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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
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Professional Team

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 (TK-12th)
818.766.9426
Director of Youth Engagement
Rabbi Emily JK Holtzman
eholtzman@adatariel.org | ext. 241

Assistant Director of Youth Engagement
Heather Friedman
hfriedman@adatariel.org | ext. 207

The Club House Director (TK-5th After School)
Carolyn Cunningham
ccunningham@adatariel.org | (323) 364-5384

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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