Aviva Green

Aviva Green

by | Jul 7, 2023

Aviva comes to Slifka with a background in community engagement and education in the history museum world. They have a BA in History and Spanish from Smith College, where they were actively involved in the student-run Jewish community. Aviva is passionate about...
Yulia Borik

Yulia Borik

by | Jul 5, 2023

Yulia is a first-year Jewish Agency Israel Fellow at Slifka Center. She was born in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, made Aliyah in 2002, and grew up in Bat Yam, Israel. During her youth, she dedicated seven years to ballroom dancing and volunteered with Magen David Adom...
Nicholas Rivera

Nicholas Rivera

by | Jul 3, 2023

Nick joined the Slifka Team Spring 2022. He is excited to make an impact and is looking forward to his future here at Slifka. Nicholas graduated from American International College with a degree in Communications and minored in Visual and Digital Arts. Working in...
Melinda Papowitz

Melinda Papowitz

by | Jul 2, 2023

Melinda has long been affiliated with the Slifka Center, most recently spending afternoons waiting outside the Library while inspiring Yale students tutored her son for his bar mitzvah. Personally grateful for the magic that happens at Slifka, Melinda jumped at the...
Lynn Jackson

Lynn Jackson

by | Jul 1, 2023

Lynn first came to Slifka Center in 2011 and is excited to have come back to promote efforts which benefit our students, community, and mission. Her recent projects include consulting with an organization bringing Jewish and Arab youth together through classical music...