Located in New Albany, Ohio
Dec 2011
Nina is an alumnus of the Wexner Graduate Fellowship, Class VIII, and is currently the Director of Innovative Collaborations at SLB Radio Productions. Located at Pittsburgh’s Children’s Museum, Nina is initiating collaborative projects and programs that amplify the voices and ideas of kids and families. Nina can be reached at: Nina@slbradio.org Our ‘defining moments’ sometimes come at unexpected times. As leaders, I’m sure all Wexner fellows are tapped to speak
Dec 2011
Sam is a San Francisco 11 Wexner Heritage member and the California Program Director for the Conservation Lands Foundation where he works to protect the wild lands and rivers of the American West. He serves on the LGBT Advisory Committee of the San Francisco Jewish Community Federation and is a new member of the board of Wilderness Torah. Sam can be reached at samuelrgoldman@gmail.com. The news coming out the day
Dec 2011
Yael Bendat-Appell is an alumna of The Wexner Graduate Fellowship, Class XV. She works at the Solomon Schechter Day School in Northbrook, IL where she teaches and supports students who struggle to succeed in a dual curricular setting while also collaborating with other teachers to support their work with students with diverse learning needs. She lives in Highland Park, IL with her husband Jordan and their son, Adin. Yael can
Dec 2011
Alan is a Schusterman/Josey Professor at the University of Oklahoma. He is a Wexner Foundation faculty member and the author, most recently, of The Making of the Modern Jewish Bible (Rowman & Littlefield, 2011). He can be reached at alevenson@ou.edu. Teaching modern Jewish history for close to thirty years, most of that time to Jewish adults, I have often been confronted by the presumption that we are inferior to our
Dec 2011
Naomi Brenner is an alumna of the Wexner Graduate Fellowship, Class XIII and an Assistant Professor of Hebrew and Israeli Culture at the Ohio State University. She can be reached at naomibrenner@gmail.com. Recently I was in the process of grading a large stack of midterms, slogging my way through students’ handwriting and trying to assess whether they had mastered fundamental aspects of Jewish Studies. My four-year old daughter walked over
Nov 2011
Dan is a psychiatrist in private practice in the Detroit area. He is an alumnus of the Detroit Wexner Heritage Program (1986). He is on the Board of Governors of the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit, The Board of JFNA, and continues as the co-chair of the Disabilities Workgroup. He will be at ADVANCE 2011. Dan can be reached at danguyer@aol.com At the recent Wexner Heritage Alumni Retreat in Chicago,
Nov 2011
Lila Corwin Berman is an alumna of the Wexner Graduate Fellowship, Class XIII and an Associate Professor of history at Temple University, where she holds the Murray Friedman Chair in American Jewish History and directs the Feinstein Center for American Jewish History. Lila can be reached at lcberman@gmail.com By the time you read this, we’ll have driven from Philadelphia to Springfield, MA. The drive will have been peaceful, children will
Nov 2011
Carole Sterling is an alumna of Wexner Heritage, Toronto I. Carole can be reached at: carolesterling1@gmail.com. Since my time as a participant in the Wexner Heritage Program, I have actively been involved in the strengthening of synagogue life and the Reform movement. It is my distinct honour to serve as Chair for this Biennial – the opportunity has provided me with many, many defining leadership moments and I will always
Wendy, a Wexner Graduate Fellowship alumna, Class VI, is the Founder and Principal of Rosov Consulting, www.rosovconsulting.com – a consulting firm working with philanthropic and non-profit clients to utilize research and evaluation to inform strategy and decision-making, as well as enhance impact. Wendy is based in Berkeley California with clients across the US, Canada and Israel. Wendy can be reached at wendy@rosovconsulting.com Some twenty years ago, I was fortunate enough to be
Nov 2011
Susan Brous Silverman is a Wexner Heritage NY alumna. She is the Northeast Regional Director for Friends of Yemin Orde, a residential village for at-risk youth in Northern Israel. In her lay capacity, she oversees the Education Committee at Park Avenue Synagogue and is currently working on the Complementary Jewish Education Wexner Affinity Group. Susan can be reached at sbsilvermannyc@gmail.com. This past summer I was in Israel in my new