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
