Our Hillel Staff
Executive Director - Shana Teig Kantor
Assistant Director - Ellen Rosenshein
KOACH-Hillel Campus Rabbi - Rabbi Shalom Kantor
Development Director - Kerry Newman
Office Manager - Sandy MacDuffee
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T: 607.777.3421 |
Shana Teig Kantor is originally from Long Island, NY, like many of the Jewish students at Binghamton University. She holds masters' degrees from New York University in Non-profit Management and Jewish Studies. Shana has worked for Hillel for six years. Three of those years were in Hillel's Schusterman International Center in Washington, D.C., one as the director of Hillel's Collegiate Leadership Internship Program in Manhattan and for two years as the Director of Development at the University of Southern California Hillel. She has lived in Israel and studied for two years at the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem. Shana is married to Rabbi Shalom Kantor and they have a daughter named Rena. |
Ellen Rosenshein - Assistant Director
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T: 607.777.3488 |
Ellen Rosenshein grew up in the Catskill Mountains of New York and graduated from Binghamton University in 1999 with a BS in Geology. Ellen then moved to Arizona for graduate work in geology and later spent a year working at Sweet Briar College in Virginia and a year at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Along the way, she decided that Jewish life was much more appealing to her than geology, and decided to make a career switch. This has landed her back at Binghamton, and she's very happy to be home again! Ellen is very excited about her second year as a career Jewish professional at Hillel at Binghamton, and can't wait to get started working with the students again! |
Rabbi Shalom Kantor - KOACH-Hillel Campus Rabbi
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T: 607.777.3425 |
Rabbi Shalom Kantor received rabbinic ordination from the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies at the American Jewish University in May, and has relocated to Binghamton, New York with his wife and two month old daughter. He will be working as the first full time KOACH Hillel Campus Rabbi at Binghamton University– a position jointly funded by the USCJ and Hillel in an effort to provide the first ever liberal observant rabbinic presence on the Binghamton University campus. Originally from Sun Valley Idaho, Rabbi Kantor learned the joys of working with a smaller Jewish community in the mountains and using the natural surroundings as a source for his spiritual journey. He spent a year in Jerusalem pursuing his love of culinary Judaism by working full time as the chief Wine Steward at the King David Hotel. He then studied at the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies for a pre-rabbinic year. While in rabbinical school, Rabbi Kantor took a leave of absence from his formal rabbinical studies to spend a year in Israel becoming the only non-Orthodox shochet in the world. |
Kerry Newman - Development Director
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T: 212.279.6300 |
Kerry Newman grew up in Plainview, NY and graduated from Binghamton in 2001 with a degree in Jewish Studies and Theatre. She then moved to the Midwest to work for Hillels Around Chicago (HAC), where she engaged students from eight different commuter schools in Jewish campus life. In 2004, Kerry returned to New York to pursue graduate degrees at New York University's Joint Program in Non-Profit Management and Jewish and Hebrew Studies. She has completed a Masters in Public Administration and will receive a Masters in Jewish Studies by the end of this year. Throughout her graduate career she worked in the development departments of several Jewish organizations. Kerry and her husband David live in Forest Hills, NY and enjoy traveling, camping and hiking. Kerry is excited to join the Hillel at Binghamton team and looks forward to a great year! |
Preston Neal - Jewish Campus Service Corps (JCSC) Fellow
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T: 607.777.3428 |
Preston Neal was born and raised deep in the heart of Texas – Austin, that is. He comes to Binghamton from Boston, where he graduated from Brandeis University with a BA in Judaic Studies in May 2007. Preston has a deep affection for squirrels, the piano, the Red Sox (sorry Yankees fans), his Mama’s homemade Challah, and Ultimate Frisbee. At Hillel at Binghamton, Preston works mostly with first-years and students looking for more “non-traditional” ways of exploring their Jewish identity. |
Sandy MacDuffee - Office Manager
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T: 607.777.3424 |
Sandy was born in Elizabeth, NJ, but has lived in Binghamton for many years. She is a graduate of Dean College in Franklin, MA and Ridley Lowell Business School in Binghamton. Sandy worked in the business community for many years in the local area and came to Hillel with a business background. Sandy has been married to her husband Don for 34 years and has two stepchildren and four beautiful granddaughters. Sandy and husband Don own a home in Hillcrest, NY and they both enjoy updating and redecorating and working in their garden and flowerbeds. They are both avid Binghamton Senators fans and enjoy NFL football. Sandy also enjoys reading and keeping in touch with friends and family. Sandy enjoys being on the Binghamton University campus and especially enjoys her interaction with the students. |
