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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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Phone: (212) 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 Senior Director of Development and Communications. She originally came to the Kraft Center in... 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) 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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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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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 currently the Student Experience Manager at Columbia/Barnard Hillel! Maia graduated from the Joint Program with Columbia/JTS where she studied Sociology and Jewish History. During her time in... 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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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 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 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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Phone: (212) 854-0455
Hannah is so excited to be a part of the Columbia/Barnard Hillel team! Prior to moving to New York City, Hannah was living in Athens, Georgia and worked for Hillel at the... Read more
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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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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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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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Ilana is excited to be back at Columbia/Barnard Hillel as the Development Associate. Ilana graduated from the Joint Program with Columbia School of General Studies and List College where she studied... Read more
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Rebecca is excited to join the Columbia/Barnard Hillel team as a Student Life Associate! Originally from the Philadelphia area, Rebecca received bachelor's degrees in Biology and Health: Science,... Read more
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Ilana Sandberg is honored to return to Columbia/Barnard Hillel serving as a Rabbinic Intern, serving Koach, the Conservative community on campus. An alumna of List College and Barnard College, Ilana... Read more
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Arielle Stein serves as rabbinic intern with the Kesher community at Columbia/Barnard Hillel. Arielle is a fourth-year student at Hebrew Union College. She is originally from Long Island, and has... Read more