Inspiring Today's Diverse Jewish Community
Rabbi Yael Ridberg
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Rabbi Yael Ridberg joined Dor Hadash in August 2010.
Prior to joining Dor Hadash, Rabbi Ridberg served as the associate rabbi (1998-2001) and then sole rabbi (2001-2010) of West End Synagogue in New York City.
A 1997 graduate of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, Rabbi Ridberg served for two years as the first Marshall T. Meyer Rabbinic Fellow at Congregation B'nai Jeshurun in New York. Yael received her BA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1990 in Communication Arts and Women's Studies.
Rabbi Ridberg served as the President of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association, as a member of the Rabbinic Council of the New Israel Fund, the Board of Plaza Jewish Community Chapel, and has led a bereavement support group through the Jewish Board of Family and Children's Services and the Jewish Healing Center. In 2007, Rabbi Ridberg became certified as a yoga instructor with Yogaworks. Rabbi Ridberg serves as a commentator and advisory board member for the forthcoming "Guide to Jewish Reconstructionist Practice" to be published by the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, and is a chapter author for the 2007 URJ publication, Life, Faith and Cancer.
Rabbi Ridberg has been invited to speak, teach, lead workshops and services for many organizations including The Jewish Funder's Network, UJA Task Force on the Jewish Woman, AIDS Interfaith New York, Planned Parenthood of NYC, URJ Commission on Synagogue Affiliation, Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance, Ma'yan: The Jewish Women's Project of the JCC in Manhattan, The Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty, Rabbis for Human Rights - North America, and the Jewish Reconstructionist Federation. In 2003 she was named by Jewish Women International as one of 10 Women to Watch.
Rabbi Ridberg and her family live in La Jolla.
Article in the Union Tribune August 19, 2010
Prior to joining Dor Hadash, Rabbi Ridberg served as the associate rabbi (1998-2001) and then sole rabbi (2001-2010) of West End Synagogue in New York City.
A 1997 graduate of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, Rabbi Ridberg served for two years as the first Marshall T. Meyer Rabbinic Fellow at Congregation B'nai Jeshurun in New York. Yael received her BA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1990 in Communication Arts and Women's Studies.
Rabbi Ridberg served as the President of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association, as a member of the Rabbinic Council of the New Israel Fund, the Board of Plaza Jewish Community Chapel, and has led a bereavement support group through the Jewish Board of Family and Children's Services and the Jewish Healing Center. In 2007, Rabbi Ridberg became certified as a yoga instructor with Yogaworks. Rabbi Ridberg serves as a commentator and advisory board member for the forthcoming "Guide to Jewish Reconstructionist Practice" to be published by the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, and is a chapter author for the 2007 URJ publication, Life, Faith and Cancer.
Rabbi Ridberg has been invited to speak, teach, lead workshops and services for many organizations including The Jewish Funder's Network, UJA Task Force on the Jewish Woman, AIDS Interfaith New York, Planned Parenthood of NYC, URJ Commission on Synagogue Affiliation, Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance, Ma'yan: The Jewish Women's Project of the JCC in Manhattan, The Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty, Rabbis for Human Rights - North America, and the Jewish Reconstructionist Federation. In 2003 she was named by Jewish Women International as one of 10 Women to Watch.
Rabbi Ridberg and her family live in La Jolla.
Article in the Union Tribune August 19, 2010
Education Director Betsy Schneider
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Betsy Schneider joined Dor Hadash in 2008 from South Florida where she was Creating Jewish Memories with families for ten years. As Education Director in Reform and Reconstructionist synagogues, Betsy has dedicated her career to educating children and their families and bridging the gap between synagogue life and the home. As a child in Buffalo, New York, Betsy remembers sharing special Jewish times with her parents and sister, which inspires her to offer opportunities for today's families to share fun and meaningful Jewish experiences together.
At Camp JRF, in the summer of 2002, Betsy was one of the Chalutzim (pioneers) as the Jewish Educator on staff during the very first summer of the camp. In the summer of 2009, Betsy once again served as the Jewish Educator at Camp JRF on the West Coast. Additional staffing roles have included The March of the Living and URJ Camp Coleman.
Betsy and her family live in Scripps Ranch.
At Camp JRF, in the summer of 2002, Betsy was one of the Chalutzim (pioneers) as the Jewish Educator on staff during the very first summer of the camp. In the summer of 2009, Betsy once again served as the Jewish Educator at Camp JRF on the West Coast. Additional staffing roles have included The March of the Living and URJ Camp Coleman.
Betsy and her family live in Scripps Ranch.
Administrator Mark Newman
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Mark Newman began his ninth
year with Dor Hadash in July 2011. He came to Dor Hadash
from over 30 years of administration in not-for-profit arts organizations for
which he continues to serve as consultant and advocate.
Mark still finds time to work as a professional actor, stage director, acting instructor and playwright.
Mark will stage readings of selected full-length plays for the Third Annual Across the Generations New Jewish Play Festival at Dor Hadash in August 2012.
In July 2006 Mark directed and produced a play he also wrote, Moms in America, which explores the relationships of three generations of American Jewish men.
Born and raised in The Bronx, Mark attended public schools in New York City, culminating in three glorious years at the High School of Music & Art ("Fame") while concurrently attending the Sholem Aleichem Folkshuln where he studied Yiddish language, literature and Jewish culture. With the Music & Art chorus he sang onstage at Carnegie Hall, and with the Sholem Aleichem Folkshul choir, he sang onstage at Town Hall in New York.
He holds an M.F.A. from the California Institute of the Arts in Theatre and a B.S. in Drama from Syracuse University.
Mark is also a California licensed Professional Fiduciary and Conservator.
Mark still finds time to work as a professional actor, stage director, acting instructor and playwright.
Mark will stage readings of selected full-length plays for the Third Annual Across the Generations New Jewish Play Festival at Dor Hadash in August 2012.
In July 2006 Mark directed and produced a play he also wrote, Moms in America, which explores the relationships of three generations of American Jewish men.
Born and raised in The Bronx, Mark attended public schools in New York City, culminating in three glorious years at the High School of Music & Art ("Fame") while concurrently attending the Sholem Aleichem Folkshuln where he studied Yiddish language, literature and Jewish culture. With the Music & Art chorus he sang onstage at Carnegie Hall, and with the Sholem Aleichem Folkshul choir, he sang onstage at Town Hall in New York.
He holds an M.F.A. from the California Institute of the Arts in Theatre and a B.S. in Drama from Syracuse University.
Mark is also a California licensed Professional Fiduciary and Conservator.
