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Rabbi Russ Shulkes was recently appointed Associate Vice President and Associate Dean of Institutional Advancement of RIETS. He has been the Executive Director and Campus Chaplain at Hillels of Georgia since 2012. Originally from Hollywood, Florida, Russ is a graduate of ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, where he received a BA…

David L. Schwed is the Director of the MS in Cybersecurity program at the Katz School of Science and Health at ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Dave most recently served as the Chief Information Security Officer for Galaxy Digital, a diversified merchant bank dedicated to the digital assets and blockchain ...

Dr. Daniel Rynhold is professor in modern Jewish philosophy at the Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies, and director of the Revel doctoral program, having arrived on these shores from London, England, in August 2007. Educated at the universities of Cambridge and London, Dr. Rynhold had…

Judah Diament is a Clinical Associate Professor and Chair of Computer Science at ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Professor Diament worked at IBM's T.J. Watson Research Center from 2000-2014, primarily focusing on middleware and distributed systems, from which he has 13 patents as well as a number of ...

Dina Burcat is the Director of Alumni Affairs and Professional Development at ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. She came to ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ in 2011, after spending five years as the Development Associate and Alumni Coordinator at the Beth Tfiloh Dahan Community School in Baltimore, MD. Dina oversees ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ's alumni relations,…

Dr. Maria Blekher is a Director of ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Innovation Lab and an Academic Program Director for the Master in Marketing. She is also a Clinical Associate Professor of Digital Strategies, teaching at the Sy Syms School of Business. Upon joining ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, Dr. Blekher developed the unique course…

Dr. Ari Berman, President of ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, has announced the appointment of Adam Gerdts as vice president for institutional advancement. Adam is a veteran advancement professional with deep expertise in the world of higher education after an outstanding career at University of North Carolina…

Professor Deena Rabinovich is the director of the Legacy Heritage Foundation program at ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ’s Stern College for Women, where she has also taught Tanakh since 2004. Deena taught Chumash at ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ High School for Girls from 2004 through 2009. Prior to that, she taught…

Rabbi Dr. Yosef Kalinsky earned his BA in economics at Yeshiva College, his master’s in education at Azrieli Graduate School, his masters in social work at the Wurzweiler School of Social Work, and his semikhah at RIETS, where he subsequently was a fellow in the Bella and Harry Wexner Kollel Elyon…

Dr. Josefa Steinhauer is an associate professor of biology at ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. She received her BS from Case Western Reserve University in 1999, followed by a PhD from Columbia University in 2005. She was a postdoctoral fellow at the Skirball Institute, NÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Langone Medical Center from 2005-2011…