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Phone: (212)Â 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 trains new Hillel... Read more
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Phone: (212)Â 854-1519
Rabbi 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... Read more
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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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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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Phone: (212)Â 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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Molly Alstodt is excited to join the Columbia/Barnard Hillel team as the new IACT Coordinator. A native Long Islander, Molly went on to receive her bachelor’s in Public Relations from Boston... Read more
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Alyssa (she/her) is super excited to join the Columbia/Barnard Hillel team as the Student Life Associate. Alyssa is originally from Connecticut and has spent the last six years in Pittsburgh, PA... Read more
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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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Maia is so excited to be back at Columbia/Barnard Hillel as the Student Life Admin and Operations Associate! Maia is a graduate of the Columbia/JTS program where she studied sociology and Jewish... Read more
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Phone: (212) 851-1587
Rabbi Leah Fein is excited to be part of the Columbia/Barnard Hillel team as the Senior Director of Engagement. Before joining the CB Hillel team in 2019, Rabbi Leah worked at... Read more
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Branden Holzer is excited to join the Columbia/Barnard Hillel team as the new Engagement Associate. Born and raised in Los Angeles, CA, Branden went on to receive his BFA in Musical Theatre from the... Read more
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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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Phone: (212) 854-2215
Navah Kogen has served the Columbia/Barnard Jewish community as Director of Student Life since 2017. Originally from Fair Lawn, New Jersey, Navah is a proud alumna of the... Read more
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Phone: (212)Â 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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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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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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Yakov Shapiro is thrilled to join the Columbia/Barnard Hillel team as the Israel Fellow.
Yakov was born and raised in Israel by parents who immigrated in 1991 from the Soviet Union (Belarus,... Read more
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Marc Hersch returns to campus to serve as our rabbinic intern with our KOACH community at Columbia/Barnard Hillel. Marc is a student at the Jewish Theological Seminary Rabbinical School who, at heart,... Read more
