Cynthia Berenson

Cynthia Berenson has been on the Palm Springs Jewish Federation Board Women’s Division for four years as Education Chair and chaired the Lion of Judah event in 1999. As a non-Jewish woman, she is interested in giving to the Jewish community which has been so welcoming to her.  Cynthia and her family created the Allen/Berenson Distinguished Visiting Professorship in Women’s Studies. They also established the Director’s Office in the Women’s Studies Research Center.  Cynthia and Theodore recently donated a Chair in Fine Arts to Brandeis University. Cynthia has a particular interest in issues of domestic violence.