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Phone: (212) 854-8095
Brian Cohen joined the Kraft Center for Jewish Student Life, Columbia/Barnard Hillel, in January of 2012. Under Brian’s leadership, the Kraft Center increased student... Read more
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Rabbi Yonah Hain
Campus Rabbi
Currently on study leave
Yonah Hain is our Campus Rabbi and serves as a member of the Columbia University Office of Religious Life. He helps shape Jewish life on campus through relationships with students, university... Read more
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Tymothy Jaddock
Director of Operations
Phone: (212) 854-0453
Tymothy Jaddock is excited to join the Columbia/Barnard Hillel team as Director of Operations, bringing extensive expertise from his role as Director of Administration and... Read more
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Shana Zionts
Associate Director
Phone: (212) 854-0455
Shana Zionts has spent nearly two decades working in the Jewish community with children, teens, and young adults, and is thrilled to serve as Columbia/Barnard Hillel's... Read more
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Maia Adler
Director of Student Experience
Maia is currently the Director of Student Experience at Columbia/Barnard Hillel! Maia graduated from the Joint Program with Columbia/JTS where she studied Sociology and Jewish History. During her time... Read more
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Rachel Barnehama
Senior Director of Engagement
Rachel is so excited to have joined the Columbia/Barnard Hillel team as the Senior Director of Engagement! For over a decade, Rachel has worked as a Jewish professional, working in synagogues, teen... Read more
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Sofi Boczkowski
First Year Engagement Associate
Sofi Boczkowski is excited to join the Columbia/Barnard Hillel team as the First Year Engagement Associate. A native of Evanston, IL, Sofi graduated in 2023 with her B.A. in Global Health and Spanish... Read more
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Rabbi Elie Buechler
OU-JLIC Rabbi
Rav Elie is thrilled to be part of the Columbia/Barnard Hillel as the OU-JLIC rabbi. He is a native of Dix Hills, New York and attended Yeshivat Orayta and received his B.A. in Near Eastern &... Read more
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Maayan Daniel
Israel Fellow
Maayan Daniel serves as an Israel fellow of the Jewish Agency. Maayan grew up in the city of Netanya, and was deeply involved in community service and volunteering with at-risk youth from an early... Read more
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Dena Feldman
Office Manager
Dena is so excited to be joining the Columbia/Barnard Hillel team as Office Manager! She is a graduate of Rutgers University where she studied Psychology, Jewish Studies and Women’s and Gender... Read more
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Melissa Kansky
Director, The Grad Network
Melissa is thrilled to join the Columbia Barnard Hillel team as the Director of The Grad Network. Although originally from northern New Jersey, Melissa has lived up and down the east coast- with a... Read more
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Navah Kogen
Senior Director of Student Life
Phone: (212) 854-2215
Navah Kogen has served the Columbia/Barnard Jewish community as Senior Director of Student Life since 2017. Originally from Fair Lawn, New Jersey, Navah is a proud alumna of... Read more
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Rachel Laufer
Development Associate
Rachel is overjoyed to join the Columbia/Barnard Hillel team as the Development Associate! Originally from New Orleans, LA, Rachel graduated from Florida State University in 2023 with a BA in Theatre... Read more
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Elan Levine
IACT Birthright Coordinator
Elan Levine is so excited to be returning to Columbia/Barnard Hillel as the IACT Birthright Coordinator. Originally from Charleston, South Carolina (rumor has it his accent comes out whenever he’s... Read more
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Isaac Ostrow
Student Life Associate
Isaac Ostrow is thrilled to return to Columbia/Barnard Hillel as a Student Life Associate. Born and raised in Memphis, Tennessee, Isaac graduated in 2022 from List College, the Joint Program between... Read more
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Amaury Perez
Superintendent
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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Ariela Press
Executive Assistant
Ariela is thrilled to join the Columbia/Barnard Hillel team as the Executive Assistant. She embarked on a gap year in Israel before returning to her hometown of Richmond, Virginia where she graduated... 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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Carly Shevrin
Director of Engagement
Carly is thrilled to join the Columbia/Barnard Hillel team as the Director of Engagement! She holds a Master of Arts in Special Education and Teaching from the Relay Graduate School of Education.... Read more
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Liana Slomka
Student Life Associate
Liana Slomka is excited to be joining the Columbia/Barnard Hillel team as a Student Life Associate. Liana grew up in Atlanta, and graduated from Princeton University in 2023 with a degree in Ecology... Read more
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Eliana Sugarman
Assistant Director of Development
Eliana is thrilled to join the Columbia/Barnard Hillel team as Assistant Director of Development. Before coming to the Kraft Center, Eliana was an Event Planning Executive at UJA-Federation,... Read more
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Sarah Wish
Engagement Manager, The Grad Network
Sarah is thrilled to join the Columbia/Barnard Hillel team as the Engagement Manager of the Grad Network! She holds a B.A. in Cognitive Science and Psychology from the University of Michigan and has... Read more
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Micah Cowan
Rabbinic Intern
Micah is the rabbinic intern for Koach, the Conservative community at Columbia/Barnard. He is a 4th year rabbinical student at JTS and spent the last academic year at the Mechon Schechter in Jerusalem... Read more
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Audrey Klepser
Rabbinic Intern
Audrey is the rabbinic intern for Kesher, the Reform community on campus. She is a 3rd year student studying to be a rabbi at Hebrew Union College. Originally from Elmhurst, Illinois, Audrey has also... Read more
