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A Historic Progressive Conservative Congregation in Valley Village, CA
A Dynamic Jewish Early Childhood Center Serving Children Ages 6 Weeks to Entering Pre-K
A Jewish Day School serving students in Grades TK-6
A Historic Progressive Conservative Congregation in Valley Village, CA

Professional Staff

You can reach any of our professional staff by emailing the links below or by calling: 818.766.9426 and entering their extension. If you leave a voicemail, your call will be returned within 24 hours. This excludes Shabbat and Sundays. If you need immediate assistance please dial the Executive Director's extension and it will forward directly to his cell phone. 
 

Administrative Department
818.766.9426


Executive Director 
Eric Nicastro

enicastro@adatariel.org | ext. 202

Assistant Executive Director
Jessica Biber

jbiber@adatariel.org | ext. 257


Membership and Administrative Assistant
Cady Belkin

cbelkin@adatariel.org | ext. 245


Program and Event Manager
Paloma De Ruiz

pderuiz@adatariel.org | ext. 209

Facility Team

Facilities Director
Patrick Miller

pmiller@adatariel.org | ext. 201

Finance Team

Controller
Marina Reznik
mreznik@adatariel.org | ext. 256

Staff Accountant 
Natalia Reznik

nreznik@adatariel.org | ext. 204

Clergy Department
818.766.9426

Senior Rabbi
Brian Schuldenfrei

bschuldenfrei@adatariel.org | ext. 224

Rabbi
Leslie Alexander

lalexander@adatariel.org | ext. 229

Cantor 
Judy Dubin Aranoff

cantorjda@adatariel.org | ext. 253

Assistant to the Cantor
Rachel Freed 

rfreed@adatariel.org | ext. 222

Administrative Assistant
Debra Peterkofsky

dpeterkofsky@adatariel.org | ext. 244



 

Educational Department

Early Childhood Center
818.766.6379
ECC Director
Chana Blugrind

cblugrind@adatariel.org| ext. 230

Co-Assistant ECC Director
Mandy Pankowski

mpankowski@adatariel.org | ext. 208

Co-Assistant ECC Director
Shelby Fine

sfine@adatariel.org | ext. 231

Administrative Assistant
Theresa Smith

tsmith@adatariel.org| ext. 232

Jewish Learning Community
818.766.9426

Director of Youth Engagement
Rabbi Emily JK Holtzman

eholtzman@adatariel.org | ext. 241

Assistant Director of Youth Engagement
Elijah Zelonky
ezelonky@adatariel.org | ext. 207

Jewish After-School Director
Carolyn Cunningham
ccunningham@adatariel.org | 

Youth Engagement Administrative Assistant
Juliet Melzer
jmelzer@adatariel.org | 

Adat+
818.766.9426

Adat+ Director
Rachel De La Cruz

rdelacruz@adatariel.org | ext.200

Adat+ Enrichment Coordinator
Janet Bornstein

adatplus@adatariel.org | ext.251

Adat+ Administrative Assistant
JC Mejia

adatplus@adatariel.org | ext.251

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