Our Extraordinary People
Our Clergy
Rabbi John Carrier | Senior Rabbi
"You shall not oppress a stranger, for you know the feelings of the stranger, having yourselves been strangers in the land of Egypt." - Exodus 23:9
Cantor Ruth Berman Harris | Cantor
“Align yourself with people that you can learn from, people who want more out of life, people who are stretching and searching and seeking for higher ground.” - Les Brown (adapted)
Rabbi Aimee Gerace | Education Director
“Educate a child according to their way and even when they are old, they will not depart from it.” - Proverbs 22:6
Rabbi Gilbert Kollin | Rabbi Emeritus
שִׁיר הַמַּעֲלוֹת לְדָוִד הִנֵּה מַה־טּוֹב וּמַה־נָּעִים שֶׁבֶת אַחִים גַּם־יָחַד׃
A song of ascents. Of David. How good and how pleasant it is that brothers dwell together. - Psalms 133:1
Our Staff
Melissa Levy | Executive Director
“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Theresa Brekan | Operations Manager
“The purpose of my life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson
theresa@pjtc.net | Click for bio...
Lisa Lam | Accountant
"Dare to live the life you have dreamed for yourself. Go forward and make your dreams come true". - Ralph Waldo Emerson
lisa@pjtc.net | Click for bio...
Daniel Platt | Office Manager, LBSRS
"The laws of morality are also those of art" - Robert Schumann
daniel@pjtc.net | Click for bio...
Claire Gorfinkel | Chaplain
"May the Source of strength, who blessed the ones before us, help us find the courage to make our lives a blessing." – Mi Shebeirach prayer
claire@pjtc.net | Click for bio...
Emily Fischer | Asst. Director, Youth Engagement & Education
“Our goal should be to live life in radical amazement...get up in the morning and look at the world in a way that takes nothing for granted. Everything is phenomenal; everything is incredible; never treat life casually. To be spiritual is to be amazed.” - Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel
Alex Beck | Facility Manager
"Life's like a box of tools. Sometimes you just gotta remember where you put 'em." - Alex Beck, referencing Forrest Gump
Robert "RJ" Brown III | Facilities
“It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end.” - Ursula K. Le Guin
Our Leadership
Stacey Sharp | President
"Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. But today is a gift; That is why it is called THE PRESENT." - Kung Fu Panda
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Michele Masjedi | VP Management
Nancy Goldstein | VP Programs
Jack Singer | Treasurer
Joseph Widman | Secretary
BOARD MEMBERS
Andrea Mark | VP Planning
Geoff DeBoskey | Past President
BOARD MEMBERS (continued)
Meredith Rose | Member-at-Large
Michele Browning | Member-at-Large
Richard Rosenbaum | Member-at-Large
Sue Hogan | Member-at-Large
Phil Callahan | Member-at-Large
Adriana Quinn | Member-at-Large
Nancy Carlton | Sisterhood President
Jack Singer | Men's Club President
COMMITTEES
Todd Levine | Facilities
Nancy Zuckerman | Religious School
Peter Mendel | Religious Affairs
Judy Callahan | Adult Education
Stacy & Stu Miller | Leadership Development
Shoshana Rosenbaum | Youth Programs
