Meet Our Lay Leaders

Darkhei Noam is led entirely by a group of lay leaders including its co-chairs, board members, gabbaim, laining and davening coordinators. We strive to make Darkhei Noam a warm and inclusive spiritual home and encourage everyone to introduce him or herself to our lay leaders at kiddush on Shabbat.   If you would like to contact our lay leadership during the week, please e-mail the Board's secretary at secretary@dnoam.org.
 
Allie Alperovich (co-chair)  has been a member of the Board since 2007 and formerly coordinated youth programming for Darkhei Noam and was a chesed committee member.  She is also on the board of the Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance.  Allie is an associate in the New York office of Ropes and Gray.

Dave Berman has been a member of Darkhei Noam since 2009 and is excited to be joining the board. He graduated from NYU in 2008 where he studied Economics and Jazz Performance, and is currently a medical student at Mount Sinai. He has been amazed by the warmth of community at Darkhei Noam, and enjoys serving as gabbai. An alum of Frisch and Pardes, Dave has a love for anything and everything Jewish. In addition to Judaism and medicine, Dave is also interested in photography, music and creative writing.

Josh Getzler (executive committee), was at the first meeting of Darkhei Noam in 2002, and has been coming ever since. A member of the Board since its inception, Josh served as co-chair from 2007-2009.  A native New Yorker, Josh is a literary agent 24/6.

Bruce Goldberger has been a member of the Board since 2009 and is actively involved with the children's service.  He is also a member of the International Council of the New Israel Fund and a member of the Board of Directors of the Judaism and Democracy Action Alliance of North America, Inc.  Bruce is a compensation and benefits attorney with the law firm Hughes Hubbard & Reed and is married to Esther Sperber, an architect.  

Noam Lockshin has been a member of Darkhei Noam since 2007 and joined the board in 2008. He is part of the committee responsible for planning events around holidays. Noam works in finance in New York.

Rachel Mackson-Landsberg has been a member of Darkhei Naom since its inception. She joined the board in 2007 and coordinates davening for the minyan. A Jewish educator by training, Rachel is currently a stay-at-home mom.

Tamar Major joined Darkhei Noam's board at its inception. She served as co-chair of the board from 2006-2008 and continues to be an active board member. She is married to Irwin and mother of Ariella, Orli and Erez. She works as a real estate investor.

Molly Pollak teaches English at SAR High School.  A founder of the Lincoln Square Women's Tefillah, Molly has been working on finding ways for women's expanded participation in Jewish communal life for over thirty years.

David Rendsburg has been of member of Darkhei Noam since 2006 and joined the board in 2008.  He helps coordinate kiddush and food for events and is a member of the gabbai team.  David is the Associate Director of Outdoor Adventures at Hazon, coordinating the logistics for Hazon's charity bicycle rides in New York, California, and Israel.

Joe Septimus is CFO of Ping Mobile a mobile marketing company. He teaches Torah on Shabbos morning at Darkhei Noam, as well as other adult ed. venues. Joe is Treasurer of the Beth Din of America , is a Wexner Heritage Fellowship alum, and is co-editing the Study Guide to accompany a Skirball Center project of cinematic approaches to interpreting the Hagaddah. He loves the Darkhei Noam community because it challenges him to take responsibility for his Judaism.

Ann Scherzer became a member of the board in 2004. Since then, Ann worked on developing youth programming, the Kiddush program, and the website Ann?s husband Dov frequently davens and leins for the minyan. Her children Jonathan and Julia celebrated their bnai mitzvot at Darkhei Noam and her son Gabriel regularly concludes the service with a group of his friends.  Ann is an attorney at the First Department Disciplinary Committee.

Roz Singer has been a member of Darkhei Noam since 2009. Prior to moving up to New York from Washington, DC in September 2008, Roz served on the board of Kesher Israel and also coordinated Kesher's Women's Tfillah and Study Group for several years. She currently works for the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations and is married to Robert Bindiger.

Lina Sion and her family joined Darkhei Noam in 2005. Shortly thereafter, she volunteered to read Torah and in June 2007 her daughter Jessica celebrated her Bat Mitzvah there. She's been handling leining assignments since 2007. Lina is a literary agent with Global Literary Management.

Neal Smolar, a recent addition to the Board, has been a member of Darkhei Noam since 2005. He serves as gabbai at Darkhei Noam, and also as husband to Betsy, and father to Avigayil, Yael and Aidan.  When he is not at Darkhei Noam, Neal is a senior transactional attorney for a global banking organization.

Chaim Steinberger (co-chair) joined Darkhei Noam almost at its beginning, and has been a Board member since 2006.  He often leads davening at the minyan, but what he finds most meaningful is the communal singing of the tefilot.  With his wife of 36 years, Chaim and Naomi also enjoy the social aspects of the minyan community.  They have 2 grown children whom they are very proud of. Chaim lived in Israel for 9 years, served for several years in the Israeli army, and has lived on the Upper West Side for over 30 years. He also serves as Treasurer of a summer shul in northern Westchester County, NY.

Michael Zeuner and his family have been members of Darkhei Noam since 2004. He joined the board in 2006 and currently serves as Treasurer. Michael is an executive with GenSpring Family Offices - a Palm Beach Florida based multi-family office.