Ronit joined the UD Hillel
staff in July 2011 as the Executive Director.
Ronit has worked in the Jewish communal field for fifteen years,
teaching children, families and adults as a Jewish educator and an executive
director. Most recently, Ronit served as
the executive director of an independent not-for-profit organization that she
founded in 2005 called Nishmah: The St. Louis Jewish Women’s Project, devoted
to spiritual enrichment and leadership development of girls and women. Ronit is a native of Cleveland, Ohio and
completed her B.S. in Education at the Ohio State University and a Master’s
degree in Theological Studies at Harvard Divinity School. Most significantly, Ronit is the glowing
mother of boy-girl twins, Natan and Batya.
Ronit also takes pride in her homemade whole wheat challah and makes her
time at the gym sacred therapy.
Ronit Sherwin, Executive Director
Alicia came to
Delaware from Los Angeles, where she earned an MA in Jewish Communal
Service from Hebrew Union College and an MEd in Post secondary Administration
and Student Affairs from the Rossier School of Education at University of
Southern California. Alicia has also worked for Hillel at California State
University, Northridge, and the Los Angeles Jewish Home, studied at the World
Union of Jewish Students (WUJS) Institute in Arad, Israel and holds a BA in
Theatre from Occidental College. She loves Dodgers baseball, theatre and
spending time with friends, family and her cat, Laila. Alicia is looking
forward to getting to know UD students, Delaware and how to live in a place
that has a real winter. Feel free to email her aliciaco@udel.edu or find her on
campus to say hi.
Alicia Cohen, Director of Jewish Student Life
Jeremy comes to us as part of an expanding initiative of Hillel International, funded by the Jim Joseph Foundation. Passionate about all that the texts of our tradition can do—giving us purpose, connection, and ethical responsibility—he is inviting all to engage in conversation. Jeremy’s experience in and out of the Jewish world has taken him from an Episcopal High School and BBYO in Houston, TX to Swarthmore College where he was both a Hillel president and a Hillel drop-out and then to the Jewish Theological Seminary where he was ordained as a Rabbi. For the last seven years, he worked in synagogues (Bet Torah in Mount Kisco, NY and Adas Israel in Washington, DC), focusing on informal educational techniques honed at Camp Ramah Darom, The Curriculum Initiative, and a select internship with CLAL. Jeremy loves politics, Israel, cooking, and, most of all, his wife Ali and their children Sophie and Max. Start a conversation by e-mailing Jeremy atjwinaker@udel.edu.
Jeremy Winaker, Senior Jewish Educator
Onn comes to UD Hillel from from Israel, as our new Director of Israel Engagement. Last year, Onn served as the shaliach (emmisary) in Mobile, Alabama.
Onn was born and raised in Haifa, served
in the IDF as a combat engineer (demolition expert) for three years and
finished a First Sargent. Onn has worked with youth in Israel and abroad
for many years in the ODT and love to hike. Onn has a BA in Communications and, as a student, served as
chairman of the Student Union, was involved in national politics and worked to improve
student life in Israel with the Israeli government. Onn loves Israel and is
ready to talk on anything so shoot him an email and let's start talking: onn@udel.edu
Onn Halfon, Director of Israel Engagement
Nick
is from Chapel Hill, NC, and when he’s not at Delaware, he’s studying for
rabbinic ordination at the Reconstructionist
Rabbinical College, outside of Philadelphia. He graduated with a BA
from Duke University where he studied the
Mideast, and played in the university’s jazz program and in a range of rock
groups. As a rabbinical student, Nick also worked with Jewish
undergraduate arts students in downtown Philadelphia at UArts. Nick was
active in Hillel at Duke, and helped to lead Arab-Jewish dialogue on
campus. Nick has spent a year living in Netanya, Israel, where he studied
Hebrew and played with an Israeli rock band. He spent last year living in
Jerusalem, studying at the Pardes Institute
as part of his rabbinic training. He loves cooking and music. Feel
free to drop him a line or say hi when you see him
around.
Nick Renner, Rabbinic Intern
Rachel began her Hillel career in 2002, working at Johns Hopkins University Hillel for 6 years in a variety of positions including Assistant Director, Associate Director and Interim Director. Following that experience she worked at Hillel of Greater Philadelphia as the Associate Director of Institutional Advancement. She received her Masters Degree in Higher Education Administration from New York University and her BA from Rutgers University. Outside of work she can often be found at the gym or running, crocheting & knitting, or catching up on the many hours of "junk" TV waiting on the DVR. Rachel lives in Ithaca, NY with her husband, adorable daughter, Sage, and cute, not-so-little dog, Orly.
Rachel Ossman, Development Director
Jacque has been with us since 1990 and has seen a lot of changes throughout her eighteen years here. She enjoys getting to know the students, and her office door is always open to them. Besides working at Hillel, she keeps very busy spending time with her husband, four children, their spouses and her ten grandchildren. You can contact Jacque at jspicer@udel.edu.
