Mechon Hadar Guest

Talya Bock

Talya Bock is a magna cum laude graduate of Barnard College and the Jewish Theological Seminary's Double Degree Program and also holds an M.A. in Jewish Education from JTS.  Talya is an analyst in the Equity Capital Markets Group at BMO Capital Markets and is a member of the Women's Syndicate Association.  She also serves as a Gabbai (organizer) at Kehilat Hadar.

Jonathan Lopatin

Jonathan Lopatin, a former Partner at the Goldman Sachs Group, received an MA in Talmud at the Jewish Theological Seminary in May 2009. He is the founder of not-so-simple-productions and producer of Eyes Wide Open (www.eyeswideopenisrael.org), a documentary film about the experience of American Jewish visitors to Israel. Jonathan serves on the boards of several institutions involved in Jewish and Israel education in the US and in Israel.

Eric Fisher

Eric Fisher practices commercial litigation with the law firm of Butzel Long. He is a former Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York and a former law clerk to the Supreme Court of Israel. Eric is a graduate of Yale University (B.A., Religious Studies) and Columbia Law School, and has studied at Yeshivat Hamivtar in Efrat, Israel. Eric has been active as a teacher in the adult education program at the Conservative Synagogue Adath Israel of Riverdale and taught at Yeshivat Hadar in 2008.

Debbi Bohnen

Debbi Bohnen works as a Nurse Midwife at Bronx-Lebanon Hospital. She was a gabbai at Kehilat Hadar from 2002 to 2004 before she moved to Teaneck, NJ, where she now lives with her husband and two children.

Dan Perla

Dan Perla is the former Managing Director of Iridian Asset Management and a student in the Beit Midrash Program at Yeshivat Chovevei Torah.  He is the President of the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale, and serves on the boards of the SAR Academy and Yeshivat Chovevei Torah.

Ariela Dubler

Ariela Dubler (president) is a professor at Columbia Law School with a specialty in family law and legal history. She lives on the Upper West Side with her husband and three children.  She is also on the boards of the Abraham Joshua Heschel School and Moving Traditions, and was on the founding board of Natan.

Alisa Doctoroff

Alisa Doctoroff is immediate past president of the Abraham Joshua Heschel School and chairs the Israel Task Force of the Commission on Jewish Identity and Renewal at UJA-Federation of NY. Alisa is also active on the boards of the Jewish Theological Seminary and Moving Traditions, and is the co-founder of The Jewish Lens.