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Uri Cohen
Executive Director
uri.cohen@yale.edu
Uri was appointed Executive Director of Slifka Center in July 2018. His appointment to that post follows a seven-year tenure in the same role at Queens College Hillel in the City University of New... Read more
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Rabbi Jason Rubenstein
Howard M. Holtzmann Jewish Chaplain at Yale
jason.rubenstein@yale.edu
Jason Rubenstein comes to Slifka Center from a background as diverse as Yale’s Jewish community: a childhood at Temple Micah in Washington DC, formative years studying at Yeshivat Ma’ale Gilboa in... Read more
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Ziv Eisenberg
Managing Director
ziv.eisenberg@yale.edu
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Jennifer Rogin Wallis
Director of Development
jennifer.wallis@yale.edu
Jennifer is excited to be the Director of Development at Slifka Center. She began working at Slifka Center in 2011.
Jennifer studied Near Eastern and Judaic Studies at Brandeis University and later... Read more
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Juli Goodman
Assistant Director for Programming
juli.goodman@yale.edu
Juli is so excited to be beginning her 6th year at Slifka Center for Jewish Life! Prior to her time at Yale, Juli attended Rutgers University for undergrad where she studied Art History. She then... Read more
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Rabbi Isaama Goldstein-Stoll
Senior Jewish Educator
isaama.goldstein-stoll@yale.edu
Rabbi Isaama Goldstein-Stoll comes to Slifka as a recent ordainee of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Cincinnati, Ohio. Originally from the Washington D.C. area, Isaama received BA... Read more
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Rabbi Alex Ozar
Co-Director and Educator, OU-Jewish Learning Initiative
alex.ozar@yale.edu
Rabbi Alex Ozar and Lauren Steinberg are thrilled to be the JLIC couple at Yale beginning in Summer 2018! Together with their son Noam, they’re excited to learn and cultivate a positive, flourishing... Read more
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Lauren Steinberg
Co-Director and Educator, OU-Jewish Learning Initiative
lauren.steinberg@yale.edu
Lauren Steinberg and Rabbi Alex Ozar are thrilled to be the JLIC couple at Yale beginning in Summer 2018! Together with their son Noam, they’re excited to learn and cultivate a positive, flourishing... Read more
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Evan Wexler
Database & Communications Manager
evan.wexler@yale.edu
Evan is excited to join the Slifka family as the Database & Communications Coordinator. His professional experiences include working on the production floor of a manufacturing company, overseeing... Read more
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Lynn Jackson Quinn
Development Specialist
lynn.jackson-quinn@yale.edu
Lynn first came to Slifka Center in 2011 and is excited to be back to promote efforts which will benefit our students and mission. Her recent projects include consulting with an organization... Read more
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Alex Deleon
Building Superintendent
alexis.deleon@yale.edu
A Puerto Rican native who moved to Connecticut when he was five. Alex is a hard worker who doesn't mind getting his hands dirty. He always had a passion for fixing things ever since he was given... Read more
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Margarita Nieves
Office Manager
margarita.nieves@yale.edu
Margarita joined the Slifka staff summer 2019. She has worked as an administrator and project coordinator in a multitude of industries, bringing with her wisdom from each. Margarita is passionate... Read more
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Jess Belasco
Rabbinic Intern
jessica.belasco@yale.edu
Jess Belasco is in her third year of rabbinical study at the Jewish Theological Seminary, where she is focusing on midrash and pastoral care, and is a Wexner Graduate Fellow. On her path to rabbinical... Read more
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William Ostrowski
Dining General Manager
wostrowski@unidine.com
Bill joined Slifka in summer 2019. In his previous position, he managed the kosher dining service of The Towers, a Jewish Senior Living Community in downtown New Haven. He brings rich campus dining... Read more
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Patrick Byrne
Executive Sous Chef
slifkadining@unidine.com
Chef Patrick Byrne has twenty years professional experience managing corporate and privately owned restaurants and kitchens. He has helped open Ocean Drive and SBC Downtown restaurants and breweries... Read more
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Moshe Aziz
Mashgiach - Kosher Food Supervisor
moshe.aziz@yale.edu
