Advocacy Committee
Laurie Moskowitz, Chair
Political Consultant and Founder, Field Works
Washington, DC
Ellen Buchman
Vice President of Field Operations, Leadership Conference on Civil Rights
Washington, DC
Karen Olick
Political Communications Expert, Squier Knapp Dunn Communications
Washington, DC
Lilah Pomerance
Executive Branch Liaison, Service Employees International Union
Washington, DC
Robin Pressman
Principal and Political Consultant, Robin Pressman Consulting,
Washington, DC
Liz Schrayer
President, Schrayer and Associates, Inc.
Washington, DC
Susie Turnbull
Chair, JWI Board of Trustees
Bethesda, MD
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Chapter Services
Ruth Berman
Wynnewood, PA
Barbara Hantman
Chapter 0221, Constitution
Waltham, MA
Judy Katzen
Chapter 1525, Gila
Richmond, VA
Shirley Moritz
Chapter 1730
JWI of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
Shani Schwartz
Chapter 1736
JWI of Greater Cleveland
Cleveland, OH
Emily Weinger
Chapter 1130, Tamar Marin
San Rafael, CA
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Clergy Task Force on Domestic Abuse in the Jewish Community
Rabbi Marla Hornsten, co-chair
Temple Israel
W. Bloomfield, MI
Ari Lorge, co-chair
Hebrew Union College, 5th year rabbinical student
Cincinnati, OH
Rabbi Rachel Ain
Sutton Place Synagogues
New York, NY
Rabbi Amy Ruth Bolton
Teaneck, NJ
Rabbi Nina Beth Cardin
Baltimore Jewish Environmental Network
Baltimore, MD
Rabbi Mychal Copeland
Hillel at Stanford
Stanford, CA
Rav Sean Gorman
The Pride of Israel Synagogue
Toronto, Ontario
Cantor Deborah Katchko Gray
Temple Shearith Israel
Ridgefield, CT
Rabbi Susan Grossman
Beth Shalom Congregation
Columbia, MD
Rabbi Richard Hirsh
Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association (RRA)
Wyncote, PA
Rabbi Donna Kirshbaum
Congregation String of Pearls
Princeton, NJ
Rabbi Esther L. Lederman
Temple Micah
Washington, DC
Rabbi Ron Muroff
Chisuk Emuna Congregation
Harrisburg, PA
Rabbi H. David Rose
JDiscover – Gateways to Jewish Life & Learning
Washington, DC
Rabbi David M. Rosenberg
Jewish Child and Family Services
Chicago, IL
Rabbi Elissa Sachs-Kohen
Baltimore Hebrew Congregation
Baltimore, MD
Rabbi Susan Shankman
Washington Hebrew Congregation
Washington, DC
Rabbi Rebecca Sirbu
CLAL-The National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership
New York, NY
Rabbi Seth Winberg
Hillel at University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI
Rabbi Irvin Wise
Adath Israel Congregation
Cincinnati, OH
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Council of Jewish Domestic Violence Coalitions
Diane Radin, Co-Chair
Austin Jewish Coalition Against Domestic Violence
Austin, TX
Rochelle Sufrin, Co-Chair
Jewish Domestic Abuse Task Force of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
Marilyn Asimow
Jewish Domestic Abuse Task Force of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
Ellen Baron
Anne Arundel County Domestic Violence Coordinating Council
Crofton, MD
Maureen G. Coleman
Houston Jewish Network Against Domestic Violence, Shalom Bayit
Houston, TX
Marcey DiCaro
LEAH (Let's End Abusive Households), Jewish Family & Children's Service of Southern Arizona, Inc.
Tucson, AZ
Linda Kean
Family Life Education/Mack Parents Center, Jewish Family Service of Greater Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH
Marty E. Klashman
Shalom Bayit
Sugar Land, TX
Randee H. Lefkow
Jewish Family Service of Broward County KOLOT Coalition
Cooper City, FL
Melanie W. Levitan
Rachel Coalition
Morristown, NJ
Toby Myers
Shalom Bayit
Houston, TX
Miki Paul
Psychologist, LEAH (Let's End Abusive Households)
Tucson, AZ
Amy Rubin
JCARES (Jewish Community Abuse, Resources, Education, Solutions)
Chicago, IL
Millie Sernovitz
JWI of Greater Naples
Bonita Springs, FL
Deena Silver
JAEDA (Jewish Alliance to End Domestic Abuse)
Oldsmar, FL
Jan Singer
Jewish Coalition on Interpersonal Violence
Milwaukee, WI
Janice Weintraub
Jewish Family Service of Broward County, KOLOT Coalition
Coral Springs, FL
Ellen Woll
JAEDA (Jewish Alliance to End Domestic Abuse)
Oldsmar, FL
Ellen Yashinsky-Chute
Jewish Family Service of Metropolitan Detroit, Jewish Coalition Against Domestic Abuse
Detroit, MI
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Financial Literacy
Sharyn Bilenker, Chair
Vice President for Strategy and Business Development, Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.
