YACHAD EXECUTIVE TEAM Dr. Jeffrey Lichtman
National Director
Eli Hagler
Assistant Director
Yachad/NJCD’s Programs Include:
Dr. Joe Goldfarb
Assistant Director; Director, Summer Programs Ken Saibel
Associate Director, Institutional Advancement
YACHAD NATIONAL BOARD Aaron Kinderlehrer, Chairman Dr. Giti Bendheim
Dr. Isaac Klein
Joseph Bensmihen
Elaine Cohen-Liebman
Martin Bienstock
Atara Mauskopf
Rabbi Dovid Cohen
Howard Suss
Alan Forman
Esther Schlanger
Dr. Mark Freilich
Steven Spira
Dr. Jimmy Hain
Gary Snitow
Dr. Avi Jacobs
Dr. Tzochi Rosman
Ira Kellman
YACHAD NY/NJ PROGRAMMING Nicole Bodner, LMSW Director, NY Yachad and Program Director, Rayim Yachad
Rebecca Schrag, MSW
Program Director, Senior Yachad
Ron Hirschhorn
Program Director, Junior Yachad
Chani Herrmann, LMSW Director, New Jersey Yachad
YACHAD REGIONAL LEADERSHIP Deborah Rockoff
Director, National Programs
Ahuva Stern
Administrator, National Programs
Batya Jacob
Director, Educational Support Services
Art Therapy Chanukah Parties College Learning Programs Cultural Arts Program Dating & Marriage Group DayHab (Without Walls)
North American Inclusion Month (NAIM) “On The Job” Training Our Way for the Jewish Deaf Parent Support Groups Purim Carnival Relationship Building Course
Educational Services
Self-Advocacy
Family Services
Sensitivity Training Workshops
Individual Counseling
Shabbatons (Weekend Retreats)
IVDU School
SibZone
Leadership Training
Simchaton
Lobbying in Washington D.C.
Special Education Conferences
Midwest Family Shabbaton
Summer Programs
Morris Sandelbaum High School Fellowship
Taglit-Birthright Trips
National Family Shabbaton
Vocational Training
Team Yachad
Rabbi Eliezer Lederfeind National Director, Our Way
NATIONAL CHAPTERS Baltimore, MD
Mira Labovitz
Boston, MA
Liz Offen
Chicago, IL
Efrem Popel
Cleveland, OH
Sarah Taub, Sara Ireland Cooperman
Columbus, OH
Halle Schwartz
Dallas, TX
Rabbi Sandy Schulkes
Denver, CO
Emily Kieval
Detroit, MI
Jeff Lazar
Houston, TX
Gina Fass
Los Angeles, CA
Ian Lurie
Omaha, NE
Karen M. Gustafson
Silver Spring, MD
Rabbi Shalom Hoffman
South Florida
Tzippi Rosen, Beth Landesman
St. Louis
Debbie Garbow
Toronto, Ont., Canada
Galya Ouanounou
Israel
Lisa (Rich) Galinsky, Yoel Sterman
Eli Hagler Carrie Beylus Michael Orbach Renée Rosenfeld Lee Landor Lauren Browdy
OU SENIOR TEAM Martin Nachimson
President
Stephen J. Savitsky
Chairman of the Board
Rabbi Steven Weil
Executive Vice President
Rabbi Dr. Tzvi H. Weinreb Executive Vice President, Emeritus Paul S. Glasser
Senior Director of Institutional Advancement
Mayer Fertig
Chief Communications Officer
Clockwise from top left: Birthright Yachad Summer 2012 – Tzvriel Frankenthal, Chicago, IL; Jonathan Weitzman, Woodmere, NY Yad B’Yad 2012 – Shaya Weinstein, Teaneck, NJ; Zack Pollack, Passaic, NJ; P’nina Wasserman, Brooklyn, NY; Aliza Fromowitz, Woodmere, NY YU Purim Carnival – Rafael Gordon, Far Rockaway, NY; Netanel Goldstein, Washington Heights, NY.
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