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Rabbi Sue Laikin Silberberg
Executive Director
hillel@indiana.edu
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Rabbi Sue Laikin Silberberg grew up in Indianapolis. She attended Indiana University as an undergraduate and majored in social work. She graduated with a Bachelor of Social Work degree. Rabbi Sue attended the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College and was ordained in 1988. While she was a student, she was the Hillel Director at the University of Delaware. She spent one year in Israel and returned to the United States to become the Executive Director of the Helene G. Simon Hillel Center at Indiana University in August of 1989. She loves IU Hillel and the students here. Rabbi Sue is also committed to promoting diversity on campus. She helped to found Bloomington United, a grassroots community organization dedicated to building diversity and responding to incidents of hate.
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Phillip Silberberg Development Director
philsilb@indiana.edu |
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Lance daSilva
Program Director
ldasilva@indiana.edu |
Lance daSilva was born and raised in Caroline County VA. Being Jewish was no easy task living in rural Virginia, but it was a fulfilling one that has shaped who he is and his current career path. Before moving to Bloomington, he lived in Charlottesville VA, where he received his Bachelor's degree in Jewish Studies at the University of Virginia in Spring 2009. While a student, he got heavily involved at Hillel and the local synagogue. For Hillel, he focused on religious life and how Shabbat services were conducted. He taught at the synagogue's religious and Hebrew school, tutored B'nei Mitzvah students, and served as a counselor and songleader for their summer camp. His passions are working with youth, Jewish music, and learning. He is a huge NBA fan, loves to sing, and enjoys trying new foods. As Engagement Director of IU Hillel now, he hopes to help all students that he encounters have a positive sense of Jewish identity. Please stop by Hillel and say hey! |
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Mara Price
Engagement Associate |
Mara Price hails from Augusta, GA, and is thrilled to be an Engagement Associate at IU Hillel!
She graduated from the University of Georgia (UGA) in 2011 with a degree in Child and Family
Development and is a huge fan of Georgia football (GO DAWGS)! She calls Warwick, NY her
summer home after working at the URJ Kutz Camp for 4 summers. Being from a small Jewish
community, she understands the need for a strong connection to Judaism and to the Jewish
individuals in a community. At UGA, Hillel was that community for her, and she was an active
student board member and weekly service leader. Besides being involved at Hillel, Mara found
herself drawn into a diverse range of extracurricular activities. She was an active member of
Sigma Delta Tau, singer in the African American Choral Ensemble, and dancer with a belly dance
performance group on campus. Mara is looking forward to living in Bloomington for the first time
and getting to experience all that it has to offer. She is excited to meet new people and work
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Jason Keller
Engagement Associate kellerjc@indiana.edu |
Jason Keller is from Saint Louis, Missouri. He graduated from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University and was a member of the Zeta Beta Tau fraternity. He returned to Bloomington from Tel Aviv where he worked in Israel’s booming start-up industry. While living in Tel Aviv Jason traveled throughout Israel, hiking, biking, and camping from the Golan Heights to the Negev. Jason was a watersport specialist at a Jewish summer camp and a guide for a Taglit Birthright trip. He is an avid fan of the Saint Louis Cardinals and IU Hoosier basketball. As an Engagement Associate at Hillel, Jason hopes to promote a Jewish lifestyle on campus and share his experiences with students at IU. |
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Ronald Klotz
Center for Informal Jewish Education
ronklotz@gmail.com |
Rabbi Ron Klotz came to the Myron S. Goldman Union Camp Institute (then called simply, Union Camp Institute) to be its director in 1975, during his final two years of rabbinical studies. In 1977 he moved to Indianapolis continuing his work at our camp. Ron is married to Juca Klotz who grew up in Porto Alegre, Brazil. They met while studying at the Hayim Greenberg Institute in Jerusalem in 1969. Ron and Juca have two sons, Jeremy and Michael. Jeremy and his wife Melissa met at camp and now have two children, Zoe and Maya.
Ron began his time in URJ camps in 1958. Being from Chicago, he attended the Olin-Sang-Ruby Union Institute in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin. Ron was a camper from 1958 to 1962. From 1963 to 1974 Ron served the camp as a counselor, specialist, unit head, and assistant director. Ron graduated from the University of Illinois in 1969 with a degree in Finance, studied for a year in Jerusalem at the Greenberg Institute, returned to Chicago to the Assistant Director position, and then studied at the Hebrew Union College in Jerusalem and Cincinnati from 1972 through ordination in 1977.
Ron’s commitment to Jewish education, health and safety, and building community has helped to create a wonderful sense of family at camp. He’s known as a wonderful storyteller, and claims to be a decent banjo player. |
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Melissa Silvers
Administrator
office@iuhillel.org |
Melissa currently serves as the Administrative Assistant. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology from Ursinus College in
Pennsylvania. Melissa has had a variety of business experience including social work, customer service, and quality assurance in pharmaceuticals. Melissa brings compassion and humor to the Hillel Center. |
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