Professionals

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  Brian Cohen

  Executive Director brian.cohen@columbia.edu
  Phone: (212) 854-8095 Brian Cohen began working as Executive Director of the Kraft Center in January of 2012.  He previously worked as the Director of Campus Services for Hillel’s Schusterman... 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 Columbia alumna excited to be returning to campus as the Director of Development for the Columbia/Barnard Hillel.  She received her Bachelor’s degree from... 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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  Rabbi Sarah Joselow

  Senior Jewish Educator sarah@hillel.columbia.edu
  Phone: (212) 853-1587 Rabbi Sarah is so excited to be joining the Kraft Center team this year as Senior Jewish Educator!  Originally from Ossining, NY, Sarah studied History and Arabic at Harvard... 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 of Israel Education Hela@hillel.columbia.edu
  Phone: (212) 851-9695 Hela Lahar, joined the Columbia/Barnard Hillel team as Director of Israel Education this past summer, when she moved to NYC from Kibbutz Lehavot-Haviva, Israel. Prior to... Read more
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  Liz Lebeaux

  Development Associate elizabeth@hillel.columbia.edu
  Phone: (212) 854-5112 Liz is a native Long Islander with an affinity for click-bait articles, recipe-swapping, and nonprofit development! Prior to joining Columbia/Barnard Hillel as the Development... 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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  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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  Deb Pollack

  Office Manager Deborah@hillel.columbia.edu
  Phone: (212) 854-5111 Deb is beyond thrilled to be part of the Columbia/Barnard Hillel team! Deb is from New York City and recently graduated from Barnard, where she majored in Sociology and Jewish... 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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  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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  Sam Stettiner

  Springboard Social Justice Fellow sam@hillel.columbia.edu
  Phone: (212) 854-9726 Sam is a Boston native and UMass Amherst graduate who is thrilled to be joining the Columbia/ Barnard Hillel community! Sam graduated in 2016 with a Bachelor’s degree in... Read more
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  Elli Cohn

  Clergy Intern Elli@hillel.columbia.edu
  A Chicago-suburb native and a graduate of Muhlenberg College, Elli Cohn is a fourth year rabbinical student at JTS and is currently serving as Koach’s Clergy Intern. During her first year at JTS she... Read more
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  Dan Ross

  Clergy Intern dan@hillel.columbia.edu
  Dan Ross fights for Truth, Justice, and the Jewish American Way?  Or is it the American Jewish Way?  He'd love to have that conversation with you.  Entering his second year as a clergy intern at... Read more