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.
American Friends of Nishmat
Sharon Liberman Mintz
President
Wendy Greenbaum
Vice President
Binyamin Rieder
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Giti Bendheim
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Stephen M. Flatow
Adina Fredman
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Alisha Abboudi
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Shevi Bacharach
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Miriam Herlinger Glaubach
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Ari Herman
Michael G. Jesselson
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Tamar Kahane
Chavie Kahn
Nicole Kavana
Rabbi Haskel Lookstein
Rabbi Joshua Lookstein
David Lunzer
Rochelle Stern Major
Matthew J. Maryles
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Sarah Roer Bendheim
Co-Chair
Hadassah Lieberman
Co-Chair
Tammy Bryk
Samantha Bryk
Alison Anziska
Debby Aqua
Giti Bendheim
Amy Fox Griffel
Faye Koschitzky
Rachel Laufer
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Jeanie Schottenstein
President
Wendy Greenbaum
Chair
Amy Book
Tammy Bryk
Yonat Floersheim
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Miriam Herlinger Glaubach
Stacey Goldman
Ariela K. Gugenheim
Linda Jesselson
Chavie Kahn
Nicole Kavana
Evelyn Katz
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Tamar Koschitzky
Bia Kryss
Hadassah Lieberman
Sharon Liberman Mintz
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Harriet Sherman Schimel
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Debbie Spinner
Judy Tuchman
Judith Weiss