NYJA Leaders Network
List in formation. Current as of February 24, 2021.
All affiliations are for identification purposes only. As a 501(c)(3) non-profit, NYJA is a non-partisan organization and does not endorse candidates for elected office.
When we do our advocacy work as NYJA, we do so with the support of our network. The network is composed of Jewish individuals who hold positions of leadership at synagogues, non-profits, and other communal organizations. Our goal is to build a network that represents the full diversity of the New York Jewish community, including Jews of all denominations, ethnicities, genders, races, generations, and regions of New York.
Allied Elected Officials:
Representative Jerrold Nadler, U.S. House of Representatives, NY-10
Senator Brad Hoylman, NY State Senate, District 27
Assemblymember Linda B. Rosenthal, NY State Assembly, District 67
Council Member Brad Lander, NYC Council, District 39
Council Member Stephen Levin, NYC Council, District 33
Community Leaders:
Rabbi David Adelson, Dean, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
Karen Adler, Community Leader and Philanthropist
Anita Altman, Board Chair, Young Advocates for Fair Education
Adam Basciano, National Director, IPF Atid
Talia Benamy, Jewish Communal Engagement Chair, J Street NYC
Rabbi Jonathan Blake, Westchester Reform Temple (Scarsdale)
Gabriel Blau, Founder, Equality New York
Kenneth Bob, National President, Ameinu
Yoni Bokser, Acting Executive Director, NYS Governor’s Office of Motion Picture & Television Development
David Chapman, Rabbinical Student and Wexner Graduate Fellow
Dina B. Charnin, Former Director of Israel Policy and Programs, National Council of Jewish Women
Alan Cohen, Chief Program Officer, JASA
Rabbi Ayelet S. Cohen, Senior Director, New York, New Israel Fund
Daniel Marks Cohen, NYC Council Candidate, District 7
Kobi Cohen, Co-Founder, Israel Shelanu
Lori L. Cohen, Executive Director, ECPAT-USA
Steven Cohen, Trustee, New York University
Victoria Cook, Founder, Torah Trumps Hate
Rabbi Joshua M. Davidson, Senior Rabbi, Temple Emanu-El (Manhattan)
Alan Divack, Program Director, The Lucius N. Littauer Foundation
Aaron Dorfman, President, Lippman Kanfer Foundation for Living Torah
Allison Fine, Past President, Temple Beth Abraham (Tarrytown)
Dan Fleshler, Board Member, Ameinu and Americans for Peace Now
Peter Frey, Board of Directors, J Street
Rabbi Jonah Geffen, Senior Jewish Educator and Campus Rabbi, Hunter Hillel
Gili Getz, Programming Chair, J Street NYC
Paul Golin, Executive Director, Society for Humanistic Judaism
Lee Jason Goldberg, Ending Mass Incarceration Team Co-Chair, Congregation Beit Simchat Torah (Manhattan)
Phyllis T. Goldman, Board Member, Bend the Arc
Rabbi Barbara Goldman-Wartell, Temple Concord (Binghamton)
Melanie Gorelick, Senior Vice President, Jewish Council for Public Affairs
Rabbi Matt Green, Congregation Beth Elohim (Brooklyn)
Rabbi Steve Gutow, Visiting Scholar and Co-Director of the Religious Leadership and Civic Engagement Project of the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service of New York University
Jessica Haller, NYC Council Candidate, District 11
Melissa Iachan, Senior Supervising Counsel, New York Lawyers for the Public Interest
Rae Janvey, Founder, The Conversation: Jewish in America
Peter Joseph, Chairman Emeritus, Israel Policy Forum
Karen Spar Kasner, Board Member, JCRC-NY
Zachary Katznelson, Co-Founder, Dismantling Racism, Congregation Beth Elohim (Brooklyn)
Rachel Kleinbaum, Director, Jewish Coalition on Criminal Justice Reform
Rabbi Stephanie Kolin, Union Temple of Brooklyn
Jonathan Kopp, Board of Directors, J Street
Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie, Founding Spiritual Leader, Lab/Shul
Alisa F. Levin, Executive Committee, Israel Policy Forum
Rabbi Sam Levine, East Midwood Jewish Center
Rabbi Joy Levitt, Executive Director, Marlene Meyerson Jewish Community Center Manhattan
Stu Loeser, Founding Principal, Stu Loeser & Co.
