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About MEOR

What began as a Jewish mentorship experiment on a single university campus has quickly grown into a masterwork of Jewish engagement operating on 20 prominent college campuses across the country and beyond.

Launched in 2005, MEOR’s unique brand of Jewish leadership training, sophisticated text-based study, and experiential education programming highlight the importance of Jewish values, identity, and community. In over fifteen years, MEOR has impacted more than 18,000 undergraduate students, encouraging them to connect with Judaism on their own terms and in their own time.

In 2016, MEOR established post-university programming to ensure that its alumni would have a familial Jewish framework for sustained growth as young professionals.

Now in its second decade, MEOR continues to ignite the Jewish flame within a new generation of young Jewish leaders who are hungry for community, continuity and connectivity.

Staff

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RABBI BERYL GERSHENFELD

PRESIDENT
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DEBRA KODISH

EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT
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RABBI YEHOSHUA STYNE

Vice President of Education

Regional

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RABBI MENASHE BENEDICT

Campus DIRECTOR
MEOR DREXEL
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RABBI MEIR
BIER

EDUCATOR
MEOR PENN
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IVY EDELSTEIN

 
EDUCATOR
MEOR DC
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RABBI YOSEF EDELSTEIN

CAMPUS DIRECTOR
MEOR DC
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RABBI AARON DOVID EISEMANN

CAMPUS DIRECTOR
MEOR NYU
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HANNAH FLESHEL

EDUCATOR
MEOR EMORY
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RABBI YAAKOV FLESHEL

CAMPUS DIRECTOR
MEOR EMORY
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RABBI RICK FOX

CAMPUS DIRECTOR
MEOR PENN
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JESSIE FRANCO

EDUCATOR
MEOR COLUMBIA
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RABBI YONI GANGER

CAMPUS DIRECTOR
MEOR HARVARD
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RABBI MEIR GOLDBERG

CAMPUS DIRECTOR
MEOR RUTGERS
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MARIEL GOLDSTEIN

EDUCATOR
MEOR MARYLAND
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RABBI ZALMAN GOLDSTEIN

EDUCATOR
MEOR MARYLAND
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RABBI ELIYAHU GREENBERG

EDUCATOR
MEOR NYU
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RABBI AARON GROSSMAN

REGIONAL DIRECTOR
MEOR NY
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RABBI DOVY GROSSMAN

PROGRAM DIRECTOR
MEOR BAY AREA
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ADINA HARKAVY

EDUCATOR
MEOR UPSTATE
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RABBI CHAIM HARKAVY

REGIONAL DIRECTOR
MEOR UPSTATE
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RABBI MITCHELL JADIDI

EDUCATOR
MEOR RUTGERS
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RABBI ARON KATZ

PROGRAM DIRECTOR
MEOR TEMPLE
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SHOSHANA KAY

MEOR PHILADELPHIA
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RABBI ARI KORETZKY

CAMPUS DIRECTOR
MEOR MARYLAND
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RABBI AVROHOM LOKETCH

REGIONAL DIRECTOR
MEOR BOSTON
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SARAH LONDON

EDUCATOR
MEOR RUTGERS
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YEHUDIS SOLOMON

EDUCATOR
MEOR BOSTON
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RABBI REUVEN STENGEL

EDUCATOR
MEOR UPSTATE

National

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SHLOMO GERSHENFELD

MEOR JINTERNSHIP COORDINATOR
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DEBBIE INKER

CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
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DEBRA KODISH

EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT
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DR. IVAN LERNER

HUMAN RESOURCES
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MICHAL LEVY

DIRECTOR OF THE WOMEN’S LEARNING PROGRAM
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RABBI YEHOSHUA STYNE

Vice President of Education
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CHAGIT KLEIN

OPERATIONS & LOGISTICS COORDINATOR

Board of Directors

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RABBI BERYL GERSHENFELD

PRESIDENT
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THOMAS STEINBERG

CO-FOUNDER
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JACQUES BRAND

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ERIC EVANS

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IAN GLASTEIN

 
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NANCY GOFMAN

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ARIEL KOR

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ANDREW PENSON

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LISA ROSENBAUM

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BARRY SKOLNICK

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KALMAN WOLCHOK

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JEFF EISENBERG

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JONATHAN TRIEST

Advisory Board

KENNETH ABRAMOWITZ
STEPHEN GREENBERG
HOWARD WIETSCHNER
RAANAN AGUS
MALCOLM HOENLEIN
HOWARD FRIEDMAN
ISAAC APPLBAUM
JOSEPH JACOBSON
BRUCE TARAGIN

Since 2005, MEOR has inspired thousands of the most promising Jewish students on leading U.S. college campuses and effectively engaged them in the discovery of their own heritage and identity. MEOR programming is provided on both private and public universities that are distinguished by their academic excellence and/or a sizable Jewish population.