Class of 2013

Jessica Goldberg, president of Hillel at Brandeis from 2011-12, was ordained by the Rabbinical School of Hebrew College in June. She is now the campus rabbi and Hillel director at Bucknell University, in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. Gila Golder writes, “After spending five years at a nonprofit, I joined the laid-off-by-COVID club in June. Currently, I’m teaching preschool, shopping for Shipt and applying for jobs. Counselor Zach Vigliani at the Hiatt Career Center has been incredibly helpful. Watching my husband work on his own job search without a similar resource has been eye-opening — I’m forever grateful for Hiatt’s help. Feel free to reach out; I’d love to network with fellow alumni. (Speaking of my husband, he applied to Brandeis but did not attend. We still get mail addressed to both of us as alumni! I laugh every time I see the envelope.)” Rachel Miller and Gabe Cooper have welcomed baby boy Samuel Paul.

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THE FUTURE OF NEWS: Elizabeth Bruenig ’13 (Twitter: @ebruenig) is helping redefine the world of news media. A New York Times opinion columnist, she writes about gender, family, class and faith, and weighs in on political and moral issues from her perspective as a socialist, a Catholic and a Texan. Bruenig was named to the Forbes 2020 30 Under 30 list and was a finalist for the 2019 Pulitzer Prize in Feature Writing.

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CONTEMPORARY JEWISH LIFE: Rena Singer ’13, a rabbi at Temple Sholom of Chicago, is one of two millennial rabbis behind @Modern_Ritual, an Instagram account with the tag line “Bringing you fresh, beautiful, feminist Jewish living.” Launched with the goal of making Judaism more accessible, the account is a resource for learning about Black Lives Matter, LGBTQ equity, reproductive rights and other social justice issues through a progressive Jewish lens.

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