Limmud NY 2014

Research Professor of Jewish Social Policy at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion; Director of the Berman Jewish Policy Archive at NYU Wagner; co-author of The Jew Within and Two Worlds of Judaism: The Israeli and American Experiences; President of the Association for... Read More →

Cheryl Cook is Chief Operating Officer at Hazon, where she has helped to grow the organization from 6 staff and a $650k budget to 50 staff and a $7 million budget. Cheryl came to Hazon as a ride participant in 2002. Early experiences with Habonim Dror and Hillel Day School fostered... Read More →

Ana Empremashvili is the owner and general manager of Marani, a Georgian Glatt Kosher restaurant in Rego Park, Queens. Marani is unique in that it has two kitchens: the bakery downstairs serves dairy and the famous Georgian dish, khachapuri. While upstairs, the kitchen prepares meats... Read More →

Samuel Norich is the president and publisher of The Forward and The Forverts. Born in Germany in 1947, he immigrated to the United States in 1957. He attended Columbia as an undergraduate, and did his graduate studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the Hebrew Unive... Read More →