Rabbi David Evan Markus, Temple Beth El (Bronx) & Board Chair, Bayit: Building Jewish
Seth M. Marnin, Board Chair, Keshet
Noemi Masliah, Co-Founder, Immigration Equality
Rabbi José Rolando Matalon, Congregation B’nai Jeshurun (Manhattan)
Rabbi Dr. Jay Michaelson, Senior Fellow, Center for LGBTQ Studies in Religion
Rabbi Shira Milgrom, Congregation Kol Ami (White Plains)
Talia Milgrom-Elcott, Co-Founder, 100Kin10
Rabbi Bethie Miller, Founder, Sanctuary
Rabbi Avram Mlotek, Co-founder and Spiritual Director, Base
Jo-Ann Mort, CEO, ChangeCommunications
Rabbi Joel Mosbacher, Senior Rabbi, Temple Shaaray Tefilah (Manhattan)
Rabbi Mike Moskowitz, Scholar-in-Residence, Congregation Beit Simchat Torah (Manhattan)
Udi Ofer, Deputy National Political Director, American Civil Liberties Union
Judith Stern Peck, Former Board Chair, UJA-Federation of NY
Letty Cottin Pogrebin, Writer & Activist, Founding Editor, Ms. Magazine
Harry Reis, Director for Policy and Strategy, New Israel Fund
Marcia Riklis, Chair, Jewish Funders Network
Josh Rolnick, Founding Director, Lippman Kanfer Foundation for Living Torah
Rabbi Jennie Rosenn, Founder & CEO, Dayenu
Rabbi Isaiah Rothstein, Rabbinic Scholar and Public Affairs Advisor, Jewish Federations of North America
John Ruskay, Executive Vice President Emeritus, UJA-Federation Of New York
Johanna Sanders, Director of Policy and Organizing, The Vaid Group
Jeff Schoenfeld, Past President, UJA-Federation Of New York
Jodi Schwartz, Vice Chair, Board of Trustees of The Jewish Federations of North America
Russell Semmel, IPF Atid Bronfman Convenor
Rabbi Drorah Setel, Temple Emanu-El (Rochester)
Abe Silberstein, Communications Director, Brooklyn Young Democrats
Jill Smith, Vice Chair, Board of Directors, Moishe House
Rabbi Felicia Sol, Congregation B’nai Jeshurun (Manhattan)
Rabbi Benjamin H. Spratt, Congregation Rodeph Sholom (Manhattan)
Rabbi Josh Stanton, East End Temple (Manhattan)
Rabbi Abby Stein, Co-Founder, Sacred Space
Rabbi Peter Stein, Senior Rabbi, Temple B’rith Kodesh (Rochester)
Susie Stern, Vice Chair, Jewish Federations of North America
Rabbi Lennard R. Thal, Senior Vice President Emeritus, Union for Reform Judaism
Rachel Tiven, Former CEO, Lambda Legal
Ann Toback, CEO, The Workers Circle
Alan van Capelle, CEO, Educational Alliance
Rabbi Burton Visotzky, Professor, Jewish Theological Seminary
Susan Wagner, Co-Founder, Jews Defending American Values
Simone Weichselbaum, Co-Founder, Kugel Jews
Rabbi Josh Weinberg, Vice President of Israel and Reform Zionism, Union for Reform Judaism
Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers
Chesky Wertman, Director, Jewish Alliance for Dialogue and Engagement
Jeffrey M. Wice, Executive Director, National Association of Jewish Legislators
Evan Wolfson, Founder, Freedom to Marry
Michael Young, Board of Directors, J Street
Rabbi Irwin Zeplowitz, Senior Rabbi, The Community Synagogue (Port Washington)