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Past2017-2018 Fellows

Program Fellows

Amos Fellows Spring 2014, Fall 2014, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011

Amos Summer Fellows 2013, 2012 (NYC) (LA) (Israel), 2011, 2010, 2009

Uri L’Tzedek University Fellows 2009

2017-2018 Fellows

Eliana Worenklein

Eliana is from White Plains, NY and is currently a sophomore at Barnard College, Columbia University. She is very active in their Hillel where she is a co-president of Jewish Woman on Campus, the gabbai of Lalekhet (the partnership minyan on campus), and is a member of the Jewish Activist Collective, the Shabbat Meals Committee, and the Interfaith Club. She is focused on helping people who are experiencing homelessness and plans to bring a chapter of Midnight Run, a group that delivers food and clothing to those on the streets of New York City, to Columbia. Eliana also studies at the Drisha Institute of Jewish Education. She plans to pursue degrees in Jewish studies and psychology, and mathematics at Barnard.

Leah Rosenberg

Leah is a freshman at SUNY Empire State College. Although she has not yet decided on a major, she is considering sustainable architecture, law, and environmental science. Particularly passionate about feminism and the environment, Leah volunteers for JOFA (Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance) and Sierra Club. She is a vegetarian for health, ethical, and environmental reasons. She enjoys reading the works of Rabbi Sacks and Rav Kook and is looking forward to learning more about the connection between Jewish values and social justice.

Program Fellows

Adina Lichtman

Adina@utzedek.org

Adina Lichtman just completed her Social Work Masters at New York University. She is also the founder of Knock Knock Give a Sock, an initiative dedicated to collecting socks for those in need and committed to ending the stigma around homelessness. As Uri L’Tzedek program fellow, Adina will be focused on further developing her terrific initiative to address the homelessness crisis among other pressing social justice issues that Uri L’Tzedek addresses.

Amos Fellows Spring 2014

Noa Ben-Simon

Noa is from Chicago and graduated from Ida Crown Jewish Academy.  She spent one year learning in Jerusalem at Midreshet Lindenbaum and is now majoring in biology at Stern College for Women.  Noa has been involved in many different activities including Voices, a Jewish teen philanthropic group through the JUF in Chicago.  Noa is very interested in fitness, and is currently a licensed Zumba instructor.  She is pursuing a career as a physical therapist with a focus on fitness.  She enjoys helping others and is excited to do so through the Amos Fellowship.

Rikki Brukner

Rikki hails from Teaneck, NJ. She is currently a freshman in NYU’s Liberal Studies Program. She intends to major in Political Science with a minor in History. Rikki enjoys writing, spinning, and being involved with the community around her. She is currently secretary of [email protected], the orthodox community on campus, as well as on board of TorchPac, the on campus AIPAC initiative. After an incredible summer internship during the summer of 2011 with Judge Pickholz in the New York City Criminal Courts System, Rikki witnessed first hand justice being served. Due to her passion for carrying out justice and her need to help the Jewish community, Rikki is eager to participate in the Amos Fellowship.

Hadar Cohen

Hadar is a junior studying Electrical Engineering at Cooper Union. She is originally from Israel but moved to New Jersey at the age of 10. She enjoys reading philosophy and listening to music. I am passionate about learning Jewish values in order to create a more just world.

Moishi Eisenmann

Moishi a 19 year old, born and raised in Amsterdam, where he was a madrich and a board member of Bnei Akiva. In school he had the highest final grades in his school and the highest grade nationwide for social sciences.  In addition to his passion for social justice, he is a music composer and has a music production company.  We have produced several chart topping hits in the US, Japan, Hong Kong and Amsterdam.  Before attending Yeshiva University, Moishi went to Yeshivat Eretz Hatzvi for a gap year in Israel.

Gabriella Elkaim

Gabriella is a fourth year undergraduate student at Yeshiva University, expecting to graduate in May with a bachelor’s degree in both Physics and Mathematics. Although she plans for a career path in research, she hopes to make volunteering a continued part of her life. She has previously volunteered for The Ark in Chicago and Keshet in Chicago, and is excited to learn more about the implementation of social justice values in the Orthodox community.

Eli Goldberg

Eli is completing his Masters of Social Work at Long Island University.  He is currently interning at North Shore Child and Family Guidance Center in Westbury NY, in the Drugs and Alcohol division, and has been working with Project Extreme since summer 2012. Eli is an earnest fan of country music, and has completed the Monday New York Times Crossword in under 15 minutes.

