IU's Jewish Studies Program is described in a report of The Wexner Foundation as "a hothouse of Jewish involvement . . . one of a handful of universities and programs that have consistently produced individuals who are attracted to the Jewish professions."
What are 2008 Jewish Studies Graduates Doing Their First Year After College?
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Three May, 2008 JS B.A. graduates were admitted to Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion’s rabbinical school—Rachel Kaplan, Jonathan Kleinman, and Deana Sussman.
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Daniel Millner began pre-rabbinical studies at Yeshivot Hamivtav in Efrat Israel in summer 2008.
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Inna Kolesnikova is a graduate student in diplomacy and conflict resolution at the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya, Israel.
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Joshua Simons is a master’s degree student in intelligence and international security at King’s College London.
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Lainna Cohen is Director of Engagement at the Binghamton University Hillel.
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Lauren Berman is pursuing a Masters of Education in the College Student Personnel program at the University of Louiville.
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Bridget Coraz is a law student at the University of Louisville.
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Rebecca Waxman is an AVODAH: The Jewish Service Corps Fellow at the Fair Housing Action Center in New Orleans.
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Elizabeth Camuti was named August, 2007 Alumni of the Month by the Young People for the American Way. She works for the consulting firm of Scott and Yandura working for Rock The Vote.
Stephanie Beren is new membership and development associate for Jewish Women International.
careers and pursuits after jewish studies at IU?
Borns Jewish Studies Program Alumni Make a Difference
Rabbi Debra Reed Blank (1977) is Rabbi Philip R. Alstat Asst. Professor of Liturgy at the Jewish Theological Seminary.
Cantor Janet Roth Krupnick (1981) is Cantor at Summit Jewish Community Center in New Jersey.
Greta Friedman Rothschild (1984) is Director of Family Education at Aitz Hayim
Center for Jewish Living.
Bekki Harris Kaplan (1987) is Executive Director of Beth Emet, the Free Synagogue in Evanston.
Laura Kepes Linder (1988) is Executive Director of the Jewish Foundation of Memphis.
Shelly Greenwald Malmon (1988) is Director of Program Operations for the BJE in Orange County California.
Leslie Kepes Pomerantz (1988) is Executive Director of the Jewish Volunteer Connection of Baltimore's UJC.
Rabbi Bruce Elder (1989) is Rabbi of Congregation Hakafa in Glencoe, Illinois.
Rabbi Braham David (1991) is Rabbi of Temple Shalom in Medford, Massachusetts.
Rabbi Debora Gordon (1991) is Rabbi of Congregation Berith Sholom in Troy, New York.
Debra Barton Grant (1991) is Executive Vice President of the South Bend Jewish Federation.
Jill Laidman Davidson (1993) is Director of Children and Day Camp at the Mandel JCC of Cleveland.
Stephanie Stern Fink (1993) is Director of Education at Mount Zion Temple in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Rabbi Eli Garfinkel (1993) is Rabbi at Temple Beth El Somerset in Somerset, New Jersey.
Wendy Rapport Grinberg (1993) is Associate Director of the Union of Reform Judaism's Department of Lifelong Jewish Learning.
Rabbi Yael Splansky (1993) is Associate Rabbi of Holy Blossom Temple in Toronto.
Jessica Bennett Mehlman (1994) is Assistant Director of Financial Resource Development at the Jewish Foundation of Central New Jersey.
Brian Shankman (1994) is Mid-Atlantic Regional Director for AIPAC.
Adam Tennen (1994) is Assistant Campaign Director for the Jewish Federation of Greater Phoenix.
Jennifer Zwilling (1994) is Assoc. Director of Professional Development at the Charles and Lynn Schusterman International Center, a division of Hillel; Director of Human Resources.
Amy Appelman (1995) is Director of Education at Congregation Beth Ahm in West Bloomfield, Michigan.
Shari Zitofsky Churwin (1995) is Education Director of Ansin Religious School of Congregation Ohebei Shalom, Brookline, MA.
Matthew Davidson (1996) is Director of Undergraduate Admissions at American Jewish University.
Jonathan Fass (1996) is Managing Director of Jewish Life and Learning at the Houston JCC.
Esther Schwartz Goldman (1996) teaches first grade at the Arie Crown Hebrew Day School in Skokie.
