Meet our Prayer Leaders for the High Holy Days: Rabbi Julie Roth, Talia Lakritz, Jacob Lipkin, Rabbi Justus Baird, Dr. Craig Eicher, Sarah Kamenetsky, and Shira Farbman Lipkin. Continue reading
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Shomrei Welcomes Jacob Kaplan-Lipkin, 4th Year JTS Student
Jacob Kaplan-Lipkin is a rising 4th year rabbinical student at the Jewish Theological Seminary, where he is also pursuing a masters degree in Hebrew Bible. He is returning from an emotional and enriching year in Israel as a visiting student at the Schechter Rabbinical Seminary in Jerusalem. He enjoyed mentoring and learning with gap year students this past year as the Rabbinic Intern/Spiritual Advisor for the 43rd cohort of Nativ. While in Israel, Jacob also was privileged to participate in a variety of programs with Pardes, the Shalom Hartman Institute, and Hadar Israel. During his first two years of JTS rabbinical school, Jacob worked at Cornell Hillel as the Rabbinic Intern. Continue reading
Meet Mustafa Laboo, Kitchen Coordinator
One of five children born in Newark, Mustafa Laboo has joined the Shomrei staff as our Kitchen Coordinator. Having lived in multiple NJ cities, he participated in a wide range of sports activities and was introduced to several different cultures. Over the years, Mustafa has worked for several NJ & NY area caterers in a variety of roles. Continue reading
Introducing Jenn Harvey, Operations Administrator
Jenn Harvey, Operations Administrator
Jenn started at Shomrei in January 2024. Originally from Chicago, Jenn grew up in Morris County, NJ, and graduated from UCONN with her BS in Marketing and Communications. After working in Hartford for a year, she returned to the tri-state area to work in the NYC headquarters of a global beauty company. Her background is in PR, media relations, communications, marketing, strategic alliances, and event management.
After the arrival of her 3rd child, Jenn took a step back from the corporate sector to focus on her family and play a more active role in her community. In that time, she coached multiple soccer teams, managed several sports teams, sat on the Board at her children’s elementary school and chaired numerous programs and fundraising events. She thoroughly enjoys volunteering and is currently the Booster Club President of the High School Girls Soccer Program, while also continuing to coach soccer
Jenn and her husband, a native New Yorker, have been married for 22 years and have a son and two daughters.
Welcome to the Board of Trustees 2024
Yasher koach to the 2023-24 Board of Trustees. Special thanks to outgoing board members – past president Miriam Korn Haimes, VP-Legal Gordon Braverman and trustees Audrey Levitin, Lynn Rubin, and Debra Caplan – and to outgoing president Michael Sag (who will continue on the board as immediate past president).
Welcome to these new board members – Shirley Grill, Risa Bernstein, Josh Kline and Suzanne Grobman.