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Rabbi Cherie Koller-Fox
President

Rabbi Cherie Koller-Fox is well known in the Boston area and beyond. She was ordained by the Academy for Jewish Religion in New York which is a pluralistic Jewish seminary. She has served as rabbi at Congregation Eitz Chayim in Cambridge, Temple Emanuel of Marlborough, Newton-Wellesley Hospital, and Beth Israel Hospital. She was also the interim President of the Academy for Jewish Religion and is the founder and national chair of the Coalition for the Advancement of Jewish Education. Cherie served as the chair of the NewCAJE conferences in 2010-2016.

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Sherry Knazan

Sherry has been a Jewish educator for many years. She currently serves as the coordinator of the Exploring the World of Judaism program, an adult learning program through Jewish LearningWorks in San Francisco. She was the previous director of family programming at the yearly Grief and Growing Camp and continues to teach a 6th grade Hebrew/Judaica class at Congregation Rodef Sholom. Sherry holds a BS in education from the University of Michigan, and M.Ed. from Temple University, and a Master of Science in Jewish Studies from Spertus Institute of Jewish Learning where she is currently working on her doctorate in Jewish Studies. She was awarded the national Harold Grinspoon Award for Excellence in Education as well as the Bay Area Helen Diller Award for Excellence in Jewish Education. She loves connecting with all kinds of people and baking yummy chocolate chip cookies.

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Stacey Glazer will be finishing her MA in Jewish Education from JTS in May. In 2021, she completed her certificate in Jewish Ethics and Social Justice, also from JTS. Stacey’s Bachelors is in theatre from Florida State University. She is theatre director in Austin, TX, and a founding member of the City Theatre Company. Stacey also teaches both Hebrew and Judaics at Congregation Agudas Achim and Congregation Beth Shalom in Austin. Prior to NewCaje, Stacey worked as an Engagement Director and as the Associate Director for Synagogue Support for USY. Before starting down the professional Jewish path, Stacey was a fulltime bartender. Stacey lives with her husband, Marc Friedman, and her three cats, Chava, Maya, and Simon. When she isn’t working or directing, Stacey enjoys doing Krav Maga, writing Jewish and feminist slam poetry, and painting.

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Jerry Benjamin z”l

Jerry Benjamin, z’l, was the Managing Member of Milwaukee Silicon LLC, a start-up company that is working on a new means of silicon purification that will make massive solar more cost-effective. Prior to that, he served for thirty years as the Co-Managing Director of AB Data Ltd. He was an active Trustee of the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design and a member of the board of the Milwaukee Jewish Community Foundation. He was one of the Co-founders of CAJE. Married to artist Cindy Benjamin for 44 years.

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