RABBANIT CHANA HENKIN

Rabbanit Chana Henkin, the Founder and Chancellor of Nishmat, has led the way in redrawing the landscape of Torah scholarship and leadership for women, and she is the woman who brought about the Yoetzet Halacha revolution. She has received numerous honors for her work, including honorary doctorates from Yeshiva University and Bar Ilan University, Yakirat Yerushalaim, and more. She and her husband, the late esteemed posek Rabbi Yehuda Henkin ztz”l, made aliya fifty-three years ago, when Israel was twenty-four years young. The Henkins were blessed with six children – including their son and daughter-in-law Rav Eitam and Naama Henkin השם יקום דמם, who were murdered by Hamas terrorists in 2015 – and l’havdil, a growing tribe of grandchildren. Her infectious love of Torah has inspired generations of Nishmat students from Israel and across the Jewish world.

Chairs

Amy and Robert Book

Beatriz and Leo Kryss

Jeanie and Jay Schottenstein

Tribute Chairs*

Nicole Schreiber Agus and Raanan Agus
Giti and Jack Bendheim
Tammy and Hillel Bryk
Susie and Mark Charendoff
Sherry and Neil Cohen
Rosalyn and Stephen Flatow
Adina and Steven Fredman
Nancy and Dov Friedberg
Rose Gerszberg
Leelah and Joseph Gitler
Miriam Herlinger Glaubach
Shevet Glaubach
Stacey and Amir Goldman
Tamar and Eric Goldstein
Wendy and Sholem Greenbaum
Amy Fox Griffel and Martin Griffel
Ariela and Elie Gugenheim
Netti and Ari Herman
Linda and Michael Jesselson
Chavie Kahn and Heshy Kofman
Monique Katz
Evelyn and Shmuel Katz
Nicole and Jordan Kavana
Sarena and David Koschitzky
Faye and Hartley Koschitzky
Tamar Rubinstein and Jono Koschitzky
Alexandra Leichter and Michael Maroko
Hadassah Lieberman
Audrey and Rabbi Haskel Lookstein
Lauren and David Lunzer
Sharon Liberman Mintz and Rabbi Adam Mintz
Ann and Jeremy Pava
Gail and Binyamin Rieder
Harriet Sherman Schimel and Les Vogel
Lindsay and Joey Schottenstein
Sandy and Jerry Seligsohn
Liz Steinlauf
Joyce and Daniel Straus
Judy and Moish Tuchman
Judith and Morry Weiss
*in formation

American Friends of Nishmat

Sharon Liberman Mintz
President
Wendy Greenbaum
Vice President
Binyamin Rieder
Treasurer

Stephen M. Flatow
Adina Fredman
Executive Committee at Large

Giti Bendheim
Yoatzot Halacha Chair
Alisha Abboudi
Executive Director
Shevi Bacharach
Director of Finance and Administration

Board of Directors

Nicole Schreiber Agus
Julia Baruch
Tirza Bayewitz
Giti Bendheim
Tammy Bryk
Susan F. Charendoff
Robert Davis
Rose Gerszberg
Miriam Herlinger Glaubach
Karen Heilig
Ari Herman
Michael G. Jesselson
Constance Kadish
Tamar Kahane
Chavie Kahn
Nicole Kavana
Rabbi Haskel Lookstein
Rabbi Joshua Lookstein
David Lunzer
Rochelle Stern Major
Matthew J. Maryles
Linda Goldenberg Mayman
Francine Mermelstein
Michelle Ritholtz
Jeanie Schottenstein
Sandy Seligsohn
Lisa Septimus
Liora Stein
Robyn Tsesarsky
Judy Tuchman
Roselyn Weitzner

NISHMAT

Rabbanit Chana Henkin
Founder and Chancellor

Rabbanit Yoetzet Halacha Atara Eis
Rabbanit Yoetzet Halacha Ilana Hadad
Deans

Stuart Hershkowitz
Board Chair

NISHMAT’s International

Board of Governors

Jeanie Schottenstein
President
Wendy Greenbaum
Chair
Amy Book
Tammy Bryk
Ariella Eltes
Yonat Floersheim
Rose Gerszberg
Miriam Herlinger Glaubach
Stacey Goldman
Ariela K. Gugenheim
Linda Jesselson
Chavie Kahn
Nicole Kavana
Evelyn Katz
Sarena Koschitzky
Tamar Koschitzky
Beatriz Kryss
Hadassah Lieberman
Sharon Liberman Mintz
Anne Neurberger
Careena Parker
Rachel Sapoznik
Harriet Sherman Schimel
Lindsay Schottenstein
Debby Spinner
Judy Tuchman
Judith Weiss

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