Current and Past Cohorts

• Elizabeth Fagin, Kol HaNeshamah, Seattle, WA
• Elana Klinger-Rogers, Park Avenue Synagogue, New York, NY
• Alex Lyon, Congregation Beth Am, Los Altos Hills, CA
• Rabbi Matthew Nover, Beth El Synagogue, East Windsor, NJ
• Dale Rosenberg, Congregation Beth Israel, Worcester, MA
• Kim Rosenthal, Temple Beth El, Madison, WI
• Samara Rossi, Temple Beth El of Huntington, Huntington, NY
• Rachel Sherman, Park Avenue Synagogue, New York, NY
• Dr. Samantha Stinson, Congregation Beth El, Fairfield, CT

• Missy Bell, Congregation B’nai Jehoshua Beth Elohim, Deerfield, IL
• Niki Fleischman, Park Avenue Synagogue, New York, NY
• Dr. Alicia Gejman, North Suburban Synagogue Beth El, Highland Park, IL
• Faye Gilman, The Forest Hills Jewish Center, Forest Hills, NY
• Jessie Lavintman, Park Avenue Synagogue, New York, NY
• Gaby Marantz, Makom Community, Philadelphia, PA
• Rachael Peters, Congregation B’nai Amoona, St. Louis, MO
• Arielle Richman, Temple Israel Center, White Plains, NY
• Lisa Richman, Temple Beth Hillel – Beth El, Havertown, PA
• Rabbi Julie Schwarzwald, Congregation B’nai Israel, Millburn, NJ
• Charlie Sherman, Am Yisrael Congregation, Northfield, IL
• Rachel Singer, Park Avenue Synagogue, New York, NY
• Dore Tarr, Congregation Beth Shalom, Naperville, IL

• Nikke Berne, Jewish Kids Groups, Atlanta, GA
• Claudia Isler-Mazur, Congregation Beth El, Norfolk, VA
• Amy Kessler, Greenburgh Hebrew Center, Dobbs Ferry, NY
• Naomi Less, LabShul, New York, NY
• Jacqui Lipschitz, Temple B’rith Kodesh, Rochester, NY
• Neshama Littman, Jewish Kids Groups, Atlanta, GA
• Dina Newman, Congregation Rodeph Shalom, New York, NY
• Rabbi Anne Persin, Am Shalom, Glencoe, IL
• Amy Pincus, Friendship Circle of Cleveland, Pepper Pike, OH
• Jennifer Saber, Congregation Beth Israel Ner Tamid School of Jewish Studies, Glendale, WI
• Shara Siegfeld, Congregation Beth Emeth, Albany, NY
• Sharon Solomon, Temple Beth Sholom, Roslyn Heights, NY
• Forrest Yesnes, Shir Tikvah Congregation, Minneapolis, MN

• Hallie Chandler, Park Avenue Synagogue, New York, NY
• Ilene Cohen, Temple Sholom, Bridgewater, NJ
• Stephanie Ben Simon, Monmouth Reform Temple, Tinton Falls, NJ
• Pamela Gorin, Adas Israel, Washington, DC
• Rabbi Miriam Lichtenfeld, B’Yachad Collaborative Hebrew School, Albany, NY
• Amy Martin, Park Avenue Synagogue, New York, NY
• Talia Mugg, Temple Emanuel Sinai, Worcester, MA
• Rina Cohen Schwarz, Congregation Habonim, New York, NY
• Barry Shainker, Temple Israel of the City of New York, New York, NY