Rabbi Jonathan Greenberg (1996) is AIPAC Midwest Political Director.
Gina Lewald-Fass (1996) is a Jewish Studies teacher at the Emery-Weiner Day School in Houston.
Bradley Finkel (1998) is Assistant Director of Camp Chi, the camp of the JCC of Chicago.
Rachel Murov Greenberg (1998) is Director of Development for AIPAC in Palm Beach.
Rabbi Arielle Poster Moffic (1998) is Director of Family Education at congregation Sukkat Shalom in Wilmette, Illinois.
Andrea Fram Plotkin (1998) is Associate Director, Jewish Peoplehood & Identity, United Jewish Communities.
Stephanie Kreitzman Rhodes (1998) is Director of Foundation Professionals Initiative at the Jewish Funders Network.
Scott Segal (1998) is a rabbinical student at Hebrew Union College.
Amanda Borschel-Dan (1999) is Editor of the Jerusalem Post's Up Front Magazine.
Ellen Brandwein (1999) is a rabbinical student at the Jewish Theological Seminary.
Ilene Scholnick (1999) works for the National Recruitment Program through UJC.
Robin St. Cyr Anderson (2000) is Asst. Director for Camp Young Judaea Midwest & Area Supervisor for Greater Midwest YJ.
Julie Rubinfeld Brodsky (2000) is Assistant Director for the Gan Shalom Early Childhood Center at Temple Sholom in Chicago.
Leslie Cohen Kastner (2000) is Coordinator of Family, Youth, and College Volunteer Services for Dorot in NYC.
Rachael Petru Horowitz (2000) is Major Gifts Associate for Hadassah's WZOA in Los Angeles.
Shauna Replane Leavey (2000) is Principal at Baltimore Hebrew Congregation.
Rabbi David Roth (2000) teaches at the Pardes Institute in Jerusalem.
Jessica Auerbach (2001) is Senior Associate, Planning and Allocations at the Jewish Federation of Washington, D.C.
Rachel Brand (2001) is Membership and Group Development Specialist for the Northern Area for Hadassah Southern California.
Rebecca Freund (2001) is the Communications and Activities Assistant at Steven S. Wise Temple in Los Angeles.
Laurie Matzkin (2001) is a rabbinical student at the American Jewish University.
Cantor David Reinwald (2001) is Cantor at Congregation Beth Israel in Austin, Texas.
Jami Trockman (2001) works for the Premier Philanthropy program at the Los Angeles Jewish Federation.
Alissa Wise (2001) is the rabbinic intern for Jews for Racial and Economic Justice in NYC.
Andy Kastner (2002) is a rabbinical student at the Yeshivat Chovevei Torah.
Diana Kogan (2002) works for the Claims Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany in New York City.
Gabe Lewin (2002) teaches English and Drama at Yeshivat Rambam in Baltimore.
Jonathan Lipnick (2002) is completing a doctoral degree in Religious Studies at Harvard University.
Amanda Meyer (2002) is the Northern Region Director for NFTY.
Miriam Pullman (2002) is Campaign Association for the Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta.
Philip Ohriner (2002) is a rabbinical student at the Jewish Theological Seminary.
Ruth Schachter (2002) is the Jewish Student Life Coordinator at the University of Illinois-Chicago Hillel.
Emily Sonenshine (2002) is a second grade teacher at the Davis Academy Reform Jewish Day School in Atlanta.
Jen Bell (2003) is an inaugural JCC Association Graduate Scholar studying non-profit management and Judaic Studies at NYU.
Rachel Conroy Pereles (2003) is a Campaign Associate for the Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta.
Cantor Asa Fradkin (2003) serves Temple Sholom, a Conservative congregation in Greenwich, CT.
Benjamin Lewis (2003) is Director of Formal & Informal Education at New City Jewish Center in New City, New York.
Samantha Pearline (2003) is Director of Judaica at Temple Beth Hillel in the LA area.
Ashley Plotnick (2003) is completing an M.A. in Jewish Studies at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College.
Erielle Reshef (2003) is Senior Associate for Outreach and Development at the Israel on Campus Coalition.
Leah Hedrick Aft (2004) is the Program Director at the IU Helene G. Simon Hillel Center.
Jen Gossman Minkus (2004) is Development Assistant for the American Jewish Committee in Chicago.
