Rabbi Adam Naftalin-Kelman is the Executive Director of Berkeley Hillel. Before coming to Berkeley Hillel he served as the Director of Hillel at the University of Colorado at Boulder, upon completing... Read more
Lauren Schuchart
Associate Directorlschuchart@berkeleyhillel.org
Lauren Schuchart is the associate director at Berkeley Hillel. An east coast native, Lauren recently lived in New York City and completed a Master’s degree in Experiential Jewish Education from... Read more
Leah Kahn
Rabbi Martin Ballonoff Memorial Senior Jewish Educatorleah@berkeleyhillel.org
Leah Kahn is the Rabbi Martin Ballonoff Senior Jewish Educator, and is passionate about helping college students create and connect to a vibrant Jewish life. She oversees the Berkeley Hillel... Read more
Dalia Shapiro
Development Directordshapiro@berkeleyhillel.org
Dalia joins Berkeley Hillel as the new Development Director. She previously worked at Columbia/Barnard Hillel and at NYU Hillel as an engagement associate. She has experience with many other Jewish... Read more
Emily Hirschman
Director of Operations and Communicationsehirschman@berkeleyhillel.org
Emily Hirschman joined Berkeley Hillel after coming out of a long-term Masa program teaching English and volunteering in Israel. Emily grew up in Oakland and Berkeley but left for college in... Read more
Danielle Neubauer
Israel FellowDneubauer@berkeleyhillel.org
Passionate about digging deep, discovering cultures, learning languages and getting to know new people, Danielle landed in Berkeley to promote dialogue on the most difficult topics relating to Israel... Read more
Molly Shapiro
Director of Engagementmshapiro@berkeleyhillel.org
Molly is ecstatic to be the Director of Engagement at Berkeley Hillel. After studying abroad at Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel and graduating from Mills College in Oakland, Molly knew that... Read more
Savyon Sordean
Jewish Student Life Coordinatorssordean@berkeleyhillel.org
Savyon recently graduated from UCLA with a Bachelor's in Psychology. She grew up in Berkeley and is so excited to return again to the Bay Area after being gone for four years. Her Jewish involvement... Read more
Matt Kolbert
Social Justice Fellowmkolbert@berkeleyhillel.org
Matt is incredibly excited to join the Berkeley Hillel team as a Social Justice Fellow. Before coming to Berkeley, he studied at Vassar College, where he received a BA in Jewish Studies. In addition... Read more
Daniel Sanchez
Custodian
Daniel has been a member of the Hillel staff for longer than anyone can remember, and in the far reaches of memory, no one can remember Daniel doing anything but an exceptional job.... Read more
