Rabbanit Dr. Meira Wolkenfeld, 
Director of Education and Community Engagement
Rabbanit Wolkenfeld completed Yeshivat Maharat’s Advanced Kollel: Executive Ordination program in 2024 and earned a doctorate in Talmud from Yeshiva University in 2022, with her research focusing on the sense of smell in the Babylonian Talmud. She previously studied at the Graduate Program in Advanced Talmudic Studies (GPATS) at Stern College and has taught at Nyack College and the Drisha High School Program.

Rabbanit Wolkenfeld can be reached at rabbanit@cbiberkeley.org.

 
Emma Schnur
School Director
Emma has worked in the field of Jewish early child education for thirteen years. She has a certificate in Jewish Early Childhood Education from Gratz College and is currently earning her master’s degree in Early Childhood Education at American Jewish University in a cohort generously funded by the Rodan Family Foundation. She participated in the Jewish Early Childhood Education Leadership Initiative (JECELI) in the San Francisco Bay Area Cohort.
For three years Emma served as a teacher and a Jewish Resource Specialist (JRS), in a leadership program originated by the San Francisco Jewish Community Federation’s Jewish Early Childhood and Family Engagement Initiative. As the JRS, she worked to deepen Jewish learning and engage families in Jewish life. Emma has been the director of Gan Shalom for two years. An alumna of Gan Shalom herself, Emma knows how important a Jewish education is and is passionate about helping the next generation of American Jews form their Jewish identity. Emma can be reached at (510) 848-3298 or director@ganshalomberkeley.org

 
Jenifer Bright
Shul and Preschool Administrator
Jenifer ensures that the congregation’s religious, educational, cultural and social programming runs smoothly. She can be reached at (510) 843-5246 or office@cbiberkeley.org.

 
Executive Committee

President
Asaf Shor

1st Vice President
Irene Resnikoff

2nd Vice President
Josh Kirsch

Treasurer
Ori Kanefsky

Secretary
Karen Kadish

Past President
Carol Cunradi

Members at Large
Thomas Lurquin
Ilana Mantell
Susie Marcus
Thom Seaton
Dan Magid
Jessica Fain
Bryan Hara
Eitan Rothberg
Naomi Kincler