Resumé

Education

Work Experience

Manager of rising voices fellowship, Jewish Women's Archive, June 2023–present
  • Oversee ​fellowship recruitment efforts, crafting networks and communicating with diverse contacts
  • Manage the application cycle and interview process for 48 applicants, selecting competitive cohort
  • Serve as a mentor, editor, and point of contact for 18 high school fellows for ten-month fellowship
  • Develop, facilitate, and evaluate programming including ten webinars and two weekend in-person retreats
  • Edit and publish approximately 70 blog posts per year written by fellows about Jewish feminist topics
  • Communicating with parents/guardians and alum network, providing updates and requesting donations
  • Designed and implemented initiatives for tenth anniversary, including interviews and two in-person reunions
Richard S. Herman Bibliography and Exhibitions Fellow, Yiddish Book CenteR, September 2021–July 2022
  • Led group tours presenting the history of Yiddish culture and the Center to visitors of diverse backgrounds
  • Addressed inquiries from the public regarding Yiddish literature and history via phone and email 
  • Wrote public scholarship and three “From the Vault” articles to promote Yiddish culture to a wider audience
  • Researched primary sources for the curation of new core exhibition, “Yiddish: A Global Culture”
  • Cataloged and archived frequent large donations of historical materials, streamlining organizational system
  • Processed thousands of Yiddish book orders, redesigning customer experience for increased efficiency 
Camp Counselor and Shabbat Assembly Leader, JCC Milwaukee Rainbow Day Camp, Summer 2021
  • Designed and led weekly Shabbat assemblies for 75+ campers and staff of diverse backgrounds
  • Developed and shared lessons on Jewish culture based on PJ Library books
  • Facilitated educational activities for children aged 5-8, ensuring safety and inclusion 
Yiddish Language Virtual Programming Intern, La Maison de la Culture Yiddish Medem Bibliothèque, summer 2020
  • Organized, advertised, and moderated four academic lectures and concerts in English and French
  • Created web pages in Yiddish for four advanced literature seminars and assisted with Zoom technology 
Assistant Teacher, ALMA Jewish Supplementary School of Congregation B’Nai Israel, January 2018–May 2019
  • Taught lessons on prayer, holidays, Jewish history, and Hebrew language to fourth-grade students
  • Coordinated hands-on activities involving nature and the environment at the on-site Abundance Farm

Additional Experience

Co-Chair, Presenter, and Co-Founder, Farbindungen 
Yiddish Studies Conference, June 2021–Present
  • Designed, launched, and facilitated (with a team of graduate students and young independent scholars) the first virtual conference, hosted by Harvard University in 2022
  • Co-organized two subsequent virtual conferences,  hosted by University of Toronoto in 2022 and Johns Hopkin sin 2023, each with dozens of presents and a couple hundred attendees
  • Chaired communications sub-committee, composing emails to 400+ newsletter subscribers
  • Presented paper on the effects of Yiddish Duolingo and organized two panels
Content Creator and Co-Founder, @Yiddishistke 
Instagram Account, July 2020–Present
  • Launched one of the most popular Instagram accounts about Yiddish, with 125+ posts and 5,000+ followers
  • Created accessible and dynamic content about Yiddish language learning resources, history, and contemporary cultural production around the world
  • Educated followers about women and queer Yiddishists and advocated for feminist causes in Yiddish
  • Compiled and edited two zines with a total of 35 Yiddish language or art submissions from followers 
Leader and Organizer, Rad Yiddish Online Yiddish 
Club, June 2020–March 2022
  • Led five online events where dozens of attendees discussed Yiddish texts and politics around a theme
  • Mentored a dozen Yiddishists, supporting them as they hosted their own sessions sharing Yiddish culture
  • Managed communications including Facebook events and email list of 300+ members 
Religious Co-Chair, Smith College Jewish Community, January 2018–May 2020 and September 2020–May 2021
  • Directed six-month project to develop a comprehensive, pluralistic in-house prayerbook
  • Co-developed and co-led Muslim/Jewish Interfaith Shabbat, Nature Shabbat, Poetry Shabbat, and many more
  • Organized 2018 Hanukkah party (200+ attendees) and 2018-2019 seders (75+ attendees)