Leadership
One of the key values of Kehilat Hadar Shaare Zedek is a spirit of volunteerism: in fact, our community is almost entirely volunteer-led. Our community relies on the dedication, generosity, and creativity of its volunteers to lead and attend services, plan and execute programs, and participate in identifying and meeting community needs.
We encourage you to get involved, and please do not hesitate to contact us with feedback or ideas!
Board
Our Board oversees the community’s strategic vision, planning, operations and fundraising efforts.
Teams
Other communal responsibilities are distributed among numerous teams composed of Board and non-Board members.
In addition to a range of standing teams, additional roles and programs are also managed by volunteers as needs arise. We always welcome more contributions and leaders: please contact us if you would like to get involved. We’ve listed below the leads for a number of our volunteer teams:
Building Operations: Adam Schlitt
Chesed: Lisa Gordis, Beth Sapiro
Communications: Maxine Yurowitz
Davening Calendar & Ritual Logistics: Ashira Konigsburg, Elnatan Reisner, Aaron Saiger, Ben Tischler, Haley Schulman
Finances: Meir Schecter
Fundraising: Aaron Kasman, Emily Scharfman
Greeting: Sarah Friedman
Hospitality: Ari Alter, Yakov Wieder
Kiddush: Emma Haddad, Sasha Nelson
Kids Programming: Miri Pomerantz Dauber
Personnel: Aaron Kasman
Scotch: Steven Melzer
Security: John Schochet
Shamashim (overseeing ritual elements of Shabbat and holiday services): Ari Alter, Hilana Ezekiel, Efrem Epstein, Ashira Konigsburg, Elnatan Reisner, Adin Rosenberg, Meir Schecter, Haley Schulman, Russell Steinthal, Aryeh Tuchman
Technology: Aaron Kasman, Jackie Lebwohl
Staff
Maxine Yurowitz is KHSZ’s full-time Community & Operations Administrator. Maxine holds responsibility for finances, communications, kiddush, partnerships, membership, maintenance, security, and rentals in conjunction with KHSZ’s dedicated volunteers, as well as serving as the point of contact for Hadar Institute. Maxine can be reached at maxine@khsz.org and contact@khsz.org.
