Dr. Susan Hornstein is a founder of the Women’s Tefillah Group of Raritan Valley and a long-time resident of Highland Park, NJ. She holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Brandeis University and a Ph.D. in cognitive psychology from Brown University. After a 25-year career in user experience engineering and many years as a Jewish
Ellen Levitt is a teacher and writer, and a lifelong resident of Brooklyn. She has been part of the Flatbush Women’s Davening Group since the late 1980s.
Devorah Silverman is the chief operating officer of Sharsheret, based in Teaneck, New Jersey. She supervises Sharsheret’s educational outreach programming and the implementation of Sharsheret’s strategic plan, expanding Sharsheret’s reach to all Jewish women and families facing breast and ovarian cancer nationwide.
Candace Plotsker-Herman provides marketing and fundraising services to nonprofits, small businesses, and entrepreneurs. She coaches high school and college students through the school application process and facilitates book group discussions.
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Dr. Michelle Shain is the assistant director of the Orthodox Union’s Center for Communal Research.
Talya Gordon hails from Atlanta, GA, and grew up in a Modern Orthodox family with South African parents. She graduated from the University of Maryland in 2020, worked at the NIH from August 2020 to August 2021, and has now begun a Ph.D. program in clinical health psychology at Ferkauf Graduate School of Yeshiva University.
Pam Scheininger works as a court attorney referee in New York County Family Court. She currently serves as a vice president of Yavneh Academy in Paramus, NJ, is vice president of programming and education for JOFA, and is a member of the editorial board of the JOFA Journal.
Jane Gottlieb Lefko is a retired librarian and journalist, mother of two and grandmother of five, living in Beachwood, Ohio. She was formerly a Jofa board member and active in the creation of two Jewish day schools in Cleveland.
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Tamar Ron Marvin is a scholar, writer, and educator based in Los Angeles. Currently a student at Yeshivat Maharat, she also holds a Ph.D. in medieval and early modern Jewish studies.
Rabba Wendy Amsellem teaches Talmud and halakhah at Yeshivat Maharat and directs the Beit Midrash Program, a joint project of Maharat and Yeshivat Chovevei Torah. She received semikhah from Yeshivat Maharat and is an alumna of the Drisha Scholars Circle. She has a B.A. in history and literature from Harvard University