Camelia Serghie

Camelia is a Queens College student. She is currently majoring in Jewish Studies after completing a major in Psychology and a minor in Italian. She served as Editor in Chief of The Queens College Journal of Jewish Studies for two years consecutively and published poetry related to Yiddishkeit for several years. She speaks 7 languages: Spanish, Italian, French, Latin, English, Romanian, and Hebrew, and understands Portuguese and Ladino. She was the Valedictorian of her high school, junior high school, and elementary school. Her goals in life are to become a dentist and get a PhD in Jewish History.

Amos Fellows Fall 2014

Abigail (Avigayil) Bachrach Stern College for Women	Elana Betaharon Stern College for Women	Yvette Deane Queens College
Shoshana Halpern Stern College for Women	Gabby Kirschner Queens College

AMOS Fellows: Spring 2013

Daniel Atwood Yeshiva University	Zoe Schein Barnard College	Maddie Tavin Stern College for Women

 Uri L’Tzedek Summer Fellowship 2013

Daniel Altaras Yeshiva University	Nathan Anderson Louisiana State University	Zachary Anziska Brandeis University	Michael Billet Yeshiva University
Ariella Krentzman Stern College for Women	Carmel Langer Queens College	Eliot “Meir” Lichtenberg Binghampton University	Hannah Lockspeiser Barnard College

 AMOS Fellows: Fall 2012

Justin Goldstein Yeshiva University	Carmel Langer Queens College	Eric Lawrence Columbia University/ Jewish Theological Seminary of America

Uri L’Tzedek Summer Fellowship 2012: New York City

Miriam Darnowsky Lander College for Women	Jonah Keyak	Chana Messinger University of Chicago	Elizabeth Phillips Northwestern University

Uri L’Tzedek Summer Fellowship 2012: Los Angeles, CA

Yitzchak Blank	Meira Goodfriend OTIS School of Art	Sarah Rogozen
Katharine Skupsky American Jewish University	Rachel Sumekh UCLA

Uri L’Tzedek Summer Fellowship 2012: Yeshivat Hamivtar, Israel

Avital Berger	Hannah Lopes	Lizzy Stoops
Hannah Waxman	Joel Weiner

AMOS Fellows: Fall 2011

Jordanna Birnbaum Amsel NYU	Ethan Stein Brandeis University

Uri L’Tzedek Summer Fellowship 2011

Jonah Eidman  Johns Hopkins University	Dahlia Herzog Brandeis University	Rebecca Krevat University of Mayland	Alexander “Akiva” Lichtenberg  University of Maryland
Yael Malul  Rutgers University	Kendra Meinhard Barnard College	Tamar Schneck Brandeis University	Jason Strauss Columbia University
Gideon Weiler Stanford University

Uri L’Tzedek Summer Fellowship 2010

Tali Adler Stern College for Women	Noa Albaum  Brandeis University	Eta Feuerman Lander College for Women	Kelila Kahane Barnard College
Talia Kohen  Cornell University	Benjamin Muller Yeshiva University	Molly O’Glasser University of Oregon	Noam Parness  Queens College
Elianna Pollack  Stern College for Women	Jesse Rabinowitz University of Maryland	Erica Rothschild University of Massachusetts	Emmanuel Sanders  Yeshiva University
Eliyahu Winkler  Yeshiva University

Uri L’Tzedek University Fellowship 2009

Bernie Hodkin  Johns Hopkins University	Hody Nemes Yale University	Jessica Youseffi University of Southern California	Elissa Shevinsky  Baruch’s Zicklin School of Business
Adam Moscoe University of Ottawa	Sara Miriam Liben Columbia University / Jewish Theological Seminary	Melissa (Mel) Stanger  Sarah Lawrence College	Gavi Barnhard Princeton University

Uri L’Tzedek Summer Fellowship 2009

Shifra Steinmetz-Silber	Hadas (Dasi) Fruchter Queens College	Shlomo Bolts Columbia College	Josh Jerusalmi  Brandeis University
Alana Tenzer  University of Maryland	Morris Breitbart Princeton University	Donna Iken  Washington University	Alex Schraub  Barnard College
Alex Luxenberg Yeshiva University	Laura Berger  Fordham University	Talia (Cottrell) Furleiter  Yeshiva University