• Suzi Adelson Wainer, Congregation Beth Israel, Scotch Plains, NJ
• Leah Beker, Temple Beth Shalom, Livingston, NJ
• Judith Bendory, Adath Shalom, Morris Plains, NJ
• Marisa Bergman, Adath Shalom, Morris Plains, NJ
• Debbie Cirkus, Adath Shalom, Morris Plains, NJ
• Lynn Cutler, Temple Beth Am, Parsippany, NJ
• Cantor Amy Daniels, Temple Sha’arey Shalom, Springfield Township,NJ
• Lauren Guberer, Temple Emanu-El, Westfield, NJ
• Meryle Handler, Temple Beth Am, Parsippany, NJ
• Amy Kass, Temple Sha’arey Shalom, Springfield Township,NJ
• Tali Keigher, Congregation Beth Israel, Scotch Plains, NJ
• Karen Lillienfeld, Temple Sharey Tefilo-Israel, South Orange, NJ
• Tamar Livnat-Arieh, Temple Sharey Tefilo-Israel, South Orange, NJ
• Debby Morris-Gittelman, Morristown Jewish Center, Morristown, NJ
• Rivkah Nelson, Congregation Beth El, South Orange, NJ
• Michelle Nulman, Morristown Jewish Center, Morristown, NJ
• Rachel Rothman, Temple Sharey Tefilo-Israel, South Orange, NJ
• Marjorie Saide, Temple Sharey Tefilo-Israel, South Orange, NJ
• Jenny Winters, Temple Shalom, Scotch Plains, NJ

• Rabbi Ilana Garber, Beth El Temple, West Hartford, CT
• Samuel Rosenstein, Congregation Agudas Achim, Austin, TX
• Rabbi Dana Bogatz, First Hebrew Congregation, Peekskill, NY
• Ruth, Szykman, Kol Shalom, Rockville, MD
• Allison Colker, Shaare Torah, Gaithersburg, MD
• Lesley Goldenberg, Sutton Place Synagogue, New York, NY
• Daniella Kamis-Brown, Temple Beth Or, Raleigh, NC
• Cantor Marcey Wagner, Temple Israel Center, White Plains, NY
• Rabbi Melissa Buyer-Witman, Temple Israel of the City of New York, New York, NY
• Rebecca Elkus-Ferst, Temple Israel of New Rochelle, New Rochelle, NY
• Dara Holop, Temple Rodef Shalom, Falls Church, VA
• Aleza Kulp, Westchester Jewish Center, Mamaroneck, NY
• Katherine O’Brien, Workmen’s Circle, New York, NY

The Matan Institute of Greater Washington, October 2014 thru May 2015 was held in partnership with The Jewish Federation of Greater Washington. Thirty-one Jewish educators from 18 area schools, representing Reform, Conservative, Reconstructionist, Independent and Chabad communities, came together for a year-long initiative to make their Jewish education programs more accessible to diverse learners.

• Rabbi Hannah Goldstein, Temple Sinai, Washington DC
• Cantor Rebecca Robins, Temple Sinai, Washington DC
• Amanda Wilson, Temple Sinai, Washington DC
• Diane Zimmerman,  Temple Sinai, Washington DC
• Lisa Goodman, Temple Beth Ami, Rockville, MD
• Kim Roberts, Temple Beth Ami, Rockville, MD
• Heather Walker, Temple Beth Ami, Rockville, MD
• Lisa Pressman, Shaare Torah Congregation, Gaithersburg, MD
• Moshe Ben-Lev, Northern Virginia Hebrew Congregation, Reston, VA
• Beryl Trauth-Jurman, Northern Virginia Hebrew Congregation, Reston, VA
• Jeane Holden, Beth El Hebrew Congregation, Alexandria, VA
• Laura Naide, Beth El Hebrew Congregation, Alexandria, VA
• Barry Smith, Beth El Hebrew Congregation, Alexandria, VA
• Debra Beland, Congregation Olam Tikvah, Fairfax, VA
• Rabbi Steven Henkin, Congregation B’nai Tzedek, Potomac, MD
• Linda Zollman, Congregation B’nai Tzedek, Potomac, MD
• Babette Cohn, B’nai Israel Congregation, Rockville, MD
• Rabbi Julie Gordon, Adat Shalom Reconstructionist Congregation, Bethesda, MD
• Sahar Malka, Adat Shalom Reconstructionist Congregation, Bethesda, MD
• Rachel Ackerman, Temple Shalom, Chevy Chase, MD
• Aviva Janus, Shaare Tefila, Olney, MD
• Renee Richards, Oseh Shalom, Laurel, VA
• Rabbi Joshua Ackerman, Congregation Etz Hayim, Arlington, VA
• Rabbi Jennifer Weiner, Adat Reyim, Springfield, VA
• Alexis Tinsley, Hill Havurah, Washington, DC

