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Staff

Executive Leadership


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Michele Schipper
Chief Executive Officer
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Betsy Samuels
Chief Financial Officer

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Senior Leadership


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Rabbi Matt Dreffin
Director of
Education
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Rabbi Caroline Sim
Director of
Rabbinical ​Services
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Nora Katz
Director of Heritage
​and Interpretation
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Dr. Josh Parshall
Director of
​History 
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Beth Kander-Dauphin
Director of
​Communications


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Shira Muroff
Director of
​Programs
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Rachel Glazer
Assistant Director
of Education

ISJL Program Associates


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Julian Cohen
Program
​Associate
2020-2022
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Landon Crawford
Gutenstein Family
​Program Associate
2020-2022
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Gabby Tropp
Program
​Associate
2020-2022
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Sophie Bernstein
Program ​
​Associate
2021-2023
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Matthew Osterman
Program ​
​Associate
2021-2023

Administrative, Technical, and Program Support

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Ben Russell
Administrative Assistant

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Rena Lubin
Education & Program
​Specialist 2021-2022


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Jitu Patel
​Technology

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  • Home
  • WHO WE ARE
    • Our Mission & History
    • Goldring and Woldenberg
    • Board of Directors
    • Staff
    • Our Founder
    • Jobs & Opportunities
    • Contact Us
  • WHAT WE DO
    • Education >
      • ISJL Program Associates
      • Collective Enrichment >
        • 2022 Conference - Register!
      • Curriculum Highlights >
        • Lesson Plan Evaluation
      • Community Support >
        • Communities
      • Literacy >
        • LAB
        • Our Reading Family
    • CULTURE >
      • Cultural Programming >
        • Presenters Roster
      • Heritage & Interpretation >
        • Virtual Vacation >
          • Virtual Road Trip Through the Jewish South
        • Southern Jewish Heritage Tours
        • Temple B'nai Israel - Natchez
      • History >
        • Encyclopedia of Southern Jewish Communities >
          • Alabama Encyclopedia
          • Arkansas Encyclopedia
          • Georgia Encyclopedia
          • Florida Encyclopedia
          • Kentucky Encyclopedia
          • Louisiana Encyclopedia
          • Mississippi Encyclopedia
          • North Carolina Encyclopedia
          • Oklahoma Encyclopedia
          • South Carolina Encyclopedia
          • Tennessee Encyclopedia
          • Texas Encyclopedia
          • Virginia Encyclopedia
          • Encyclopedia Credits
        • Meet the Historian
        • Oral History
    • SPIRITUALITY >
      • Passover
      • Meet Our Rabbis
      • Taste of Torah
    • DONATE
  • HOW TO HELP
    • Donate Now
    • Join the Chai Club
    • MAKING A GIFT OF SECURITIES
    • Planned Giving
    • Memorials & Honoraria
    • Donor Advised Funds
    • The Susan & Macy B. Hart Fund
    • Donor's Bill of Rights
  • Shalom Y'all
  • Strategic Plan
  • Southern & Jewish Blog
  • ISJL Calendar
  • Virtual Press Kit