About Us

Goucher Hillel has been the central address for Jewish life on Goucher’s campus since 1998, carrying on a century-old tradition of student-empowered Jewish life as embodied for many years in the Jewish Students’ Association and the Goucher Daughters program. Our Board of Directors and experienced staff work together with student leaders to fulfill our vision and mission:

Our vision is to inspire every Jewish student to make an enduring commitment to Jewish life and to live their lives with meaning and impact. Our mission is to connect with Goucher College as an indispensable partner furthering the values of the college, to effectively engage Jewish students, and to deepen their connection to Jewish life, learning, and Israel and to transform their lives so that they may enrich the Jewish people and the world.

Hillel Staff

Josh Synder

Rabbi Josh Snyder

Executive Director

Barak Stockler

Barak Stockler

Assistant Director

Rebecca Van Wagner

Rebecca Van Wagner

Rabbinic Intern

Student Leadership 2025-2026

Co-Presidents

Sara Begelman ’26
Rebecca Katz ’27

Communications Chair

Farrah Grubman ’26

Shabbat Chair

Rebecca Siemers ’27

Holiday Chair

Josie Grosser ’28

Tzedel Chairs

Rachel Haggard ’26
Mackenzie Courtien ’28

Social Chairs

Sophie Konar ’28
Fig Klein-Luce ’28

First-Year Programming Chairs

Mackenzie Courtien ’28
Fig Klein-Luce ’28

Board of Directors

Margie Simon ’75

Chair

Carol Hirschfeld Roth ’70

Past Chair, Governance Chair​

Sara Erlbaum P ’24

Secretary

Maeba Jonas (ex officio)​

Emily Kaufman ’16​

Jeremy Kraut-Ordover ’01​

Linda Nathan P ’23​

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Saburah Posner ’02 

David Sibony ’17​

Jonathan Siegel​

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Gabrielle Hattingh P ’26​

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Toby Wertheim ’68​

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Sue Cohen​

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Merle Intner​

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Jean Haim ’07​

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Debbie Swartz ’95​

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April Linder ’13