Students & Alumni

Jewish Communal Leadership Program Class of 2023

Lydia Greenberg is a Psychotherapist with North Shore Psychotherapy in Chicago, Illinois. Prior to JCLP, Lydia came from Northwestern Hillel where she had been working with college students since 2017 to make the connection between social justice and Judaism through her role as the Social Justice Coordinator. Before moving to Chicago, she received her BA in Gender & Women’s Studies and Art History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She has also been an active member of the Jewish Council on Urban Affairs’ Immigration Committee and is an Avodah Fellowship Alum.

Jewish Communal Leadership Program Class of 2022

Emily Gordon works at Jewish Family Service of Metropolitan Detroit as coordinator of the new Caregiver Support Program, which provides tailored support and guidance to family caregivers. Emily feels honored to contribute to the health and strength of local Jewish and secular communities by helping create and develop the program and meeting with clients one-on-one. Emily was born and raised in northwest Ohio. She graduated summa cum laude from Bowling Green State University with a Bachelor of Science in journalism and an interdepartmental minor in visual communication technology and ethnic studies. Prior to graduate school, Emily worked as a newspaper reporter and photographer in the Toledo area before shifting gears to nonprofit public relations and marketing at the Toledo Zoo & Aquarium and the Jewish Federation and Foundation of Greater Toledo. Emily’s longtime interest in tikkun olam (repair the world) and Jewish community programming led her to JCLP. There, she appreciated learning about the many ways in which Judaism and social justice intersect and how to keep that knowledge in mind while developing community programming. In her spare time, Emily enjoys reading, amateur photography, traveling, and taking her dogs on adventures.

Jewish Communal Leadership Program Class of 2022

Erica Kuhn-Fink is a Child and Family Therapist at a private practice in Ann Arbor. She completed her MSW concentration in interpersonal practice. Prior to joining JCLP, she worked as an artist and educator in Ypsilanti, MI. Erica spent her formative years in Ann Arbor attending Temple Beth Emeth synagogue, where she also had her first experiences as a Jewish educator. She attended the University of Michigan and received a degree in Fine Art. Erica's engagement with Jewish community has been reflected in her many professional roles. She worked for three years after college as art director and educator at Congregation Beth El in Berkeley, California, and as a teacher at Bay Area Midrasha, a Jewish experiential learning program for teens. Erica has spent over a decade developing and teaching inclusionary, creative educational programming for Jewish communities throughout the country including the Levin Jewish Community Center of Durham, North Carolina, and most recently, Chabad of Ann Arbor's Camp Gan Israel. In addition to her work as a Jewish educator, Erica maintains a studio art practice and runs a small business selling her work to collectors and boutiques worldwide.

Jewish Communal Leadership Program Class of 2022

Ezra is a Development Associate at Resources for the Future, an environmental think-tank organization, in Washington D.C. Ezra graduated with a Master of Social Work and JCLP certificate with a concentration in Management and Leadership in May 2022. He greatly enjoyed his experience in JCLP and also appreciated working at the Jewish Federation of Greater Ann Arbor for his field placement.Originally from Evanston, Illinois, Ezra also graduated with a bachelor's from the University of Michigan in May 2020 with a major in Political Science and minors in Music and Judaic Studies. During his undergraduate experience, Ezra was a Lewis Summer Intern at the Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago (JUF) where he worked with JUF's Leadership Development Department. In 2019, Ezra interned at the University of Michigan's Taubman School of Architecture as a Development Summer Intern, which led to him to develop a passion for development work and to look for additional educational opportunities at U-M's School of Social Work and through JCLP. Ezra was also a four-year member of the Michigan Marching Band and served as Trombone Section Leader his senior year.

Jewish Communal Leadership Program Class of 2022

Miriam currently lives in Chicago and works for the New Israel Fund, where she is excited to continue fostering her Jewish community! Originally from Huntington Woods, Michigan, Miriam Chesterman came to JCLP from a year of direct service work in New York City through Avodah: The Jewish Service Corps. Before and during graduate school, Miriam worked at Neighbors Together, a small nonprofit organization in Brooklyn that serves as both a soup kitchen and a social services organization, at which Miriam's role was to help low-income New Yorkers navigate the housing market, as well as other general social services. During her time in JCLP, she did her field placement at Detroit Jews for Justice and completed her degree in the Community Change track.

Jewish Communal Leadership Program Class of 2022

Moss Herberholz works as a psychedelic integration therapist at the Radical Well-Being Center in Southfield, MI. In addition, he co-facilitates dismantling oppression workshops for Priceless Development Consulting. After graduating from JCLP in May of 2022, Moss Herberholz spent the summer working as an adventure therapist for BaMidbar - the first Jewish adventure therapy program in the country. During his time in JCLP he engaged in field placement experiences at both Healthy Choice Community Counseling Services and Jewish Family Services of Metro Detroit. He also served as the president of the Student Association for Psychedelic Studies (SAPS). Moss holds a B.A. in psychology and a B.A. in theater arts from the University of California, Santa Cruz. In his free time Moss loves to dance, sing, slackline, and spin fire.