Emily Walsh (2004) is a student at Hebrew Union College in Jewish Communal Service and a Wexner Fellow.
Elizabeth Wood (2004) is a rabbinical student at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion.
Julie Avchen (2005) is Project Assistant for the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center in Skokie.
Sarah Beren (2005) is Development and Campus Associate at Ohio State Hillel.
Henry Bernstein (2005) is Youth Director at Moriah Congregation in Deerfield, Illinois.
Stephanie Clark (2005) is a rabbinical student at Hebrew Union College.
Jen Gubitz (2005) is a rabbinical student at Hebrew Union College.
Brent Guttman (2005) will begin Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion rabbinical school in summer 2008.
Elizabeth Lintott (2005) is a preschool teacher at the JCC in Skokie.
Eric (Ricky) Marcus (2005) is the Jewish Student Life Coordinator at the Cleveland Hillel.
Jennifer Rosenblatt (2005) made aliyah. She works as a madricha for OTZMA in Israel.
Sarah Smiley (2005) is a rabbinical student at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion.
Laura Siegel (2005) is a student at Hebrew Union College in Jewish Communal Service.
Sonya Weisburd (2005) is the Teen Group Coordinator for the Machar Jewish Cultural School in Washington, D.C.
Claire Bernstein (2006) is pursuing an MSW at Washington University as an inaugural JCC Association Graduate Scholar.
Lauren Goodman (2006) is a Campaign Associate with the Jewish Federation of New Orleans.
Shira Gross (2006) is working in the resource development department of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Service in NYC.
Michael Kushnick (2006) is a rabbinical school student at The Jewish Theological Seminary in Fall 2007.
Megan Roberts (2006) is a Fellow at the Institute for Southern Jewish Life
Philip Sherman (2006) is a rabbinical student at Hebrew College in Boston.
Aliza Sinkinson (2006) is AIPAC's Early Engagement Director in Washington.
Joanna Blotner (2007) is the Legislative Assistant for the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism in Washington.
Michael Joseph Brown (2007) is the Hillel Director at Southern Illinois University.
Sarah Cohen (2007) is participating in the OTZMA program in Israel.
Amanda Dudley (2007) is Senior Administrative Assistant to the Managing Director of the Jewish Communal Network Commission of the UJA Federation in NY.
Jacob Ginsburg (2007) plans to study at Pardes Institute in Jerusalem in spring 2008.
Jeffrey Gluckman (2007) is an AVODAH: The Jewish Service Corps Fellow in Washington, D.C. working as the HIV Prevention Educator at Metro TeenAids.
Daniele Hurwitz (2007) is the JCSC Fellow at the Tampa Hillel.
Sarah Kaplan (2007) is Community Relations and Israel Affairs Coordinator at the Jewish Community Federation of Charlotte.
Samantha Leapman (2007) is pursuing a master's degree in social work at Yeshiva University.
Iva Litvak (2007) is participating in OTZMA in Israel.
Margaret O'Connor (2007) is an AVODAH: The Jewish Service Corps Fellow in Washington, D.C., working as the Legal Coordinator for Bread for the City.
Rachel Schonwald (2007) is a field organizer at 15 universities and colleges for AIPAC.
Adina Sklare (2007) is program/administrative assistant for the Coalition Against Domestic Abuse.
Danielle Zuber (2007) is studying toward her master's degree in Jewish education on a full fellowship at the Davidson School for Jewish Education at The Jewish Theological Seminary.
Stephanie Beren (2008) is new membership and development associate for Jewish Women International in Washington, D.C.
Rachel Kaplan (2008) is the administrative assistant for the American Conference of Cantors for 2008-2009 and will begin rabbinical school at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in summer 2009.
Inna Kolesnikova (2008) is a graduate student in diplomacy and conflict resolution at the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya, Israel.
Jonathan Kleinman (2008) is a rabbinical student at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion.
Daniel Millner (2008) is studying at Yeshivot Hamivtav in Efrat, Israel.
Joshua Simons (2008) is a graduate student in intelligence and international security at King’s College London.
Deana Sussman (2008 is a rabbinical student at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion.
Rebecca Waxman (2008) is an AVODAH: The Jewish Service Corps Fellow at the Fair Housing Action Center in New Orleans.
