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Rabbi Melissa Zalkin Stollman

Major Gifts Officer, FL
Union for Reform Judaism
Participates in 1 Session

Rabbi Melissa Zalkin Stollman, serves as the Union for Reform Judaism's Major Gifts Officer based in Florida.  Rabbi Stollman recently left Congregation Kol Tikvah after serving for five years as the Director of Lifelong Learning. Parkland, Florida. Prior to that position she served her alma mater, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion as the Program Coordinator of the Certificate in Jewish Education for Adolescents and Emerging Adults. Rabbi Stollman received Rabbinic Ordination from the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in New York in May 2010. In 2008, she also received her Master’s Degree in Religious Education as part of a Mandel Fellowship. While in school, Melissa served as a rabbinic intern for Larchmont Temple, Larchmont, NY and Temple Sinai in Roslyn, NY. Prior to working at HUC-JIR she served as CLAL’s Development Manager and as the Program Associate at MAKOM, with the Jewish Agency for Israel. Rabbi Stollman has extensive experience working for the Union for Reform Judaism (URJ) and its affiliates such as the Association of Reform Zionists of America (ARZA) and the North American Federation of Temple Youth (NFTY). Prior to rabbinical school and during, Rabbi Stollman led several KESHER Birthright Israel trips and traveled with NFTY-EIE and NFTY in Israel as a music and worship leader. Rabbi Stollman also has a Master’s Degree in Social Work from Boston University. Upon graduation she entered the development field fundraising for organizations such as Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Boston, Jewish Family & Children's Service (Boston), and the URJ. She is a proud graduate of the University of Florida and is happy to have returned to her home state. Rabbi Stollman is also a member of the Association of Reform Jewish Educators and in her free time enjoys singing and strumming her guitar, playing mah jongg, and spending time with her husband, David, and their three children.

Sessions in which Rabbi Melissa Zalkin Stollman participates

Wednesday 3 April, 2019

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
2:00 PM
2:00 PM

Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza - Salon HI

Workshop

Ruth Alpers, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (Participant)

Rabbi Melissa Zalkin Stollman, Union for Reform Judaism (Participant)

Keren Gorban, Temple Sinai. Pittsburgh, PA (Participant)

Stephanie Kramer, Congregation Shomrei Torah, Santa Rosa, CA (Participant)

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