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Administrative Staff and Faculty
Rabbi Stacia Deutsch, Director of AJLL
Email: sdeutsch@huc.eduRabbi Deutsch was ordained in 1995 from the Cincinnati Learning Center of the HUC-JIR. After two years in a congregation, Rabbi Deutsch returned to the College as part of the administrative staff. For four years she directed kallot and programming for HUC, the UAHC and CCAR through the Cincinnati campus before "transfering" to Los Angeles. As the Director of Adult Jewish Learning and Living, Rabbi Deutsch coordinates adult Jewish learning opportunities for individuals looking to study with the college faculty in a meaningful way.
Rachel Komerofsky, AJLL Coordinator at the Cincinnati School
rkomerofsky@huc.edu
Rabbi Ruth Gais, Director of New York Kollel, a Center for Adult Jewish Study, and Community Outreach
Email: rgais@huc.eduRabbi Ruth Gais is Director of New York Kollel: A Center for Adult Jewish Study. She was ordained in 2000 from HUC-JIR/NY. She has a BA from Bryn Mawr College in Greek and Latin and a Ph.D. from Princeton University in Classical Archaeology. For many years she taught about the Classical world at a variety of institutions and has served congregatioins in Orlando and St. Augustine, Florida.
Judith Schwartman, Administrative Assistant
Email: kollel@huc.eduJudith Schwartzman received her B.A. from Barnard College. She worked previously at the Jewish Museum, Congregation Ansche Chesed, and the West End Synagogue.
Madelyn Mishkin Katz, Los Angeles Outreach Director
Email: mkatz@huc.eduMadelyn Mishkin Katz is a graduate of the Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion Rhea Hirsch School of Education. As a Jewish educator she has worked both in synagogues as well as day schools and was the founding director of two Reform Jewish day schools in the Los Angeles area. Currently she serves as the Director of Student Services and External Programming at the Hebrew Union College in Los Angeles.
Rabbi Naamah Kelman, Coordinator, Beit Midrash/A Liberal Yeshivah
Rabbi Kelman is the first woman rabbi to be ordained in the State of Israel. She has played a central role in several important educational projects of the Israeli Movement for Progressive Judaism and has worked with a variety of age groups. Prior to coming to Beit Midrash/A Liberal Yeshivah she was Coordinator of the Florence Melton Adult Mini-School of the Hebrew University. She obtained her M.A. from the Institute of Contemporary Jewry. Rabbi Kelman also teaches at the Beit Midrash.
Betsy Miller Landis, Director North American Office
Email: landis@huc.edu
Betsy Miller Landis, Director North American Office, served as the Acting Director of Development for CLAL - The National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership, and as the Director of Special Projects. As a volunteer, Ms. Landis was President of Hillel of New York (formerly BBH/Jewish Association for College Youth) - the umbrella Jewish college services agency in New York - and was Chair of the New York UJA/Federation Project Otzma Committee and a member of the North American Otzma Management Committee.
