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Ami Hersh is an alumnus of the Wexner Graduate Fellowship Program (Class XIX).  Ami is the Assistant Director of the Ramah Day Camp in Nyack and a 4th year rabbinical student at the Jewish Theological Seminary.  He can be reached at Ami@ramahnyack.org. As part of my internship at a Synagogue this year there have been many highlights. The opportunity to teach a class entitled “Text and Context,” has stood out.

Reckler Cohn is an alumna of the Denver 2008 Wexner Heritage group.  She is Executive Vice President and General Counsel for Aimco, a publicly held apartment REIT headquartered in Denver, CO.  She can be reached at lisa.cohn@aimco.com. B’tzelem elohim – each of us is created in the image of G-D.  This is easy enough to understand – except perhaps when applying it to someone carrying a sign reading “Your Rabbi

Rabbi Abby Sosland is an alumna of the Wexner Graduate Fellowship Program.  She is the Morah Ruchanit (Spiritual Teacher) at Solomon Schechter High School of Westchester, but she is proudest of her role as a member of the Judaic Studies Faculty.  She can be reached at rabbisos@aol.com. When I left my job as the assistant rabbi at Town and Village Synagogue in lower Manhattan, I felt ready for something different. 

Rabbi Seth Goren is an alumnus of the Wexner Graduate Fellowship Program.  Rabbi Goren serves as the Associate Chaplain and Director of Jewish Student Life at Lehigh University.  He can be reached at seth.goren@lehigh.edu. As part of a course on race I was teaching a couple of years ago, we took some class time and examined a variety of media materials with an eye toward how race was reflected and

Scott Hurley is an alumnus of the Wexner Heritage Program, San Francisco 08 and JCC President on the San Francisco Peninsula.  Scott can be reached at scott.hartley@fox-shjeflo.com. I chose Judaism because my family was going to be in the Jewish community and I wanted to be an official member instead of a long term guest.   I was drawn to the Jewish values of family, education and the importance of leading

Rabbi Joseph Berman is an alumna of the Wexner Graduate Fellowship/Davidson Scholars Program.  Joseph received ordination in June  from the Hebrew College Rabbinical School in Newton, MA.  In the Fall, Joseph will become the Rabbi of Temple B’nai Israel in Revere, MA.  He can be reached at joseph.berman@gmail.com. “Youth Force, the teen organizers from Dorchester who led a class about restoring funding for youth jobs, have requested your help,” I

Amber Powers is an alumna of the Wexner Graduate Fellowship Program.  Rabbi Powers serves as the Dean of Admissions and Recruitment at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College.  She can be reached at apowers@rrc.edu. I was always a very good student.  I loved learning and was very self-motivated.  Most of my learning came easily to me.  Half-way through rabbinical school, I was surprised to find myself struggling to fully understand the material

Marion Lev-Cohen is an alumna of the Wexner Heritage Program.  Marion received her rabbinic ordination from HUC/JIR this May.  She will become the Director of Adult Education and Engagement at Central Synagogue in August.  She can be reached at marion693@aol.com.  Rabbi Michael Paley stood behind the student and crouched until their eyes were at the same level. Michael explained to our transfixed class, that God would not let Moses look

Or Mars is the Director of the Wexner Graduate Fellowship/Davidson Scholars Program. Or lives in Columbus, OH and is also a Wexner Graduate Fellowship alumnus of Class VI. Or can be reached at omars@wexner.net. When I was twenty-seven years old, fresh back from studying in yeshiva in Jerusalem, I took a job as an educator for the JCC on the Upper West Side (now: JCC of Manhattan). Through my yeshiva

Iris Feinberg is a Wexner Heritage alumna from Atlanta. Iris is a community volunteer and business person in Atlanta and can be reached at ifeinberg@me.com. For the last 25 years, I have raised a family, run a business, been involved in my community, and pursued hobbies and interests with great passion. I have had the privilege of travelling around the world with family, friends and colleagues, and of sharing glorious