Rachel Silton spent the majority of her childhood in Charlotte, North Carolina, a city with a rather small Jewish population and community. Hailing from families raised in the Conservative movement in New York, Rachel’s parents strived to provide her with a strong Jewish upbringing […]
Rabbi Enan Francis is the Head of School at Torah Day (TDS) School in Houston. In 2016, Rabbi Francis and his wife, Gitty, together with their five children, Sholom, Ellie, Zalman, Shaya, and Berel, embarked on a transformative journey to Houston to lead the administrative […]
Josh Barvin is a Director of Commercial Development for Occidental Petroleum’s 1PointFive Sequestration group. Josh focuses on Development of CO2 sequestration hubs and dedicated sequestration facilities, providing CO2 transport and sequestration services to industrial facilities across the United States. Prior to this role, Josh worked […]
Randall Czarlinsky is currently the Executive Director of the American Jewish Committee’s (AJC) Houston Region. He returned to Houston in 2006 after serving for four years as the Executive Director of the Jewish Federation of Greater Charlotte. He served for more than 11 years […]
David M. Scott, RJE, MARE is the Director of Lifelong Learning and Engagement at Congregation Beth Israel and Director of the Miriam Browning Jewish Learning Center, the congregation’s religious school program. David has served the congregation full time since January 2014, after practicing law […]
Lisa Klein is the Managing Director of Jewish Education at the Jewish Federation of Greater Houston. A native Houstonian, Lisa grew up at Congregation Beth Yeshurun where she attended the William S. Malev Religious school and worked as a B’nai Mitzvah tutor. She was […]
Gabrielle “Gabi” Gelman has been teaching at Robert M. Beren Academy for the past 15 years. She currently teaches Middle and High School Bible and has also taught Kindergarten Judaics. Additionally, Gabi is a curriculum planner for the RMBA Tanach department. She passionately believes that each […]
Daniel Barvin lives in Houston with his wife Kaori and son Kai. Daniel works for Coya Therapeutics, as the Director of strategic planning and operations, where he helps to commercialize therapies for neurodegenerative diseases. Daniel is the chair of the Houston Federation’s young adults […]