Celebrating 50 outstanding pardes alumni
Pardes alumni are making an incredible impact on our world.
They are leading and creating organizations and businesses of all types, responding to humanitarian crises, writing novels, educating at all levels, creating works of art, and so much more! In celebration of Pardes’s 50th, we are highlighting 50 standout alumni, one per week, whose accomplishments exemplify the rich texture of the Pardes community worldwide.
Meet our featured alumni:
Aaron Lerner
President and CEO, Jewish Community Foundation of LA
Gali Cooks
President & CEO, Leading Edge
Elie Kaunfer
Co-Founder and CEO, The Hadar Institute
Nigel Savage
Founder and Ambassador, Hazon
Jeremy Borovitz
Director of Jewish Learning, Hillel Deutschland
David Richman
Judge, Colorado Court of Appeals
Ilene Prusher
Professor of Journalism, Florida Atlantic University
Myra Meskin Gurin
Associate Director, Maas Center
Bernie Steinberg
Director Emeritus, Harvard Hillel
Laynie Soloman
Associate Rosh Yeshiva, SVARA
Tony Westbrook Jr.
Director of Jewish Service Learning, Repair the World
Carrie Bornstein
CEO, Mayyim Hayyim
Michael Oren
Writer and Former Israeli Ambassador to the United States
David Bryfman
CEO, Jewish Education Project
Abbie Greenberg
Ceramicist and Matchmaker
Rivkah Glick
Neurosurgeon, Rabbi, and Author
Clare Goldwater
Chief Strategy Officer, M²
Diane Be’ery
Vice President of Marketing, Mobileye
Miriam Lorie
Jewish Educator, Rabbinical School Student
Samantha Vinokor-Meinrath
Senior Director, Jewish Education Project
Alicia Jo Rabins
Author, Filmmaker, and Musician
Marc Baker
President and CEO, CJP of Greater Boston
Monika Krawczyk
President, Jewish Historical Institute in Warsaw
Sara Wolkenfeld
Chief Learning Officer, Sefaria
Miriam Camerini
Founder, Benhashmashot
Amir Zinkow
Mishna/Gemarra Chair, Leffel Middle School
Maya Zinkow
Senior Jewish Educator UC Berkeley Hillel
Linda Gradstein
Journalist, Voice of America, CBS, JPost
Tani Cohen-Fraade
Head of School, Ezra Academy
Matt Bar
Musician and Founder, Bible Raps
Rebecca Bar
CEO Nazun
Leah Kahn
Vice President of Education Office of Innovation
Aaron Lerner
Licensed Social Worker, State of Colorado
Michael Simon
Executive Director, Northwestern Hillel
Maxim Delchev
Director of Jewish Education, Organization of Jews in Bulgaria
Rachel Dingman
Sr. Director of Jewish Engagement, BBYO International
Jordan Soffer
Head of School, Striar Hebrew Academy
James Jacobson-Maisels
Founder and Executive Director, Or HaLev
Sarah Mulhern
Rabbi Base LNCLN
William Friedman
Educator Base LNCLN
Joshua Pernick
Director of Jewish Life, Jewish Fed. of Greater New Haven
M. Evan Wolkenstein
Author and Educator, Jewish Comm. Highschool Bay Area
Adam Rossano
Executive Director, Limmud UK
Jake Berger
Senior Jewish Service Corps Fellow, JDC Entwine
Faustine Goldberg-Sigal
International Director of Jewish Ed., Moishe House
Zina Segal
Senior Director, Jewish Ed. Dept. Moishe House
Justin Pines
Director of Lay Leadership, Shalom Hartman Institute of NA
Rachel Barenbaum
Writer
Adam Kleinbaum
Professor Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth
Nina Bruder
Executive Director, Jewish New Teacher Project
Michael Schudrich
Chief Rabbi, Poland
Jenny Solomon
Rabbi Beth Meyer Synagogue
Eric Solomon
Rabbi Beth Meyer Synagogue
Becca Linden
VP of Talent Dev. & Strategic Impact, Shalom Hartman Institute of NA
Ari Hart
Senior Rabbi Skokie Valley Agudath Jacob
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