The Katz Center relies on three different advisory boards who assist the director in the pursuit of the Center's mission. The Center’s Board of Advisors, which traces its history to the board that guided Dropsie College, is comprised of alumni, professionals, and community leaders that advise the Center’s director on key issues, provide volunteer leadership and financial support, and serve as a channel to the university’s Board of Trustees. For scholarly guidance, the Center turns to an academic advisory board comprised of Penn faculty and scholars from other leading universities in North America. To help advance its work and visibility as a global hub of Jewish studies scholarship, the Center also seeks advice from an international academic board whose members include scholars from Israel and Europe.
Board of Advisors
2022–2023
Dr. David Altshuler
Mr. Robert Carrady
Mr. Philip Darivoff
Dr. Anita Friedman
Mrs. Elissa Ellant Katz
Thomas O. Katz, Esq.
Mrs. Robin Klatt
Mrs. Susanna E. Lachs
Dr. Garry Rayant
Mr. Howard Reiter (z’’l)
Mr. Ivan Ross, Chair
Dr. Joseph Sassoon
Mr. Gerald H. Silk
Ms. Louise Strauss (z’’l)
Mrs. Ariel Weiner
Mrs. Ele Wood
Mr. Mark Zucker
Faculty Advisory Council
2022–2023
Oscar Aguirre-Mandujano
Beth Berkowitz
Natalie B. Dohrmann*
Kathryn Hellerstein
Arthur Kiron*
Joseph E. Lowry
Michele Margolis
Benjamin Nathans
Joshua Teplitsky*
Liliane Weissberg
Beth S. Wenger
Steven Weitzman*
International Advisory Council
2022–2023
Elisheva Baumgarten
Richard I. Cohen
Ed Greenstein
Debra Kaplan
Ora Limor
Vivian Liska
Menachem Lorberbaum
Yoram Meital
Vered Noam
Ilana Pardes
Keren Friedman-Peleg
Benjamin Pollock
Edwin Seroussi
Ishay Rosen Zvi
Irene E. Zwiep
* ex-officio