Celebrating 50 Outstanding Pardes Alumni

Pardes alumni are making an incredible impact on our world.

They are leading and creating organizations and businesses of all types, responding to humanitarian crises, writing novels, educating at all levels, creating works of art, and so much more! In celebration of Pardes’s 50th, we are highlighting 50 standout alumni, one per week, whose accomplishments exemplify the rich texture of the Pardes community worldwide. 

Meet our featured alumni:

Gali Cooks
President & CEO
Leading Edge

Elie Kaunfer
Co-Founder and CEO
The Hadar Institute

Nigel Savage
Founder and Ambassador
Hazon

Jeremy Borovitz
Director of Jewish Learning
Hillel Deutschland

David Richman
Judge
Colorado Court of Appeals

Ilene Prusher
Professor of Journalism
Florida Atlantic University

Myra Meskin Gurin
Associate Director
Maas Center

Bernie Steinberg
Director Emeritus
Harvard Hillel

Laynie Solomon
Associate Rosh Yeshiva
SVARA

Tony Westbrook Jr.
Director of Jewish Service Learning
Repair the World

Carrie Bornstein
CEO
Mayyim Hayyim

Michael Oren
Writer and Former Israeli Ambassador to the United States

David Bryfman
CEO
Jewish Education Project

Abbie Greenberg
Ceramicist and
Matchmaker

Rivkah Glick
Neurosurgeon, Rabbi,
and Author

Clare Goldwater
Chief Strategy Officer

Diane Be’ery
Vice President of Marketing
Mobileye

Miriam Lorie
Jewish Educator
Rabbinical School Student

Samantha Vinokor-Meinrath
Senior Director
Jewish Education Project

Alicia Jo Rabins
Author, Filmmaker,
and Musician

Marc Baker
President and CEO
CJP of Greater Boston

Monika Krawczyk
President
Jewish Historical Institute in Warsaw

Sara Wolkenfeld
Chief Learning Officer
Sefaria

Miriam Camerini
Founder
Benhashmashot

Amir Zinkow
Mishna/Gemarra Chair
Leffel Middle School

Maya Zinkow
Senior Jewish Educator
UC Berkeley Hillel

Linda Gradstein
Journalist
Voice of America, CBS, JPost

Tani Cohen-Fraade
Head of School
Ezra Academy

Matt Bar
Musician and Founder
Bible Raps

Rebecca Bar
CEO
Nazun

Leah Kahn
Vice President of Education
Office of Innovation

Aaron Lerner
Licensed Social Worker
State of Colorado

Michael Simon
Executive Director
Northwestern Hillel

Maxim Delchev
Director of Jewish Education
Organization of Jews in Bulgaria

Rachel Dingman
Sr. Director of Jewish Engagement
BBYO International

Jordan Soffer
Head of School
Striar Hebrew Academy

James Jacobson-Maisels
Founder and Executive Director
Or HaLev

Sarah Mulhern
Rabbi
Base LNCLN

William Friedman
Educator
Base LNCLN

Josh Pernick
Director of Jewish Life
Jewish Fed. of Greater New Haven

M. Evan Wolkenstein
Author and Educator
Jewish Comm. Highschool Bay Area

Adam Rossano
Executive Director
Limmud UK

Jake Berger
Senior Jewish Service Corps Fellow
JDC Entwine

Faustine Goldberg-Sigal
International Director of Jewish Ed.
Moishe House

Zina Segal
Senior Director, Jewish Ed. Dept.
Moishe House

Justin Pines
Director of Lay Leadership
Shalom Hartman Institute of NA

Rachel Barenbaum
Writer
Two award winning novels

Adam Kleinbaum
Professor
Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth

Nina Bruder
Executive Director
Jewish New Teacher Project

Michael Shudrich
Chief Rabbi
Poland

Jenny Solomon
Rabbi
Beth Meyer Synagogue

Eric Solomon
Rabbi
Beth Meyer Synagogue

Aaron Lerner
President and CEO
Jewish Community Foundation of LA

Becca Linden
VP of Talent Dev. & Strategic Impact
Shalom Hartman Institute of NA

Ari Hart
Senior Rabbi
Skokie Valley Agudath Jacob

Pardes Board, Faculty, and Staff