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The Office of Alumni Affairs is here to support and connect JTS alumni with one another and with the many opportunities and resources JTS offers. We hope you’ll stay in touch, share news, and contact us at any time.
Alum (List College, Rabbinical School, Davidson School); Associate Rabbi, Ansche Chesed (New York, NY)
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JTS Alum (Rabbinical School, List College), Rabbi, The Jewish Center (Princeton, NJ)
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JTS Alum (Rabbinical School), Assistant Rabbi , Congregation Beth Shalom (Overland Park, KS)
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JTS Alum (Kekst Graduate School), Director, Emil A. and Jenny Fish Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Yeshiva University
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JTS Alum (List College) PhD, Director of Digital Projects, The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization
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JTS Alum (Rabbinical School, Teacher’s Institute), Professor Emeritus of Biblical Studies, Bar Ilan University
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JTS Alum (Rabbinical School, Cantorial School, Davidson School, Center for Pastoral Education)
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Alum (Davidson School), Assistant Dean, List College and Gershon Kekst Graduate School
As assistant dean of Graduate and Undergraduate Studies, Orlea Miller provides academic advising and general guidance to students in List College and the Gershon Kekst Graduate School. Dean Miller also serves as director of List College’s Fellowship in Jewish Social Entrepreneurship and co-facilitates List 101 for first-year students. Dean Miller graduated magna cum laude from Harvard College, where she […]
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JTS Alum (Rabbincal School, Kekst Graduate School), Rabbi, Beacon Hebrew Alliance
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Director of the Beit Midrash and Nishma Summer Program, JTS Alum (Rabbinical School, Kekst Graduate School, Davidson School)
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Samuel Eig Associate Professor of Jewish Studies in the Department of Theology and a faculty fellow at the Berkley Center at Georgetown University, JTS Alum (Kekst Graduate School)
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JTS Alum (Kekst Graduate School), Founder & Lead Educator, ExploreJewish & Judaics Tutoring NYC
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JTS Alum (Rabbinical School)
Kendell Pinkney, Student, The Rabbinical School of JTS (Class of 2022)
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JTS Alum (Rabbinical School), Adjunct Lecturer and Associate Rabbi, Romemu
Rabbi Dianne Cohler-Esses, Adjunct Lecturer and Associate Rabbi, Romemu
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JTS Alum (Rabbinical School), Adjunct Instructor in Professional and Pastoral Skills; Deputy Director of T’ruah
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Director of Admissions, The Rabbinical School and H. L. Miller Cantorial School, JTS Alum (Rabbinical School)
Rabbi Rafi Cohen serves as director of admissions for both The Rabbinical School and the H. L. Miller Cantorial School. In this role, he guides prospective students in discerning the path of their Jewish commitments and assists them in gaining the experience they need to successfully prepare for and begin lives of sacred service.
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JTS Alum (Rabbinical School, Kekst Graduate School); Chief Operating Officer, The Rabbinical Assembly
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JTS Alum (Rabbinical School), Adjunct Lecturer of Professional and Pastoral Skills
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JTS Alum (Kekst Graduate School), Historian, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum; JTS Fellow
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JTS Alum (Davidson School, List College), Former Director of Admissions, List College
Director of Admissions, List College
As director of List College admissions, Jenna Ferman facilitates the admissions process for all prospective undergraduate students. She works closely with List College’s deans and the admissions team to provide a seamless and personalized enrollment process.
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JTS Alum (Kekst Graduate School), Adjunct Professor of Medieval and Early Modern Jewish Studies
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JTS Alum (Rabbinical School, Kekst Graduate School), Adjunct Professor of Jewish Thought
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JTS Alum (Kekst Graduate School), Associate Professor of Jewish Studies and History, Rutgers University
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JTS Alum (Rabbinical School), Mental Health Program Coordinator, Adjunct Faculty in the Center for Pastoral Education at JTS
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JTS Alum (PhD in Rabbinic Literature, Kekst Graduate School), Content Manager, Hadar
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JTS Alum (Rabbinical School, Kekst Graduate School, Center for Pastoral Education)
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JTS Alum (Kekst Graducate School), Editorial Associate, Posen Library of Jewish Civilization and Culture
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JTS Alum (Kekst Graduate School, List College), CEO and Academic Dean, Academy of Jewish Religion
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JTS Alum (Rabbinical School)
Vice Chancellor and Chief Advancement Officer
In his role as vice chancellor and chief advancement officer, Rabbi David Hoffman is a member of the senior administration, working closely with many of JTS’s major supporters, including the Board of Trustees, and serving as an ambassador for JTS to the many communities we serve. David is an assistant professor in the fields of Talmudic Studies and Jewish Law.
