Meet the KOACH-ON-CAMPUS Staff

Alyssa Blumenthal

KOACH-ON-CAMPUS Editor

Alyssa Blumenthal is a sophomore at Macaulay Honors College at Queens College, where she majors in euphonium music performance and English. She is also pursuing minors in secondary education and business. Alyssa is very active in the Queens College Hillel and general Jewish community and works as an intern with HaZamir: The International Jewish High School Choir. She loves expressing herself through the arts – whether that be through music, writing, or dance – and is very excited to be joining the KOACH on Campus staff. Contact Alyssa at blumenthal@uscj.org.

Teri McGuire

KOACH-ON-CAMPUS Assistant Editor

Teri McGuire is a first year student at Binghamton University in New York. A Nativ Alumna, committed USY Staff Member and previous editor of her high school's newspaper, her two biggest passions in life are Judaism and writing which culminate in an undying love for the KOACH on Campus Ezine!

Richard S. Moline

Chief Outreach Officer

Rich Moline is the Chief Outreach Officer for USCJ. He currently oversees Early Childhood Education, Supplemental Religious Schools, the Schechter Day School Network, Kadima, USY, KOACH and young adult outreach. For twenty years, Rich was director of KOACH. During his tenure, KOACH grew from a small operation to a full service agency working with Hillels, students and professionals on campuses across North America and in Israel. Rich is a graduate of the Wexner Heritage Foundation, a former board member of MercazUSA, a past president of the Solomon Schechter Day Schools of Chicago, the Jewish Youth Directors Association and USY. He is a member of the Advisory Board for New Voices magazine and in 2002 was named one of the top ten Jewish Chicagoans of the Year by the Chicago Jewish News. He is a founding member of the Egalitarian Minyan of Rogers Park in Chicago and due to his many campus visits, has flown over a million miles over the years. He can be contacted at moline@uscj.org - but preferably not during a Chicago White Sox game.

Rabbi Elyse Winick

Director of KOACH
Boston, MA

Rabbi Winick has been with KOACH for 19 years, serving first as a Field Worker and then moving on to be Assistant Director some fourteen years ago. A graduate of Brandeis University and the Jewish Theological Seminary, she has also served as the Assistant Director of the Hillel Foundation at Brandeis. In addition to her involvement with many of KOACH's international projects, Rabbi Winick works directly with students and professionals in the New England area. Given the opportunity, she loves to learn and teach on the topics of Shabbat, the meaning of time, mikveh and the transformative power of Jewish life. When not shuttling from campus to campus, Rabbi Winick is making her personal contribution to Jewish continuity, raising three awesome children with her equally awesome husband. She can be reached at winick@uscj.org

Jessica Zehavi

Webmaster
St. Paul, MN

Originally from Minneapolis, Jessica grew up in southern California. She returned to Minnesota and attended Minnesota State University, Mankato, graduating in 2003 with a bachelor's degree in Computer Science. She joined KOACH's staff after traveling with them on their winter 2006 birthright-israel trip and the annual Kallah. After returning home, she hoped to find a way to utilize her technical expertise within the Jewish community. Aside from maintaining KOACH's website, Jessica also works with other Jewish organizations in Minnesota, helping them to utilize technology to best serve the community. Jessica can be reached at webmaster@koach.org.

[Updated 6/14/11]