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Larry Sternberg, Executive Director 
781-736-2063 Office: Usdan 144
Cindy Spungin, Associate Director
781-736-3584 Office: Usdan 152
Anna Berezina, Director of Outreach and Engagement
781-736-5780 Office: Usdan 52
Rabbi Elliot Kaplowitz, Co-Director of the Jewish Learning Initiative
781-736-3583 Office: Usdan 145
Toby Goldfisher Kaplowitz, Co-Director of the Jewish Learning Initiative
781-736-3583 Office: Usdan 145
Dan Levine, Coordinator for Israel Egagement
781-736-3570 Office: Usdan 144
Ellie Afienko, Office Manager and Departmental Administrator
781-736-3570 Office: Usdan 51
Carole Platt, Bookkeeper
781-736-3576 Office: Usdan 51
Larry Sternberg, Executive Director
Hometown: Chicago
Alma Mater: University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Brandeis for graduate school
Favorite music: Grateful Dead
Book everyone should read: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Contact Larry about: Fundraising, leadership, career advice
Cindy Spungin, Director of Student Activities
Hometown: Boston
Alma Mater: Umass Amherst; Indiana U for graduate school
Secret talent: I can say the alphabet backwards
Dream Shabbat guest: Franz Kafka
Contact Cindy about: Student Leadership, Club and Organization Advising, Program Planning, Happenings in the Hillel Lounge, Shabbat and Holiday logistics, Anything related to student life on campus
Anna Berezina, Director of Outreach and Engagement
Hometown: Novosibirsk, Russia
Alma Mater: Novosibirk U of Economics and Management (Law School)
Hobby: yoga, reading, cooking
Who did you want to be when you were 5: a circus dog trainer
Contact me about: outreach, promoting your programs, this website, Katrina relief trips, free coffee
Rabbi Elliot Kaplowitz, Co-Director, Jewish Learning Initiative
Hometown: Livingston, NJ
Alma Mater: Brandeis ‘02
Secret talent: Home brewing
Book everyone should read: The Chosen
Contact Rabbi Kaplowitz about: Jewish learning, religious life on campus, to shmooze
Toby Goldfisher Kaplowitz, Co-Director, Jewish Learning Initiative
Hometown: the hood, aka Brooklyn, NY, now Cedarhurst, LI
Alma Mater: Stern College
Sports teams I root for: depends on who I’m watching the game with :))
Secret talent: I can make and eat a PB and J sadwich without using my hands
Contact Toby about: Jewish learning, all things
Dan Levine, Coordinator for Israel Engagement
Hometown: Forest Hills, Queens, NY…I grew up in Monroe, NY.
Alma Mater: Clark University
Favorite music: Frank Zappa (through 1977), John Coltrane (in the ’60s), Family Junction, Phil Ochs, Animal Collective, Grizzly Bear, The Roots (Things Fall Apart), Skull Snaps, Gentle Giant, Phish (circa 1995), Prince
Who did you want to be when you were 5: Probably a Fraggle or a skeleton from the “Touch of Grey” video
Contact Dan about: Taglit birthright-israel, going to Israel, Music
Carole Platt, Bookkeeper
Hometown: Brooklyn, NY
Alma Mater: Brooklyn College
Dream Shabbat guest: Billy Crystal
Favorite movie or TV show: Happy Feet
Contact Carole about: High Holydays
Ellie Afienko, Office Manager and Department Administrator
Hometown: Watertown, MA
Alma Mater: Lesley College and Chandler School for Women
Hobby: People, Reading, House Plants, Speed walking
Who did you want to be when you were 5: My older sister
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