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JTS Alum (Rabbinical School), Former Director of Israel Engagement JTS and Director Year-in-Israel Programs, HUC-JIR (NY)
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JTS Alum (Rabbinical School), Former Project Manager, ReFrame: Experiential Education in Congregational Schools
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JTS Alum (Rabbinical School), Adjunct Lecturer of Professional and Pastoral Skills
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JTS Alum (Davidson School), Former Program Coordinator, Fellowship for Applied Jewish Wisdom
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JTS Alum (Rabbinical School), Former Rabbi-in-Residence at the William Davidson Graduate School of Jewish Education, JTS
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JTS Alum (Rabbinical School), National Director, Ramah Camps and Israel Programs (Retired)
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JTS Alum (List College), Assistant Professor of Jewish Studies, Rutgers University; JTS Fellow
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JTS Alum (Kekst Graduate School), Gemara Faculty and Director of External Affairs, Yeshivat Maharat
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JTS Alum (Davidson School)
Sarah Tauber was an assistant professor at the William Davidson Graduate School of Jewish Education of JTS. She graduated from Yale University with a bachelor’s degree magna cum laude in history, University of California at Berkeley with a secondary school teaching certification in English, and JTS with an EdD in Jewish education. She also studied Jewish history in Paris at l’Écoledes hautes études en sciences sociales. She has taught in a variety of secondary school settings in the Jewish and general educational world, both in the United States and in Europe, and was the education director of Congregation Beit GIL in Geneva, Switzerland. Before coming to JTS she taught Judaic studies, history, and tefillah at the High School of the Solomon Schechter School of Westchester. Dr. Tauber is also the book review editor of the Journal of Jewish Education. Dr. Tauber is passionate about teaching and mentoring JTS students on their journeys.
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JTS Alum (Rabbinical School), Former Pearl Resnick Dean of The Rabbinical School and the Division of Religious Leadership
Pearl Resnick Dean of The Rabbinical School and the Division of Religious Leadership, Senior Lecturer of Professional and Pastoral Skills
Rabbi Daniel Nevins is the Pearl Resnick Dean of The Rabbinical School and dean of the Division of Religious Leadership of The Jewish Theological Seminary. He represents JTS on the Leadership Council of Conservative Judaism and the Executive Council, Joint Placement Commission, and Committee on Jewish Law and Standards (CJLS) of the Rabbinical Assembly. He has written responsa on the halakhic topics of personal status, disabilities, bioethics, technology, and homosexuality. His responsa may be read at the CJLS website and on his personal web page, rabbinevins.com.
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Adjunct Instructor of Professional and Pastoral Skills
Director of the Center for Pastoral Education
Rabbi Mychal B. Springer founded the Center for Pastoral Education at JTS in 2009, establishing relationships with hospices, Jewish social service agencies, and—most recently—prisons and reentry facilities, allowing students to learn the art of pastoral care as they serve marginalized populations.
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JTS Alum (Rabbinical School), Rabbi, Congregation Beth Israel Ner Tamid (Milwaukee, WI); Former Director of Admissions, The JTS Rabbinical School and H. L. Miller Cantorial School
Director of Admissions, The Rabbinical School and H. L. Miller Cantorial School
Rabbi Joel Alter earned a BA in Jewish History from Columbia University, an MA from The Davidson School of Education, and rabbinic ordination from The Rabbinical School. Rabbi Alter previously served pluralistic day schools in Washington, DC, Baltimore, and Boston over 16 years as a teacher, assistant head of school, and Rav Beit haSefer.
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Director of Alumni Affairs
Director of Alumni Affairs
As director of the Office of Alumni Affairs, Melissa Friedman works closely with JTS’s senior leadership and drives JTS’s alumni relations efforts. In her time as director, Melissa has revitalized JTS’s relationship with alumni spanning more than six decades. She engages alumni through social and professional networking opportunities nationwide, and welcomes the opportunity to hear from alumni who want to plan a reunion. Melissa continues to cultivate relationships between alumni and current students. She collaborates with student group leaders and deans to create and provide meaningful encounters between the two. Melissa strives to develop and maintain close relationships between alumni from all of our schools—degree and non-degree programs—and JTS.
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