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 Adam
Berman Executive Director
Adam has been at Isabella Freedman since 2002. Prior to becoming Executive Director, Adam served for three years as the Director of the Teva Learning Center, a program created at Isabella Freedman in 1995. He teaches widely on issues related to Judaism, ecology, and leadership and founded the Adamah Fellowship at Isabella Freedman in 2003. He holds a B.A. from Brown University and an M.B.A from the University of California at Berkeley.
 Amy Hannes
Program Director
Amy Hannes began her career as a Jewish communal activist in 1994 at the Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Boston, where she conducted leadership and diversity trainings as well as social justice programs for Jewish young adults. She is an alumnae of the 2002 - 2003 Dorot Fellowship and spent one year studying at Hebrew Union College Rabbinical School. An attorney and mediator, Amy practiced corporate and family law in Boston and facilitated dialogue among Israeli and Palestinian women in Jerusalem. She also founded The Inspired Palate, an organic whole foods personal chef service. A freelance writer and copy-editor, Amy is the author of the articles Living the Questions: Personal Stories from Jerusalem and Fresh Food and Community: Now at a Farm Near You (pdf).
 Ari
Weller Associate Director
Director, Elat Chayyim Center for Jewish Spirituality
Ari is the new Director of the Elat
Chayyim Center for Jewish Spirituality at Isabella Freedman. He comes to us from a successful career as a holistically focused personal trainer in New York City. He created Integrative Movement Conditioning, a complete training philosophy focused on physical fitness and mental well-being.
Ari's integrative body methodology establishes a balance of strength and flexibility while cultivating a peaceful frame of mind. In addition to the range of disciplines he teaches Ari also co-created Embodied Judaism, an innovative class taught at Elat Chayyim and other Jewish organizations. Embodied Judaism is a spiritual and physical practice that is grounded in traditional Jewish teachings about the sanctity of the physical body and the natural world.
New York Magazine named Ari one of the city's top five "Guru" trainers and W Magazine called him the leader of "a new minimalist exercise movement." Ari also brings to Isabella Freedman a background in advertising, and a passion for self-discovery. He graduated from the University of Arizona and will live in Falls Village, CT. with his wife and young son.
Michelle Ores Development Director
Heidi Jacquier Development Associate
Rosalie Bouchard Business Manager
Tara Tayyabkhan Registrar
Aiden Keilty Operations/HR Director
Shivanter Singh Executive Chef
Tonia Moody Dining Hall/Housekeeping Director
Jeff Savoy Maintenance Director
Ross Coco Maintenance Assistant
Vlastik Valasek Rental Retreat Coordinator
Tamuz Shiran Elat Chayyim Retreat Manager
Lee Moore Elat Chayyim Summer Program Director
Ahron Lerman Office Manager
Olga Permitina Program Assistant
Ben Appelle Bookstore Manager
Miki Raver Director of Senior Programs
Doreen Yohananov Administrative Director, Senior Programs
Shamu Sadeh ADAMAH Director
Josh Rosenstein ADAMAH Value-Added Products Manager
Anna Stevenson ADAMAH Farm Manager
Megan Jensen ADAMAH Greenhouse Manager
Ben Rosenthal Operations and Program Associate
Aitan Mizrahi Goatherd
Yosh Shulman Information Technology Officer
Shir Yaakov Feinstein-Feit Marketing, Communications and Design Associate
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