Newton Centre, Massachusetts

• Administrative Assistant for all staff members

• registrar for birthright israel mission participants

January 2004 to August 2004

Jewish Theological Seminary Northeast Region

Newton Centre, Massachusetts

• Administrative Assistant for Northeast Region

• responsible for managing all aspects of donor administration (including processing, tracking, reporting all contributions) and regional financial information (including bank statement reconciliation, accounts payable and receivable handling)

• involving with all aspects of event planning, both pre-event and on-site, including major programming

May 2001 to December 2003

Jewish Theological Seminary

New York, New York

October 2002 to December 2003

Student Administrator of Alumni Association

• responsible for creating and maintaining comprehensive database of over 3000 alumni, planning meetings, and coordinating schedules of members of the Board of Directors in addition to managing day-to-day office needs and communication

• active participant of planning committees for special programs such as Alumni Honors Day

September 2001 to June 2002

Student Director of Sister to Sister: The Women’s Center

• implemented programming to support intellectual and social needs of women in the undergraduate, graduate, and professional school communities

May 2001 to August 2001

Undergraduate Programming Officer of Office of Student Life 

• programmed student activities for the List College summer community, both social and cultural

• coordinated List College Orientation for fifty first-year students

• responsible for conceiving, planning and executing all aspects of programming, creative and logistic

June 2001 to June 2003

KOACH

Chicago, Illinois / Sharon, Massachusetts

• Editor of KOACH on Campus e-zine newsletter (available at www.koach.org)

• responsible for soliciting, editing, preparing monthly newsletter representing Conservative Jews on campuses nationwide

Teaching Experience

• planned and implemented curriculum focusing on specific needs of various communities (such as special emphasis on family participation, Hebrew language, Bible, ethics, or holiday-related programming)

• responsible for meaningful interaction with parents and family members of students, including contact before the beginning of school and ongoing communication regarding progress during year

• wrote and conducted innovative high holiday services, combining traditional prayers with contemporary discussions to engage students and personalize synagogue experience

• worked with other teachers and administrators to create feeling of school-wide connection through both community action programs (such as charity fundraisers) and social events (such as bringing youth group chapters to various synagogues)

September to December 2002: Hebrew Institute of Riverdale (The Bronx, New York), fifth grade; The New Hebrew School of Bergen Country (New Milford, New Jersey), first grade

September 2001 to October 2003: Congregation Habonim (New York, New York), fifth grade
 

September 2001 to June 2002: Temple Shaaray Tefila (New York, New York), seventh grade
 

September 2000 to June 2003: Beth Am / The People’s Temple (New York, New York), second grade
 

December 1999 to June 2001: Kane Street Synagogue (Brooklyn, New York), seventh grade

Youth Leadership Activities

February 1999 to June 1999

Roberta Fahn and Associates

(Communications Firm)

Jerusalem, Israel

• worked with Press Secretary on election campaign of Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak

• responsible for communication with all foreign press via fax, telephone and e-mail

• computerized databases of all clients and contacts

December 1997 to December 1998

United Synagogue Youth

New York, New York

• Executive Vice-President (provided support for / oversaw twenty-one regional vice-presidents, edited Israel affairs newsletter, supervised peer-led aspects of Israel awareness programming)

May 1995 to May 1998

New England Region United Synagogue Youth

Newton Centre, Massachusetts

• President 1997-98 (worked with director to plan all conventions and programs; oversaw executive board of five members and general board of fifty members)

• Social Action Vice-President 1996-97 (raised $22,000+ for charity, created on-line activism program)

• Communications Vice-President 1995-96 (responsible for newsletters, on-line resources)

References available upon request.