Professionals

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  Brian Cohen

  Lavine Family Executive Director brian.cohen@columbia.edu
  Phone: (212) 854-8095 Brian Cohen began working at the Kraft Center for Jewish Student Life in January of 2012.  In addition to his responsibilities at the Kraft Center, Brian teaches new Hillel... Read more
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  Rabbi Yonah Hain

  Campus Rabbi rabbi@columbia.edu
  Phone: (212) 854-1519 Yonah Hain helps shape the vision for Jewish life on campus: he develops personal relationships with students, liaises with university faculty and administration, teaches... Read more
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  James Levin

  Chief Operating Officer james.levin@hillel.columbia.edu
  Phone: (212) 854-0453 Jim joined the Columbia/Barnard Hillel as Chief Operating Officer after having spent many years in the corporate banking world. Over the years, he has been very active as a... Read more
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  Jocy London

  Director of Development Jocy@hillel.columbia.edu
  Phone: (212) 854-0451 Jocy is a proud Columbia alumna who returned to campus to be the Director of Development for the Columbia/Barnard Hillel.  She received her Bachelor’s degree from Columbia... Read more
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  Shana Zionts

  Assistant Director shana@hillel.columbia.edu
  Phone: (212) 854-0455 Shana Zionts loves being a member of the Kraft Center team! She has been at Columbia/Barnard Hillel since July 2013, first as the Director of Student Life and now as the... Read more
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  Rabbi Noam Friedman

  OU-JLIC Rabbi nfriedman@hillel.columbia.edu
  Phone: (212) 854-1516 Rabbi Noam Friedman is the OU-JLIC Rabbi at Columbia/Barnard Hillel (the Seif Jewish Learning Initiative on Campus is a program of the Orthodox Union in partnership with... Read more
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  Miryam Khononov

  Jewish Agency Israel Fellow miryam@hillel.columbia.edu
  Phone: (212) 853-1588 Growing up in Qiryat Yam Israel, Miryam's parents made Aliyah to Israel in 1990 to Haifa. She just finished her Duel degree in Political Science and international relations,... Read more
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  Navah Kogen

  Director of Student Life navah@hillel.columbia.edu
  Phone: (212) 854-2215 Navah Kogen is so excited to be returning to the Kraft Center as Director of Student Life! Originally from Fair Lawn, New Jersey, Navah is a proud alumna of the Double Degree... Read more
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  Elan Kramer

  First Year Engagement Fellow elan@hillel.columbia.edu
  Phone: (212) 851-9695 Elan hails from Laguna Beach, California and serves as the First Year Engagement Fellow for Columbia/Barnard Hillel. Prior to joining the CB Hillel team, Elan received his... Read more
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  Jaimie Krass

  Director of Engagement jaimie@hillel.columbia.edu
  Phone: (212) 854-0456 Jaimie can remember her first experience with Jewish ritual as though it happened yesterday, perhaps because it practically did: having never felt connected to her own Jewish... Read more
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  Hela Lahar

  Director, Center for Israel Education Hela@hillel.columbia.edu
  Phone: (212) 851-9695 Hela Lahar, joined the Columbia/Barnard Hillel team as the Director of the Center for Israel Education in the summer of 2016, when she moved to NYC from Kibbutz... Read more
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  Brooklyn Michalowicz

  IACT Coordinator brooklyn@hillel.columbia.edu
  Phone: (212) 854-4125 Brooklyn is a proud Bruin and pancake connoisseur from Los Angeles, California. She enjoys telling stories about her crazy family, beatboxing, and fake laughing at puns about... Read more
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  Avigail Schneiman

  Student Life Administrator avigail@hillel.columbia.edu
  Phone number: 212-854-5111 Avigail is very excited to be joining the Kraft Center Team. She recently graduated from the University of Pittsburgh with a Bachelor’s degree in Social Work. Avigail... Read more
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  Amanda Snow

  Director of Graduate Student Life amanda@hillel.columbia.edu
  Amanda is thrilled to be enriching The Grad Network at Columbia/Barnard Hillel as the Director of Graduate Student Life. Born and raised in Toronto,Canada, Amanda has always dreamed of living in New... Read more
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  Mila Reznikov

  Bookkeeper mr3236@columbia.edu
  Phone: (212) 854-1775 Together with her family, Mila emigrated from her native St. Petersburg (the Leningrad), Russia, in 1979 where she graduated, with honors, from Leningrad State University and,... Read more
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  Amaury Perez

  Superintendent ap3478@columbia.edu
  Phone: (212) 854-9077 Amaury has been working at The Kraft Center – Columbia/Barnard Hillel since 2015. He makes sure that all is running well and that the various rooms and spaces in the... Read more
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  Pedro Rios

  Front Door Reception
  Phone: (212) 854-0499 Pedro has been working at The Kraft Center – Columbia/Barnard Hillel since 2000 (a new comer).  He knows all the students’ faces in that he has the most interaction with... Read more
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  Maya Zinkow

  Rabbinic Intern maya@hillel.columbia.edu
  Maya Zinkow is thrilled to be a part of the Columbia/Barnard Hillel team as a rabbinic intern! She is in her third year at the Jewish Theological Seminary, where she studies as a Wexner Graduate... Read more
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  Andrew Oberstein

  Rabbinic Intern andrew@hillel.columbia.edu
  Andrew Oberstein is an LA native who is honored and excited to join the Columbia/Barnard team! He's a rabbinical student at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, where he is also a Wexner... Read more
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  Atara Cohen

  Rabbinic Intern atara@hillel.columbia.edu
  Atara Cohen graduated Princeton University with a BA in Religion and a certificate in Judaic Studies, where she focused her non-academic time on interfaith work. After studying Torah in a variety of... Read more