Jewish Community

About Us

FYSH at Buttermilk falls

Michael Faber
Director, Jewish Community
e-mail: faber@ithaca.edu

Communications Intern: Adam Barth
e-mail: abarth1@ithaca.edu

Programming Intern: Molly Wernick
e-mail: mollywernick@gmail.com 

  • Molly is a sophomore Speech Communication major with a passion for informal education. After living in Israel for a year on a Habonim Dror post-high school program, Molly joined the Ithaca College and Ithaca Hillel community in the fall of 2007 and has been hooked ever since. You may have seen Molly at such events as The First Annual Matzo Ball and the weekly Shabbas Dinner in Terraces Dining Hall. Molly enjoys making challah french toast on Saturday mornings and star gazing on summer nights.

President: Briana Kerensky
e-mail: Bkerens1@ithaca.edu

  • Briana is the Hillel President for the 2008-2009 academic year,
    in addition to being a FYSH co-chair with Katie Venetsky. Briana is also the Secretary for Amnesty International, a writer for Buzzsaw Haircut, and a member of the Society of Professional Journalists.Briana is a Junior journalism major with the aspiration to write about human rights for magazines and the internet. 

Vice President: Katie Venetsky
e-mail: kvenets1@ithaca.edu

  • Katie is a Junior Sociology major. She is also the co-coordinator of First Year
    Students of Hillel [FYSH] with Briana and webmaster of this beautiful site. Aside from Hillel, she is a tour guide and works in the campus center [not dining hall], so she probably knows way more about this school than is even necessary.

Treasurer: David Korman
e-mail: dkorman1@ithaca.edu

Secretary/Religious Chair: Rachel Berger
e-mail: rberger1@ithaca.edu

  • Rachel is a Sophomore IMC Major. She is the head of the religious community and helps run our friday services.