Center for Jewish Studies Advisory Board
Director:
Dr. Richard Chess
UNCA, Literature and Language
rchess@unca.edu
Chair:
Dr. Jay Jacoby
jjacoby@unca.edu
Treasurer:
Dr. Robert Yearout
UNCA, Management
yearout@unca.edu
Secretary:
Professor Randee Goodstadt
Chair, Social & Behavioral Sciences
Asheville/Buncombe Technical Community College
rgoodstadt@asheville.cc.nc.us
Members of the Board:
Carol Cohen
phicoh40834@webtv.net
Dr. Lisa Friedenberg
Dean for Social Sciences, UNCA
friedenberg@unca.edu
Sharon Fahrer
Heather Whitaker Goldstein, Executive Director
Asheville Jewish Community Center
heather@jcc-asheville.org
Barbara Jaslow
barbjas@aol.com
Dr. Ed Katz
Associate Provost, UNCA
ekatz@unca.edu
Sharyn McDonald-Groh
smcgroh@worldnet.att.net
Debi Miles, Director
Center for Diversity Education
dmiles@unca.edu
Janet Oppenheimer, Executive Director
WNC Jewish Federation
joprstrategy@charter.net
Dr. Rodger Payne
Chair, Dept. of Religious Studies
UNCA
rpayne@unca.edu
Ken Schapira
wilsonpersonnel@bellsouth.net
Helen Wykle
UNCA, Ramsey Library
hwykle@unca.edu
Ex-officio:
Rabbi Batsheva Meiri
Beth HaTephila Congregation
rabbi@bethhatephila.org
Rabbi Robert Cabelli
Congregation Beth Israel
rabbibethisrael@bellsouth.net
Rabbi Shaya Susskind
Chabad House
WNC Hillel
Jennie Burrowes, WNC Hillel Intern
jennie.burrowes@gmail.com