Melton Faculty

Rabbi Scott Aaron, Ph.D. – Rabbinic Ordination at Hebrew Union College; JD at University of Toledo; PhD at Loyola University of Chicago

Rabbi Ilana Baden – BS in history and Near Eastern studies at University of Michigan; Rabbinic Ordination at Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion 

Rabbi Michael Balinsky – BA in Sociology; MS in Talmudic Literature; Rabbinic Ordination at Yeshiva University

Rabbi Dr. David Bauman – BA in Sociology at American University; MA in Counseling Psychology at New York University; MA in Hebrew Letters at Jewish Theological Seminary; Doctorate at Spertus Institute

Rabbi Yehoshua Ben-Avraham – Degrees in Philosophy, Jewish Thought, & Jewish Education at Hebrew University; Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies

Cantor Elizabeth Berke – BA in History at Cornell University; MA in Sacred Music & Hazzan Diploma at Jewish Theological Seminary

Rabbi D’ror Chankin-Gould – BA in Sociology atPitzer College, Rabbinic Ordination at Jewish Theological Seminary 

Rolly Cohen, Director Melton – BA in Education/Fine Arts; MAJPS at Spertus Institute

Rabbi Andrea Cosnowsky – BA in English at SUNY; MS in Education at Xavier; MS in Hebrew Letters and Rabbinic Ordination at Hebrew Union College

Rabbi Reni Dickman – BA in Near East Studies and Government at Cornell University; MS in Hebrew Letters and Rabbinic Ordination at Hebrew Union College

Dr. Betsy Dolgin Katz – BA in Literature; MA in Literature; EDP in Curriculum & Instruction

Ali Drumm – BA in Literature and Middle Eastern Studies at University of Miami; MAJPS at Spertus Institute; Certificates in Adult Education and Jewish Leadership at Spertus Institute and Northwestern University

Rabbi Edward Friedman – BS at University of Pennsylvania; Rabbinic Ordination and honorary Doctorate of Divinity at Jewish Theological Seminary 

Tzivia Garfinkel – BA in English Language/Letters and MA in Education at University of Michigan 

Rabbi Adir Glick – B.A. in Creative Writing and a Graduate Degree in Journalism at Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec; Rabbinic Ordination and MA at American Jewish University Ziegler School; he received the 2015 Jacob Pressman Award in Homiletics.

Rabbi Lisa Greene – BS at Wharton School University of Pennsylvania; Rabbinic Ordination at Hebrew Union College

Rabbi Benjamin Kramer – MA in Talmud & Rabbinic Studies; Rabbinic Ordination at Jewish Theological Seminary

Lori Kramer – BA in literature; MA in Jewish Education at Jewish Theological Seminary

Rabbi Marianne Novak – BA at Barnard College; JD in Political Science at University of Washington School of Law; Rabbinic Ordination at Yeshivat Maharat, New York

Laura Perpinyal – BS in Jewish Studies and Political Science at Indiana University; MS in Jewish Education and Jewish Non-profit Management at Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion

Rabbi David Rosenberg – BA in Russian/East European Studies; MS in Bible; Rabbinic Ordination

Rabbi David Russo – BA in Religious Studies at York University; Rabbinic Ordination and MA in Talmud and Rabbinics at Jewish Theological Seminary.

Carl Schrag – international relations/UCLA; BA at State University of New York; certificate in Jewish Studies at Spertus Institute

Rabbi Michael Schwab – BA in History and Jewish Studies at Rutgers University; MA in Jewish Education and Rabbinic Ordination at Jewish Theological Seminary 

David Schwartz – MA in Teaching at Washington University, St. Louis; MA in Jewish Professional Studies at Spertus Institute

Rabbi Michael Siegel – BS at Hiram College; MA in Hebrew Letters and Rabbinic Ordination at Jewish Theological Seminary

Marc Stopeck – MA in Jewish Studies at Spertus Institute

Judy Weiss – BS in Education; MS in Education & Curriculum/Instruction

Rabbi Eric Zaff – BA in English Language and Literature; MA in Jewish Education; Rabbinic Ordination