Our Representatives
MERCAZ Olami Board Updates
President: Rabbi Dr. Alan Silverstein
Secretary: Rabbi Philip Scheim
Treasurer: Emily Levy-Shochat
Vice President – Australasia: John Furstenberg
Vice President – Canada: Marion Mayman
Vice President – Europe: Gillian Caplin
Vice President – Israel: Miguel Harf
Vice President – Latin America: Rabbi Ari Sigal
Vice President – USA: Dr. Marilyn Wind
MAROM Representative: Leandro Galanternik
NOAM Representative: Sophie Fellman Rafalovitz
Executive Director: Rabbi Mauricio Balter
MERCAZ Olami Va’ad HaPoel Members (as of February 2016)
Rabbi Steve Wernick USA
Mr. David Sefton Canada
Ms. Josefina Chudnobsky Brazil
Rabbi Vernon Kurtz USA
Mr. Claude Machline France
Mrs. Gillian Caplin UK
Mr. Amos Schonfield UK
Mrs. Janet Tobin USA
Mr. Edgardo Band Argentina
MERCAZ Olami Va’ad HaPoel Alternate Members (as of February 2016)
Rabbi Eytan Hammerman USA
Rabbi Phil Scheim Canada
Ms. Tehila Reuben Israel
Mr. Moshe Cohen Israel
Mr. Steve Rubner Australia
Rabbi Julie Schonfeld USA
Mr. Adam Schonberger Hungary
Rabbi Randall Brown USA
Mrs. Gloria Cohen USA
Mrs. Marion Mayman Canada
Mr. Aaron Pluemer USA
Dr. Marilyn Wind USA
Mrs. Nurit Yardeni-Levi Israel
Mrs. Gloria Landy USA
Mrs. Margo Gold USA
Ms. Carol Simon USA
Mr. Allan Gottesman USA
Ms. Sandy Starkman USA
Mr. Ralphy Jhirad India
Amit Kavod
Rabbi Joe Wernik Israel
Mrs. Evelyn Seelig USA