Isaac was born in Somers, New York. He moved to Chapel Hill around his third birthday, and attended both the Kehillah Preschool, and the Kehillah Religious School. He is a rising sophomore at Chapel Hill High School and enjoys running, cooking, and hiking….

Dr. David Leiman is a gastroenterologist at Duke University. His clinical practice focuses on managing patients with swallowing disorders, and he is an active researcher with an appointment at the Duke Clinical Research Institute. He has lived in Chapel Hill with his family since 2015. He has been a member of the Kehillah since arriving…

Ari Weinbaum (she/they) grew up outside of Cleveland, Ohio and moved to the Triangle in 2019. Since then, they have been an active member of Kehillah, as a religious school teacher, lay leader, and  the founder of Third Fridays. Ari works at UNC Chapel Hill providing professional development and educational opportunities for employees. In their free…

Kathy Kaufman has been a Kehillah member since 2000, along with her husband Mike Narotsky. She is a retired US EPA policy analyst. Kathy and Mike live just north of Chapel Hill/Carrboro, keep chickens and an elderly dog, attend juggling festivals, and have launched two grown alums of the Kehillah Religious School….

Born in North Carolina, raised in Pennsylvania, Lara and her family have officially made Chapel Hill their home since 2020 and have been active members of the Kehillah since that time. Her son celebrated his bar mitzvah last year, and her daughter is preparing for her bat mitzvah in the coming spring. Lara enjoys leyning,…

Jen was born in New Jersey and spent her early childhood in California and Maine before her family moved to Chapel Hill. She attended Culbreth Junior High (it wasn’t a middle school yet!), and Chapel Hill High School. She earned a B.A. in History from UNC-Chapel Hill and an M.A. in Public History from NC…