Faculty/Staff

STAFF - North America
Rabbi Adam Chalom - Dean, North America: Rabbi Chalom was ordained by the International Institute for Secular Humanistic Judaism in 2001, and received his PhD in Near Eastern Studies - Hebrew and Jewish Cultural Studies concentration from the University of Michigan. In addition to his work with the Institute, Rabbi Chalom is the rabbi of Kol Hadash Humanistic Congregation in north suburban Chicago, Illinois. Contact Rabbi Chalom at info@iishj.org or 847-602-4500.
  Linda Glass, Executive Director - North America: Contact Linda at info@iishj.org or 248-476-9532.
STAFF - Israel
Rabbi Sivan Malkin Maas - Dean, Israel: Rabbi Maas became the first Israeli ordained by the International Institute for Secular Humanistic Judaism in 2003. She then began Tmura: the Institute for Training Secular Humanistic Rabbis and Jewish Leadership (click here) in Israel, which graduated its first class of secular Israeli rabbis in December 2006. Contact Rabbi Maas at info@iishj.org.
FACULTY
Yaakov Malkin - International Co-Provost:Professor Malkin is a prolific author and articulator (in English and Hebrew) of the values and beliefs of Secular Humanistic Judaism. In addition to his work with the Institute and its Israeli rabbinic program, Professor Malkin teaches aesthetics and rhetoric at Tel Aviv University and the academic director of Meitar: The College of Judaism as Culture in Jerusalem.

MICHAEL ADELSON
Connecticut College
JANE GERBER
City College of New York
YEHUDA BAUER
Hebrew University
RABBI EVA GOLDFINGER
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
GABRIELE BOCCACCINI
University of Michigan
HERSHL HARTMAN
Vegvayzer, Los Angeles, CA
JOSEPH CHUMAN
Columbia University, NY
RABBI MIRIAM JERRIS
Detroit, MI
EDNA COFFIN
University of Michigan
RABBI TAMARA KOLTON
Detroit , MI
YARON ELIAV
University of Michigan
ERIC MEYERS
Duke University
YOLANDA FLEISCHER
Wayne State University
BENNETT MURASKIN
Chairperson of the Jewish Cultural School and Society (New Jersey)
RABBI DANIEL FRIEDMAN
Chicago, IL
RABBI PETER SCHWEITZER
New York , NY
NEIL SALZMAN
Farleigh Dickinson University
MICHAEL STEINLAUF
Gratz College, PA
BRIAN SCHMIDT
University of Michigan