The Wexner Foundation
Proudly Announces Its
Fifteenth Class of Graduate Fellows
Career Area
Fellow
Graduate Program
Justus Baird
Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
Rabbinate
Yael Ben-Dat
Bank Street College of Education
Jewish Education
Jethro Berkman
Reconstructionist Rabbinical College
Rabbinate
Adina Dubin
New York University
Jewish Communal Service
Elana Erdstein
Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
Rabbinate
Jacob Fine
University of Judaism
Rabbinate
Elisha Fishbane
Harvard University
Jewish Studies
Jewish Communal Service
Nadine Greenfield Columbia University
Tali Hyman
New York University
Jewish Education
Elie Kaunfer
Jewish Theological Seminary
Rabbinate
Elizabeth Kessler
Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
Cantorate
Chavie Knapp
New York University
Jewish Communal Service
Yehuda Kurtzer
Harvard University
Jewish Studies
Audrey Marcus
Reconstructionist Rabbinical College
Rabbinate
Jewish Studies
Hannah Pressman New York University
Allen Selis
University of Maryland
Jewish Education
Aaron Tapper
University of California, Santa Barbara
Jewish Studies
Shana Teig
New York University
Jewish Communal Service
The Wexner Foundation is guided by the vision of its founder,
Leslie H. Wexner, Chairman of Limited Brands, and his wife,
Abigail S. Wexner. The Foundation is committed to excellence in
Jewish leadership.
The Wexner Graduate Fellowship Program is designed to
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The _front of the Shul's new buildina on the Lubavitch Foundation development on
Maple, between Drake and Halste , in West Bloomfield.
two children, belonged to two syna-
gogues before changing to the Shul
several years ago. "This is home. I
Finally found a place where we
belong," she said.
"It's exciting to see this new beau-
tiful building," she said while look-
ing around the Shul's unfinished
interior. "It's a good feeling to be a
part of the Shul, a place where you
don't feel like an outsider."
Not Just A Shul
The 40-acre Chabad-Lubavitch
Campus of Living Judaism will
include the Shul; the Jack and
Miriam Shenkman Educational
Center that will house the Michigan
Jewish Institute, a four-year accredit-
ed college now operating in Oak
Park; and the Emma Lazaroff
Schaver Library.
The campus will also house the
Meer Family Friendship Center,
which will include the Daniel B.
Sobel Friendship House, the Ferber
Kaufman Lifetown Center and the
Morris and Sybil Fenkell Volunteer
Club. The Shul is the fii-st building
to be ready for occupancy.
The Shul was made possible
through major donors: Martin and
Phyllis Abel of West Bloomfield;
Emma Lazaroff Schaver of
Southfield; Jack and Miriam
Shenkman of Farmington Hills;
George and Vivian Dean of
Bloomfield Hills; Lois Nichamin of
Miami and her late husband, Larry
Nichamin; Doreen Hermelin of
Bingham Farms and her late hus-
band, David Hermelin; and the late
Norman and Esther Allan.
The land for the campus was pur-
chased through the Lubavitch
Foundation.
"The Shul was built with the idea
of outreach for all the unaffiliated
who are not very involved in
Judaism," says Rabbi Shemtov.
"The Shul is for every Jew and
therefore everyone is welcome. No
affiliation is necessary," he says.
"It's a place where black hatters
meet blue jeaners," says congregant
Jack Wolfe, 42, of West Bloomfield.
Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur
services are free at the Shul, but reg-
istration is required. Call (248) 788-
4000 or visit the Web page at:
www.theshul.net
encourage promising and talented Jewish men and women to pursue
full-time graduate studies leading to careers in professional Jewish
leadership. The program provides full academic tuition, generous living
stipends, and annual Foundation-sponsored institutes and learning
experiences. Fellowships are awarded to outstanding candidates who
demonstrate the potential to assume major leadership positions in the
fields of the Cantorate, Jewish Communal Service, Jewish Education,
Jewish Studies, and the Rabbinate.
The Wexner Foundation welcomes inquiries about its fellowship program
or guidance on training programs in professional Jewish leadership.
The Wexner Graduate Fellowship Program
Rabbi B. Elka Abrahamson, Director
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