• Rabbi Yael Hammerman, Ansche Chesed, New York, NY
• Gail Buchbinder, Congregation Beth Israel, Scotch Plains, NJ
• Morissa R. Freiberg, Congregation Beth Tikvah, Worthington, OH
• Liessa Alperin, Congregation Shaare Emeth, St. Louis, MO
• Michelle Zuckerman, Congregation Sha’are Shalom, Leesburg, VA
• Meg Sullivan, The Jewish Journey Project, New York, NY
• Lisa Stein, Midway Jewish Center, Syosset, NY
• Jennifer Stern Granowitz, Park Avenue Synagogue, New York, NY
• Rabbi Charlie Savenor, Park Avenue Synagogue, New York, NY
• Aileen Heiman, Park Slope Jewish Center, Brooklyn, NY
• Rabbi Maura Linzer, Temple Beth El of Northern Westchester, Chappaqua, NY
• Mindy Sherry, Union Temple, Brooklyn, NY
• Sheri Townsend, Congregation Beth Emeth, Albany, NY
• Bryna Bilanow, Temple Beth Emeth, Brooklyn, NY
• Rabbi Elizabeth Goldstein, Temple Beth Emeth, Brooklyn, NY
• Rabbi Heidi Hoover, Temple Beth Emeth, Brooklyn, NY

• Rabbi Daniel Stein, Bnai Abraham Synagogue, Easton, PA
• Rabbi Joan Glazer Farber, Congregation B’nai Yisrael, Armonk, NY
• Cindy Land, Jewish Family Services, Jacksonville, FL
• Cantor Jamie Tortorello-Allen, Temple Beth Am, Yorktown Heights, NY
• Alicia Zahn, Temple Beth El, Allentown, PA
• Susan Cosden,Temple Emanu-El of West Essex
• Amy Ash, Temple Emanu-El, Westfield, NJ
• Janis Knight, Temple Shaari Emeth, Manalapan, New Jersey
• Rabbi Mara Young, Woodlands Community Temple, White Plains, NY

• Rabbi Ariann Weitzman, Bnai Keshet, Montclair, NJ
• Deborah Morosohk, Central Synagogue, New York, NY
• Robin Kahn, Congregation Beth Am Israel, Penn Valley, PA
• Elisha Rothschild Frumkin, Congregation Beth El, Bethesda, MD
• Elly Bauman, Congregation Beth Israel, Scotch Plains, New Jersey
• Jennifer Newfeld, Congregation B’nai Amoona, Creve Coeur, MO
• Ira Wise, Congregation B’nai Israel, Bridgeport, CT
• Michelle Mandell, Congregation Or Chadash, Scottsdale, Arizona
• Rabbi Sharon Litwin, Northern New Jersey Jewish Academy, Ridgewood, NJ
• Les Skolnick, North Shore Synagogue, Syosset, NY
• Rabbi Aviva Fellman, Oceanside Jewish Center, Oceanside, NY
• Lisa Schwartz, Temple Israel Center, White Plains, NY
• Rabbi Amy Roth, Temple Israel of Great Neck, Great Neck, NY
• Mindy Schreff, Temple Sharey Tefilo-Israel, South Orange, NJ

• Jen Vegh, Beth El Synagogue Center, New Rochelle, NY
• Judy Van Der Stelt, Congregation Rodeph Sholom, Tampa, FL
• Talia Kushnick,Congregation Shaare Zedek, New York, NY
• Lynn Lancaster,Forest Hills Jewish Center, Forest Hills, NY
• Rabbi Eve Rudin, Park Avenue Synagogue, New York, NY
• Sarah Brokman, Park Avenue Synagogue, New York, NY
• Michael Witman, Temple Beth-El, Great Neck, NY
• Irene Bolton, Temple Beth Or, Township of Washington, NJ
• Gila Hadani Ward, Temple Beth Sholom, Roslyn Heights, NY
• Flora Oynick, Temple Beth Sholom Schools, Sarasota, FL
• Rabbi Shelley Kniaz, Temple Emanuel, Woodcliff Lake, NJ
• Gena Rosenzweig, Temple Judea, Coral Gables, FL
• Melissa Cohavi, Temple Sinai, Stamford, CT