Advisory Committee:
Rabbi Yosef Kanefsky received rabbinical ordination and a Master’s degree in Jewish history from Yeshiva University. He served as the Associate Rabbi at the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale from 1990-1996. He joined B'nai David-Judea in LA in 1996. Rabbi Kanefsky was recently named one of the 50 most influential Rabbis in America, and one of the top 25 pulpit Rabbis by Newsweek magazine.
Rabbi Villarreal is a LA native is an Orthodox rabbi, community educator, and a Rebbe at the Harkham Hillel Hebrew Academy in Los Angeles.
Rabbi Drew Kaplan is the Rabbi in Long Beach, California providing rabbinic services on multiple campuses in Southern California ( including CSU-Long Beach, CSU-Fullerton, Chapman University, UC-Irvine, UC-Riverside, CSU-San Bernardino, University of Redlands).
Michael Feldman Michael Feldman practices employment law, with a focus on discrimination and harassment, and conducts mediations for the Los Angeles Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Michael worked as a substitute teacher for Los Angeles Unified School District, working primarily in inner city neighborhoods, often in special education
Gabe Meyerson is a Jewish educator, most recently teaching at Shalhevet High School, residing in West Los Angeles.
Rabbi Jonathan Klein is the Executive Director at CLUE-LA, a economic justice and labor organizing organization in Los Angeles. Prior, Rabbi Klein served as the Executive Director of the USC Hillel for 8 years and as the Development Director for Progressive Jewish Alliance.
Dr. Miriam Heller Stern is the Dean of the Fingerhut School of Education. Previously, she served as Director of Curriculum and Research and Coordinator of the Teaching Certificate program for Orthodox teachers and taught at Shalhevet High School."
