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Abby Schwartz, Board PresidentAbby Schwartz is the director of the Skirball Museum on the historic Cincinnati campus of Hebrew Union College- Jewish Institute of Religion. She serves on the board of the Mayerson JCC and Rockdale Temple, and lectures widely on Jewish art. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in History from the University of Rochester, and her Masters in Art History from the University of Cincinnati.
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Ariel Weiss
TreasurerAriel Weiss currently serves as the ish Board Treasurer, and is the Campaign Director for the Jewish Federation of Cincinnati. Ariel previously served as the Grants Manager for the Federation, and provided coaching and mentorship during ish’s first event launch in 2016-2017, ultimately providing oversight and evaluation for the Federation-awarded innovation start-up grant which helped springboard our organization’s first event. Ariel previously served as a member of ish’s first Advisory Council, and has demonstrated continued support for our organization over the past three years.
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Holly Wolfson
Recording AgentHolly Wolfson currently serves as the ish Board Secretary, and is the Programming Director for the Mayerson JCC in Cincinnati, OH. The Mayerson JCC served as a lead partner and fiscal sponsor for ish during the first program year. Holly supported the first festival as a collaborative partner and mentor, aiding in the development of our first event in 2017. Holly has served on the boards of Rockwern Academy Jewish day-school, Jewish Family Service, and several other community organizations, and was awarded the Harris K. and Alice F. Weston Jr. "Avodah" Award for exemplary community service in 2017.
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Laura Katz
Design Director & MemberLaura Katz currently serves a dual role as a Board Member and Design Director for ish. Laura is an artist and Freelance Graphic Designer, and works as the Director of Communications and Creative for Rockwern Academy Jewish day school in Cincinnati, OH. Her career has taken her through fashion, the hospitality and healthcare industry, design and advertising agencies, and now to the world of Jewish education. Laura not only brings creativity and design sensibility to our work, she shows continued investment in our organization’s longevity, sustainability, and ongoing creative development.
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Rabbi David Burstein
Board MemberRabbi David Burstein has been pushing the edges of Jew-ish experience for over almost 20 years. Finding his ish in meditation, shamanism, drumming, Krav Maga, peace work in Israel, creative rituals, and plant based living. He loves to create open access experiences for children and adults at Our Village at Congregation Beth Adam - a creative, playful experiential and progressive Jewish supplemental school housed in perhaps the most innovative congregation in the world. He and Beth Adam believe Judaism should be open, relevant, and exciting. And that is why he loves ish so much.
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Kate Minevich
Board MemberKaterina (Kate) Minevich is an independent PR, marketing and communications consultant, and community volunteer. Kate has served on several planning and event committees for local Jewish and community arts and social agencies such as Jewish Family Service, ArtWorks Cincinnati, The Freestore Foodbank, and SIDS Foundation, to name a few. Kate has built expertise and relationships within the Cincinnati culinary community, leading PR campaigns for the launch of several start-up restaurants. Kate currentl
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Jenna Shaifer
Board MemberJewelry historian Jenna Shaifer spent the past 20 years circling the globe partnering with some of the most talented people in fashion and art. This includes working at some of the hottest American fashion houses such as Isaac Mizrahi and Ralph Lauren. Additionally, her career path has taken her through the curatorial departments at the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C. and the Museum of Arts and Design in New York.
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Sydney Fine
Board MemberSydney is an East Coast transplant with a serious love for the Midwest. She has dedicated her career to improving opportunities and outcomes for youth and communities and currently serves as the Senior Director of Program Impact at ArtWorks, where she sees first hand how art fosters connection, dialogue, and pride. Sydney received her BA from the University of Michigan, where she double-majored in Screen Arts & Cultures and Anthropology, and her MA in Education from Alverno College. Jewish culture has always been a centering part of Sydney's life. Sydney serves on the board of ish because it not only connects her love of arts, education, and Jewish culture and tradition together, but it more importantly provides the Cincinnati community with beautiful ways to explore the diversity of what it means Jewish or Israeli.
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Kim Newstadt
Board MemberKim Newstadt believes in the power of the arts and Judaism to tap into our shared humanity and to connect to ourselves, each other and the world. Kim is the Director of Research + Learning at the Jewish Foundation of Cincinnati, where she leads research initiatives, assesses community needs, builds opportunities for communal learning, and applies knowledge of Jewish communal trends to Foundation strategy. She also has broad experience in the arts, having worked as a professional dancer, dance educator, museum professional and art gallery director. As part of the ish Festival board, Kim is thrilled for the opportunity to foster the intersections between the arts, Jewish life and the Greater Cincinnati region.
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Robyn Lamont
Board MemberRobyn Lamont currently serves as an ish Board Member, and is the Founding Executive Director of Refugee Connect, a Cincinnati-based non-profit organization connecting refugees to existing resources within Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky. Robyn has built unique expertise helping to design and build the program-turned organization which she has been successfully leading since 2015. Robyn brings knowledge in organizational formation, board governance, and non-profit business management, and has been a critical asset to our founding Board.
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