Leadership

Rabbi Rich Kirschen

Director
Rabbi Kirschen is the director of the Anita Saltz International Education Center. He was ordained by the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in 1996. Before making aliyah to Israel he served as a Hillel director for eight years. He was the executive director of the Hillel at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. Prior to that, he was associate director of the University of Michigan Hillel in Ann Arbor, MI. Kirschen’s instructional area of expertise, “Like All the Nations? Understanding Public Culture, Sovereignty and Religion in the Jewish State." is a part of the wide-ranging curriculum being taught by the Saltz Education Center. He lives in Jerusalem with his wife Cara Saposnik a documentary filmmaker and their three children.

Rich@wupj.org.il

Paul Liptz

Director of Education
Professor Paul Liptz is a social historian who lectures in the Department of Middle Eastern and African History at Tel Aviv University, and in Israel Studies at the Hebrew Union College in Jerusalem. He has published articles on contemporary Jewry and Jewish History and has lectured and conducted workshops in 12 countries. In addition, he has traveled throughout Europe with numerous groups and is recognized as an outstanding Scholar in Residence, who is capable of translating complex issues and realities into language we can all understand. Over the years Professor Liptz has moved from "straight" History and now incorporates Sociology and Political Science in his teaching.

pbliptz@netvision.net.il