Jersey City, NJ
Elisa Fershtadt
New York, NY
Lauren Oppenheimer
Senior Policy Advisor, Capital Markets Initiative
Washington, DC
Tamar Snyder
JWI financial literacy curriculum consultant
Teaneck, NJ
Sandy Unger
Youth Programs and Community Outreach Manager, Twin Cities in Motion
Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN
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Jewish Woman Magazine Committee
Rabbi Leila Gal Berner
Lecturer, George Washington University and American University; Co-rabbi of Congregation Bet Mishpachah
Kensington, MD
Erica Brown
Writer and Educator
Rockville, MD
Rabbi Nina Beth Cardin
Baltimore Jewish Environmental Network
Baltimore, MD
Jayne Cohen
Author and Food Writer
New York, NY
Ronnie Fein
Author and Food Writer
Stamford, CT
Leesa Fields
JWI life member
Rockville, MD
Lee Hendler
Teacher and Author; President, Joseph and Harvey Meyerhoff Family Charitable Funds
Owings Mills, MD
Jackie Leventhal
Cultural Programming Coordinator, Sixth & I Historic Synagogue
Washington, DC
Jennie Rivlin Roberts
Founder & President, ModernTribe; Creator, No Limit Texas Dreidel; Owner, Pop Judaica
Atlanta, GA
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National Library Initiative Advisory Council
Gail Ross, Chair
President, Gail Ross Literary Agency
Washington, DC
Chandler Arnold
Senior Vice President, First Book
Washington, DC
A’Lelia Bundles
Author & journalist
Washington, DC
Chip Gibson
President, Random House Children’s Books
New York, NY
Michelle Gilbert
Public Relations Manager, Michigan/Indiana/Kentucky Region, Verizon Wireless
Detroit, MI
Jane Isay
Author & former publisher
New York, NY
Shayna Jackson
Executive Director, WomenSafe domestic violence shelter
Chardon, OH
Perri Klass
Medical Director of Reach Out and Read; Professor of Journalism and Pediatrics,
Eve Panzer
Children’s librarian
Austin, TX
Erica Pearl
Director, First Book Parketplace and National Book Bank
Washington, DC
Rachel Simmons
Founder, Girls Leadership Institute
Brooklyn, NY
Cindy Spiegel
Senior Vice President and Publisher, Spiegel & Grau
New York, NY
Addie Swartz
Founder and CEO, B*Tween Productions; Creator, Beacon Street Girls Books
Boston, MA
Roberta Whalen
O. Positive Inc.
Silver Spring, MD
Rivka Yerushalmi
MLS/MSW, Librarian
Silver Spring, MD
Lorraine Zitlin
JWI Zahava Chapter
Los Angeles, CA
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National Training Institute and National Alliance to End Domestic Abuse
Toby Myers, Co-Chair
Vice-Chair, National Center on Domestic and Sexual Violence
Houston, TX
Debby Tucker, Co-Chair
Executive Director, National Center on Domestic and Sexual Violence
Austin, TX
Dr. Nancy Aiken
Director of CHANA: Counseling, Helpline and Aid Network for Abused Women
Baltimore, MD
Mary Jo Barrett
Director and Co-founder of the Center for Contextual Change
Chicago, IL
Hedda Matza-Houghton
President, For the Health of It Consultation Services and Creator of Words Not Spoken
New York, NY
Lynne Lichtman
Program Coordinator, Shalom Bayit, JCS of South Florida
Miami, FL
Joan Zorza
Founding Editor, Domestic Violence Report and Sexual Assault Report
Washington, DC
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Youth Committee
Cantor Deborah Jacobson, Co-Chair
Temple Ahavat Shalom
Palm Harbor, FL
Amy Nisenson, Co-Chair
Executive Director, The Mary Morton Parsons Foundation
Richmond, VA
Deena Silver
JWI Board of Trustees
Oldsmar, FL
Cheryl Weiner
New England Regional Director, Moving Traditions
Watertown, MA
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