Israeli Board of Directors

Batya Roman, President
Attorney (Retired)

Rabbi Reuben (Bob) Samuels, Immediate Past President
Former Headmaster, Leo Baeck Education Center

Liat Sherf, Treasurer
Senior Executive, Bank Leumi

Menachem Getz
Accounting Office of Menachem Getz

Danny Goldman
CFO, Iscar, Ltd.

Rabbi Gilad Kariv
Attorney and Executive Director of the Israel Movement for Reform and Progressive Judaism

Professor Doron Kliger
Haifa University Department of Economics

Nurit Reches
Quality Control, Granot Industries

Dr. Javier Simnovitch
Dean of Students at the Max Stern Academic College of Emek Yezreel, Israel

Professor Ruth Strahovsky
Haifa University Department of Education

Professor Aaron Sveda
Haifa University Department of Education and Israel Ministry of Education

Yonah Katzir
Former Principal, Leo Baeck Education Center

Board of Directors, Leo Baeck Education Center Foundation (U.S.)

The Leo  Baeck Education Center Foundation in Houston, Texas is Leo Baeck’s U.S. fiscal agent and main contributor.

Victor “Vic” Samuels, Founder and Chairman
Chairman Emeritus, Victory Packaging

H. Benjamin “Ben” Samuels, President
CEO, Victory Packaging, Inc.

Kent J. Friedman, Esq., Treasurer
Attorney, Haynes and Boone, LLP

Benjamin Warren
President, ITC Trading Company, Ltd.

John Bussel
Engineering Manager, The Boeing Company

Mark H. Levy
Independent Investor

Eric Barvin
President, The Barvin Group

Karen Kessler
Certified Professional Life Coach

Rabbi Joshua Davidson
Temple Emanu-El (New York, NY)

Rabbi Joel Sisenwine
Beit Elohim (Boston, MA)

Board of Trustees, Friends of Leo Baeck Haifa (U.K.)

Friends of Leo Baeck Haifa liaises with UK synagogues and provides Leo Baeck with invaluable fundraising support.

The Board of Trustees  consists of six members: Rabbi Neil Janes (Chair), Noeleen Cohen, Monica Jankel, Debbie Bello, Gary Lipman, and Rabbi Aaron Goldstein.

 

Board of Trustees, Friends of Leo Baeck Haifa (Switzerland)

Members of our Swiss Friends include: Bert Wuethrich (Chair), Andre Golliez (Manager), Thekla Slan (Treasurer), and Sacha Wigdorovits.