Professional Staff
Rabbi Jonah Chanan Steinberg, PhD
Executive Director
jonah@hillel.harvard.edu ext 232
Born in Canada and raised in downtown Toronto and overseas in Vienna, Austria, Jonah learned early—amid lingering shadows of intolerance and bright multicultural hopes on both sides of the sea—to rejoice in Jewish identity and to value communities that celebrate diversity. Jonah received his BA at Brown University, and his MA, MPhil. and PhD. in Religion at Columbia University. While still a graduate student, he became Visiting Instructor of Talmud and Rabbinics at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America in New York, taught at the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies of the American Jewish University in California as a Finkelstein Fellow, and headed the program in Rabbinic Literature and Civilization at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College in Pennsylvania. He then joined the founding faculty of the Rabbinical School of Hebrew College, where he became Associate Dean and completed his own rabbinic training. Jonah has received the New Scholar Award from Harvard’s Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion and has published articles exploring ancient innovations in rabbinic sources and traditions, and ways in which this legacy can inspire us to meet the challenges of our own times.
Annette Ezekiel
Chief Operating Officer
annette@hillel.harvard.edu ext 231
Kathleen Lane
Administrative & Operations Coordinator
kathleen@hillel.harvard.edu ext 244
Kathleen oversees all aspects of the building from facilities management and rental to High Holiday logistics. She enjoys her daily interface with students, minyanim and the Harvard Community. Prior to Harvard Hillel she was an account executive with Citicorp Information Resources and marketing coordinator for Wealth Management Inc. Kathleen and her husband have three children and their middle son is a student here at Harvard.
Miriam May
Consultant for Institutional Advancement
miriam@hillel.harvard.edu ext 240
Prior to joining Hillel as a Development consultant Miriam was Managing Director of Harvard’s Advanced Leadership Initiative. Previously she served as Executive Director of the Massachusetts Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure. She has extensive experience in marketing/fundraising consulting, and lead SMART Consulting, a boutique consulting practice that worked with non-profits and for profits for nine years. She also worked as Senior Vice President of United Way of Rhode Island; a Vice President at Citibank; a World Bank consultant and as Area Advisor for Latin America and the Caribbean for the U.S. Department of Labor. Miriam holds a BS in Labor Relations/Organizational Behavior from Cornell and an MBA from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. She is married to Prof. Shaye JD Cohen and they have four children.
Rabbi Charlie Schwartz
Student Conservative Minyan Rabbinic Advisor
charlie.schwartz@gmail.com ext 241
Rabbi Charlie Schwartz serves as the Rabbinic Advisor to Harvard Hillel’s Student Conservative Minyan. In addition to his role at Hillel, Charlie is the Director of Digital Engagement and Learning for The Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS) and the founding director of Not-a-Box Media Lab. Charlie is a graduate of JTS’s school of education and rabbinical school, which he attended as a Wexner Graduate Fellow. Named to the New York Jewish Week's 36 Under 36 as a leader helping to reshape the Jewish community, Charlie is a nationally recognized educator focusing on educational technology and Israel education. Prior to JTS, Charlie served with distinction as a squad commander in the airborne battalion of the Nahal infantry brigade in the Israeli Defense Forces. A native of Portland, Oregon, Charlie lives in Cambridge with his wife Andrea Wershof Schwartz, a resident at The Brigham and Women's Hospital Internal Medicine/Primary Care program, their daughter Maayan, and their sousaphone.
Rory Michelle Sullivan
Development & Communications Associate
rorymichelle@hillel.harvard.edu ext 229
Linda Mulligan
Administrative Assistant
linda@hillel.harvard.edu, ext 221
Linda is usually the first person you will speak with when you call or visit Harvard Hillel. Linda has been employed at Hillel since 1991 when Hillel was located at 74 Mt. Auburn St. Alumni are often pleasantly surprised to see a familiar face from the past any time they have the opportunity to return to Harvard Hillel. If you're looking for overnight lodging in Harvard Square or seeking information about Jewish Boston, Linda will point you in the right direction. She also assists incoming graduate students in search of apartments. Whether you are a current student, prospective student, incoming student, parent of a student, or visitor, Linda will be happy to assist you with meal reservations, information about upcoming events, arranging week-end visits with upperclassmen, High Holiday ticket information, and the list goes on. Your Harvard Hillel experience always begins at the front desk.
Paige LaMarche
Student Activities Director
paige@hillel.harvard.edu, ext 242
Dana Silberstein
IACT Campus Coordinator,
dana@hillel.harvard.edu, ext 225
Rabbi Yonah Berman
Rabbinic Advisor
Getzel Davis
Rabbinic Advisor
Rabbi Aaron Potek
Rabbinic Advisor