The Hub of the Ithaca Jewish Community
IAUJC enriches the life of the Jewish community in Ithaca by supporting our local religious schools, synagogues, and the Hillels at Cornell and Ithaca College.
We are also addressing antisemitism in the community, creating educational programs about the Holocaust, offering grants for children to attend Jewish summer camp, and by providing free Jewish storybook subscriptions through PJ Library.
Beyond Ithaca, we support nonprofit organizations in Israel that strengthen communities, and help Jews in need.
Created just after the birth of Israel in 1948, IAUJC is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and is a Network Community within the Jewish Federations of North America.
Learn more about our impact and discover ways to get involved in IAUJC.
Meet the IAUJC Board of Directors
Julie Boden Adams is the executive director of Hillel at Ithaca College. She is an ex-officio member of the IAUJC board.
Miri Birk serves the Cornell and greater Ithaca Jewish community as part of the team at the Roitman Chabad Center. Miri is the recording secretary for IAUJC.
Emily Block is the managing director of the Grinspoon Hillel at Cornell University. She is an ex-officio member of IAUJC's board.
Rabbi Brommer is the rabbi and spiritual leader at Temple Beth-El in Ithaca. He is an ex-officio member of IAUJC's board.
Howard Erlich is the chair of the IAUJC's Allocations Committee and the Investment and Endowment Committee. He is the former dean of the School of Humanities and Sciences at Ithaca College.
Marjorie Hoffman is an artist and art teacher. She is past president of Temple Beth-El. She chairs the IAUJC's Campaign and Program Committees and administers the PJ Library program.
Sherrie Negrea is a freelance writer and web designer in Ithaca. She chairs IAUJC's Holocaust Commemoration Committee, the Global Spotight Committee and the Nomination Committee.
Hanni Ress is an activist and community organizer for the UCLA Art & Global Health Center. She serves on IAUJC's Holocaust Commemoration Committee.
Claire-Lise Rosenfield is a retired researcher in molecular biology. She is the IAUJC treasurer in charge of donations intake, and square dances along with her husband Richard.
Richard Rosenfield is an ordained cantor. He offers adult education classes at Temple Beth-El in prayerbook Hebrew and in chanting Tanakh, sings with the Azamera chorus at Tikkun v'Or, and leads a local square dance club.
Gabriel Santoriello is a technician in the Soil Health Lab at the School of Integrative Plant Science at Cornell. He is taking courses in soil systems at Cornell with the hope of pursuing a graduate degree in the future.
Elana Shaw is executive assistant for Leading Edge, an organizaiton that serves, inspires, connects, and elevates the Jewish nonprofit sector by providing training for professionals, leaders and board members.
Chana Silberstein moved to Ithaca in 1984 with her husband to establish a Chabad House for Jewish students and community members. She serves as the Education Director at Chabad of Cornell and works as a consultant on educational projects for Jewish institutions.
Patrick J. Stevens is an academic librarian at Cornell specializing in Judaica and Icelandic Studies. He is the treasurer of IAUJC.
Carole Stone is a retired freelance writer and editor and worked for Cornell's Media Relations Division for 22 years. She serves on IAUJC's Allocations and Global Spotlight Committees.
Naomi Wilensky is the Education Director & Administrative Coordinator at Congregation Tikkun v'Or (Ithaca Reform Temple). She is an ex-officio member of the IAUJC board.
Marcia Zax is the Board Chair of IAUJC and was previously its cochair. She is a dentist who owns Advanced Dental Technology of Ithaca, NY II PLLC.
