Professional Staff

617.495.4695

Chief Operating Officer

annette@hillel.harvard.edu, x231

The Seif Jewish Learning Initiative on Campus

The Heshe and Harriet Seif Jewish Learning Initiative on Campus (JLIC) is a program of the Orthodox Union in Partnership with Hillel.

Co-Director of JLIC & Orthodox Rabbinic Advisor

Benjamin_Greenberg@harvard.edu 

Ben Greenberg received his BA in Psychology from The Lander College for Men where he was on the Dean's List and was a recipient of the President's Scholarship. He founded the Lander College chapter of Yavneh Olami, the Religious Zionist college student movement of World Mizrachi. Ben has interned at the Jewish Center of Teaneck and the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale. He completed a 400-hour rotation in hospital chaplaincy at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Medical Center in the neuroscience critical care unit and the post-surgery unit. During his tenure at YCT, Ben has been awarded fellowships at CLAL: The National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership, The Jewish Council on Urban Affairs, The Healthcare Chaplaincy and the Center for Christian-Jewish Understanding of Sacred Heart University. He has completed graduate coursework in Medieval Jewish History at Yeshiva University. In 2007 Ben published an article entitled "The Exodus as the Foundational Paradigm for Social Justice" in the third volume of the journal Milin Havivin. Also in 2007 Ben led and organized a relief trip to Southern California during the wildfires.

In recognition that the overwhelming majority of Modern Orthodox college students are being educated at secular universities, the OU, in partnership with Hillel and with assistance from Torah Mitzion, administers the Heshe and Harriet Seif Jewish Learning Initiative on Campus (JLIC), a program that helps Orthodox students navigate the college environment, and balance their Jewish commitments with their desire to engage the secular world. In addition, JLIC provides avenues for spiritual development and exploration for Jewish students from varied backgrounds; JLIC presents a positive, sophisticated and welcoming face for Orthodox Judaism on campus.

The Seif Jewish Learning Initiative on Campus

The Heshe and Harriet Seif Jewish Learning Initiative on Campus (JLIC) is a program of the Orthodox Union in partnership with Hillel.

Co-Director JLIC & Orthodox Advisor

Sharon_Weiss-Greenberg@harvard.edu

Sharon is a doctoral candidate in Education and Jewish Studies at New York University. Her research for her dissertation will focus on gender studies in the Jewish summer camp setting. She is a Wexner Fellow and Davidson Scholar. During the summers of '07 and '08, Sharon was the Rosh Moshava (Head of Camp) at Camp Stone in Pennsylvania. Prior to assuming the position of Rosh Moshava she had spent many summers in different leadership roles in Camp Stone. She has taught at Yeshiva University High School for Girls in New York and Yavneh Academy in New Jersey. She has also taught at and developed fascinating curriculum for the Bergen County High School of Jewish Studies in New Jersey. She spent the academic year of '08-'09 studying Talmud and Halakha at The Drisha Institute for Jewish Education. She received her Masters in Education from the Azrieli Graduate School of Yeshiva University and received a B.A. in Sociology and Jewish History from Yeshiva University. While as an undergraduate at the Stern College for Women, Sharon served as president of the student council during the academic year of '02-'03. She also served as both freshman and sophomore class president, respectively. She was center in the Stern basketball team and a deejay on WYUR.

In recognition that the overwhelming majority of Modern Orthodox college students are being educated at secular universities, the OU, in partnership with Hillel and with assistance from Torah Mitzion, administers the Heshe and Harriet Seif Jewish Learning Initiative on Campus (JLIC), a program that helps Orthodox students navigate the college environment, and balance their Jewish commitments with their desire to engage the secular world. In addition, JLIC provides avenues for spiritual development and exploration for Jewish students from varied backgrounds; JLIC presents a positive, sophisticated and welcoming face for Orthodox Judaism on campus.

Administrative & Operations Associate

kathleen@hillel.harvard.edu, x244

Administrative Assistant

linda@hillel.harvard.edu, x221

Associate Director

michael@hillel.harvard.edu, x223

Michael works to connect all of the amazing programs and projects and activities that take place at Harvard Hillel with the overall vision and goals of the organization and its constituents. His journey to the world of Jewish work has been a circuitous one, beginning as a bilingual elementary school teacher in Los Angeles (as a member of Teach for America’s national teacher corps); moving across the country to learn about public policy at the Kennedy School of Government; then spending four years at a nonprofit organization in Providence, RI; and living in Jerusalem, where he studied at the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies and worked as an educator at The Nesiya Institute. Michael adores his nephew, Benjamin, and his nieces, Devorah and Netanya. He loves iced coffee, basketball, the "Lord of the Rings" movies, the "Simpsons", the Red Sox, exploring the meaning of existence and our purpose in the world, and compiling brief paragraphs that encapsulate his life.  Michael is married to Claire Sufrin, who recently received her Ph.D. in Religious Studies from Stanford and is the Schusterman Teaching Fellow in Jewish Studies at Northeastern University. 

Director of Student Activities

gabi@hillel.harvard.edu, x242

Gabi is responsible for making sure all undergraduate programming at Hillel runs flawlessly. She works with the Hillel undergraduate leaders to create and implement a wide spectrum of educational and social programming. With a background in Jewish teen publications and summer camp, Gabi's ultimate goal is to make everything in life both fun and Jewish.  Gabi is married to Dave Rosenberg, yet another Jewish professional.  They have a beautiful baby daughter and live in Natick, Massachusetts.

Executive Director

bernie@hillel.harvard.edu x228

Bernard Steinberg is the President and Director of Harvard Hillel, and is the former President of the Harvard Chaplains. He lived in Israel for 13 years, during which time he directed the Wesleyan University Israel Program, taught at the Hebrew University, and was a founding Fellow of the Shalom Hartman Institute.

Steinberg is a bridge builder whose life-work is devoted to interaction between diverse groups of people on campus, and between the academy and the community at large. One of the foci of his work is the exploration of classical sources to personal growth and contemporary leadership. To that end, he co-teaches a course at the Harvard Kennedy School on “Moral Leadership: Self, Other, and Action” and has served on the faculty of the Wexner Heritage Foundation since 1986.

At Harvard, he has served on many faculty committees including the FAS Committee on Public Service, the Seminar for the Study of Values in Public Life, and the Leadership Roundtable of the Kennedy School of Government.

He holds a BA in English literature from Wesleyan University, an MA in contemporary Jewish studies from Brandeis University, and a Ph.D. in Jewish Philosophy from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Steinberg received the Benjamin J. Shevach Award for Distinguished Leadership in Jewish Education, conferred by the Boston Hebrew College.

He has lectured and taught throughout the world on a wide range of topics. He and his wife Roz have two children, Adena and Avi ’02.

Director of Annual Giving and External Relations
617-495-4695 x 240
rachel_van-emon@harvard.edu