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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.
Amos Fellows Fall 2014
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Abigail (Avigayil) BachrachStern College for Women |
Elana BetaharonStern College for Women |
Yvette DeaneQueens College |
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Shoshana HalpernStern College for Women |
Gabby KirschnerQueens College |
AMOS Fellows: Spring 2013
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Daniel AtwoodYeshiva University |
Zoe ScheinBarnard College |
Maddie TavinStern College for Women |
Uri L’Tzedek Summer Fellowship 2013
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Daniel AltarasYeshiva University |
Nathan AndersonLouisiana State University |
Zachary AnziskaBrandeis University |
Michael BilletYeshiva University |
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Ariella KrentzmanStern College for Women |
Carmel LangerQueens College |
Eliot “Meir” LichtenbergBinghampton University |
Hannah LockspeiserBarnard College |
AMOS Fellows: Fall 2012
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Justin GoldsteinYeshiva University |
Carmel LangerQueens College |
Eric LawrenceColumbia University/
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Uri L’Tzedek Summer Fellowship 2012: New York City
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Miriam DarnowskyLander College for Women |
Jonah Keyak |
Chana MessingerUniversity of Chicago |
Elizabeth PhillipsNorthwestern University |
Uri L’Tzedek Summer Fellowship 2012: Los Angeles, CA
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Yitzchak Blank |
Meira GoodfriendOTIS School of Art |
Sarah Rogozen |
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Katharine SkupskyAmerican Jewish University |
Rachel SumekhUCLA |
Uri L’Tzedek Summer Fellowship 2012: Yeshivat Hamivtar, Israel
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Avital Berger |
Hannah Lopes |
Lizzy Stoops |
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Hannah Waxman |
Joel Weiner |
AMOS Fellows: Fall 2011
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Jordanna Birnbaum AmselNYU |
Ethan SteinBrandeis University |
Uri L’Tzedek Summer Fellowship 2011
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Jonah EidmanJohns Hopkins University |
Dahlia HerzogBrandeis University |
Rebecca KrevatUniversity of Mayland |
Alexander “Akiva” LichtenbergUniversity of Maryland |
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Yael MalulRutgers University |
Kendra MeinhardBarnard College |
Tamar SchneckBrandeis University |
Jason StraussColumbia University |
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Gideon WeilerStanford University |
Uri L’Tzedek Summer Fellowship 2010
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Tali AdlerStern College for Women |
Noa AlbaumBrandeis University |
Eta FeuermanLander College for Women |
Kelila KahaneBarnard College |
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Talia KohenCornell University |
Benjamin MullerYeshiva University |
Molly O’GlasserUniversity of Oregon |
Noam ParnessQueens College |
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Elianna PollackStern College for Women |
Jesse RabinowitzUniversity of Maryland |
Erica RothschildUniversity of Massachusetts |
Emmanuel SandersYeshiva University |
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Eliyahu WinklerYeshiva University |
Uri L’Tzedek University Fellowship 2009
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Bernie HodkinJohns Hopkins University |
Hody NemesYale University |
Jessica YouseffiUniversity of Southern California |
Elissa ShevinskyBaruch’s Zicklin School of Business |
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Adam MoscoeUniversity of Ottawa |
Sara Miriam LibenColumbia University / Jewish Theological Seminary |
Melissa (Mel) StangerSarah Lawrence College |
Gavi BarnhardPrinceton University |
Uri L’Tzedek Summer Fellowship 2009
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Shifra Steinmetz-Silber
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Hadas (Dasi) FruchterQueens College |
Shlomo BoltsColumbia College |
Josh JerusalmiBrandeis University |
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Alana TenzerUniversity of Maryland |
Morris BreitbartPrinceton University |
Donna IkenWashington University |
Alex SchraubBarnard College |
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Alex LuxenbergYeshiva University |
Laura BergerFordham University |
Talia (Cottrell) FurleiterYeshiva University |