top of page

Our Team

We believe in a pluralism that begins with the diversity of our staff

TannerPrize061824 -92.jpg

Meet the Team

Rabbi Ari Weiss
CEO
EBlock Headshot.jpg
Emily Block
Managing Director
1x1a9409_edited_edited.jpg
Susanna Cohen
Chief Development Officer
staff 1.png
Michelle Pasternak
Director of Operations
staff 2.png
Yehoshua Hooper
Director of Experiential Israel Education & IACT Coordinator
staff 3.png
Shira Jacobson
Assistant Director of Development
staff 4.png
Rabbi Talia Laster
Campus Rabbi
staff 5.png
Chloë Bzdyk
Social Justice Springboard Fellow
staff 6.png
Netanel Hirsch
Morris J. Escoll '15 Israel Fellow
staff 7.png
Rabbi Itamar Appelbaum
OU-JLIC Rabbi
staff 8.png
Michal Lavi Appelbaum
OU-JLIC Educator
staff 9.png
Micah Symons
Rabbinic Intern
staff 10.png
Spencer Szwalbenest
Rabbinic Intern
bottom of page