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The AJR Student Association is a student-run organization dedicated to supporting the spiritual, emotional, educational, professional, and physical needs of AJR students. An integral part of AJR, the Student Association (SA) is comprised of matriculated rabbinical, cantorial, and graduate students. Representatives from the Student Association liaise with the school administration and the Board of Trustees to ensure that student voices are well-represented at AJR.

The SA meets monthly during lunch time on rotating days of the week and is governed by an elected slate of officers drawn from the cantorial, rabbinical, and graduate programs. Each student is asked to pay annual dues, which provide funds for the SA to sponsor community-building events throughout the year. Please be in touch with the student association if you have ideas about how to support student needs at AJR. Our SA officers are here to help!
Optional Student Association dues of $36 are collected in the fall and spring trimester with registration.

Below, please find a contact list of this year’s SA officers:

President: Andrea Shupack

Vice President: Talia Werber

Secretary: Sue Potechin

Treasurer: Leo Linder

Rabbinic Program Liaison: Alice Yasuna

Cantorial Program Liaison: Ben Romano

Student Representative to the Board: Naomi Shabot Wittlin

Student Representative to ARC: Debra Fricano

Digital Learning and Programming Representative: Info coming soon.

Gemach Nus and Gemilut Hasadim Coordinator: Sheryl Gordon

Upcoming Events

Monday, Jun 1
  • A Post-Memorial Day Program with Rabbi Joseph Prouser: Rabbi Roland Gittelsohn’s Sermon at Iwo Jima
    Monday, Jun 1 @ 12:10 pm EDT - 12:45 pm EDT
    Zoom 09

  • Minhah
    Monday, Jun 1 @ 3:30 pm EDT - 3:50 pm EDT

Tuesday, Jun 2
  • Ritual Skills: Matzeivah and Handwashing with R. Matt Goldstone
    Tuesday, Jun 2 @ 12:10 pm EDT - 12:45 pm EDT
    Zoom 09

  • Minhah
    Tuesday, Jun 2 @ 3:30 pm EDT - 3:50 pm EDT

Wednesday, Jun 3
  • Minhah
    Wednesday, Jun 3 @ 3:30 pm EDT - 3:50 pm EDT

Monday, Jun 8
  • Minhah
    Monday, Jun 8 @ 3:30 pm EDT - 3:50 pm EDT

Tuesday, Jun 9
  • Why is this lunchtime session different than all other lunchtime sessions: Jewish Experiential Educational Methodology with R. Ira Dounn
    Tuesday, Jun 9 @ 12:10 pm EDT - 12:45 pm EDT
    Zoom 09

  • Minhah
    Tuesday, Jun 9 @ 3:30 pm EDT - 3:50 pm EDT

Wednesday, Jun 10
  • Student Association Meeting
    Wednesday, Jun 10 @ 12:10 pm EDT - 12:45 pm EDT
    Zoom 09

  • Minhah
    Wednesday, Jun 10 @ 3:30 pm EDT - 3:50 pm EDT