren Schuchart
Jewish Education
Jewish Theological Seminary – Davidson School

 
Robert Siporin
Jewish Professional Leadership
University of Michigan

 
Sara Smith
Jewish Education
New York University

 
Akiko Yonekawa
Jewish Education
American Jewish University

 
 

Wexner Field Fellows (Jewish Professionals in the Field)

Aliza Abrams
Assistant Director of Service Learning and Experiential Education                             
Yeshiva University’s  Center for the Jewish Future
 
Sheila Katz
Associate Director of Ask Big Questions
Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life
 
Jennifer Weinstock
Senior Development Officer          
Gann Academy