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Barb, a Wexner Graduate Fellowship alumna of Class IV, is the Director of Education at Temple Israel in Memphis, Tennessee.  She is the mother of three inspirational teenagers.  Barb can be reached at: barbg@timemphis.org. I had a personal milestone recently.  My youngest child became bar mitzvah.  People were congratulating me and joking that the next big thing I would have to do is a wedding.  It made me laugh, and

Justus Baird is an alumnus of The Wexner Graduate Fellowship, Class XV and the rabbi and director of the Center for Multifaith Education at Auburn Seminary in New York.  He can be reached at: jbaird@auburnseminary.org  In recent years I developed a new respect for the idea embodied in the line of prayer ‘Blessed is the One who spoke and the world came to be’ (Baruch she-amar v’hayah ha-olam). My younger

Miriam is an alumna of the Wexner Graduate Fellowship, (Class IX) and currently serves as the Director of Educational Engagement at the Center for Jewish Education in Baltimore where she tries to creatively, thoughtfully and passionately inspire families to connect with Judaism and Jewish community through meaningful encounters with our tradition and our people.  Miriam can be reached at: miriamburg@yahoo.com. My son has decided that he is going to be

Rabbi Carol Davidson is an alumna of the Wexner Graduate Fellowship, Class II. Rabbi Davidson is the Associate Executive Director for External Affairs at the Jewish Board of Family & Children’s Services.  Rabbi Carol Davidson can be reached at: cdavidson@jbfcs.org.  Once a year, UJA Federation of NY sends the email to our CEO and me, telling us it’s “that time of year again.”   For once, they are not referring to

Rabbi Edward S. Boraz is an alumnus of the Wexner Graduate Fellowship, (Class I) and is the Rabbi for the Upper Valley Jewish Community and is the Michael Steinberg ’61 Rabbi of Dartmouth College Hillel, now in his 14th year of service.  He can be reached at Edward.S.Boraz@darthmouth.EDU. For the past two years, we had approximately 20 people attend our Simchat Torah celebrations.  This year, with Meira, a new Educational

Tamra is an alumna of the Wexner Graduate Fellowship (Class I) and the Current Project Director of the new Ramah in the Rockies.  Tamra can be reached at tdollin@ramahrockies.org The day school’s board of directors was seated around a large dining room table at the home of one of the school’s founders and major donors.  The young school was at a precipice, not yet having reached a sustainable size, and

Adam Cutler is an alumnus of the Wexner Graduate Fellowship, Class XVII.  Adam became a Rabbi of Beth Tzedec Congregation in Toronto in 2009. A Toronto native, he is a graduate of JTS. Adam previously served as the Resnick Rabbinic Intern at Congregation Sons of Israel in Briarcliff Manor, New York and as the Legacy Heritage Fund Student Rabbi of Congregation Shaara T’fille in Saratoga Springs, New York. He is

Nina is an alumnus of the Wexner Graduate Fellowship, Class VIII, and is currently the Director of Innovative Collaborations at SLB Radio Productions.  Located at Pittsburgh’s Children’s Museum, Nina is initiating collaborative projects and programs that amplify the voices and ideas of kids and families. Nina can be reached at:  Nina@slbradio.org  Our ‘defining moments’ sometimes come at unexpected times.  As leaders, I’m sure all Wexner fellows are tapped to speak

Naomi Brenner is an alumna of the Wexner Graduate Fellowship, Class XIII and an Assistant Professor of Hebrew and Israeli Culture at the Ohio State University.  She can be reached at naomibrenner@gmail.com. Recently I was in the process of grading a large stack of midterms, slogging my way through students’ handwriting and trying to assess whether they had mastered fundamental aspects of Jewish Studies.  My four-year old daughter walked over

Lila Corwin Berman is an alumna of the Wexner Graduate Fellowship, Class XIII and an Associate Professor of history at Temple University, where she holds the Murray Friedman Chair in American Jewish History and directs the Feinstein Center for American Jewish History.  Lila can be reached at lcberman@gmail.com  By the time you read this, we’ll have driven from Philadelphia to Springfield, MA.  The drive will have been peaceful, children will