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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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Liz Lebeaux
Director of Development
liz@hillel.columbia.edu
Phone: (212) 854-0451
Liz Lebeaux is thrilled to be part of the Columbia/Barnard Hillel team as the Director of Development. She originally came to the Kraft Center in April 2017 as the Development... 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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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 Leah Fein
Senior Jewish Educator
leah@hillel.columbia.edu
Phone: (212) 851-1587
Rabbi Leah Fein is excited to be part of the Columbia/Barnard Hillel team as the Senior Jewish Educator! Originally from Los Angeles, Rabbi Leah previously worked at Syracuse... 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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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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Noa Kolomer
Director of Israel Engagement
nk2883@columbia.edu
Phone number: 212-853-1588
Noa Kolomer is excited to join Columbia/Barnard Hillel as Director of Israel Engagement. Her super power is living in the grey areas of the Israel space and her weakness... Read more
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Elan Kramer
Senior Associate for Engagement and Special Initiatives
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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Emily Lavine
Development Associate
emily@hillel.columbia.edu
Phone: (212) 854-5112
Emily Lavine is thrilled to be back at the Kraft Center as the Development Associate. A recent graduate of Columbia College, Emily feels right at home in Morningside Heights.... 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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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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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
