Yachad | National Jewish Council for Disabilities

About Yachad/NJCD Staff

National Director
Dr. Jeffrey Lichtman
212-613-8224


Assistant Director
Rabbi Mayer Waxman
212-613-8285


Assistant Director
Blima Druker
212-613-8368


Director, National Programs
Deborah Rockoff
212-613-8269


Administrator, Summer Programs
Nechama Braun
212-613-8369


Coordinator, Summer & National Programs
Odaiah Poznanski
212-613-8376


Director, Development
Elaine Grossman
212-613-8350


Director, Our Way
Rabbi Eliezer Lederfeind
212-613-8234



Prog. Director, Educational Services & NJ Association of Jewish Day Schools
Program Director, Our Way
Batya Jacob
212-613-8127


Coordinator, Family & Clinical Services
Dr. Michelle Orgel
212-613-8172


Director, School Programs
Eliana Porath
212-613-8397


Program Director, IVDU (Beacon) Elementary School
Robin Wahrsager
718-758-2999


Program Director, IVDU Upper School
Marilyn David
718-372-7203


Program Director, Day Habilitation "Without Walls"
Jonathan Weiss
516-880-5706


Program Director, Vocational Services
Yocheved Bateman
212-613-8326


Director, New York Yachad
Program Director, Senior Yachad
Yehuda Charm
212-613-8223


Director, NJ Yachad & Outreach
Chani Herrmann
NYC Office: 212-613-8373
NJ Office: 201-833-1349


Program Director, Junior Yachad
Jonah Sobin
212-613-8143


Program Director, Rayim Yachad
Ari Klein
212-613-8238


Office Manager
Laurie Kracko
212-613-8268


Coordinator, IVDU Elementary and High Schools, Day Hab
Baila Spira
718-758-2999


Office Administrator
Erika Stiel
212-613-8156



Bookkeeper
Paivi Samlihan
212-613-8151


Medicaid Billing
Alfred Perl
212-613-8104


Office Assistant
Mordechai David
212-613-8267

Office Assistant
Caryn Pollack
212-613-8393

National Staff

Coordinator, Los Angeles (CA) Yachad
Perri Tabak
323-228-4191


Assistants, Los Angeles (CA) Yachad
Naomi Lipman
Rena Danin

Coordinator, Toronto (Canada) Yachad
Galya Ouanounou
416-638-6235


Assistant, Toronto (Canada) Yachad
David Silver

Coordinator, Norwalk (CT) Yachad
Freida Hecht


Coordinator, Miami (FL) Yachad
Esther Anton


Coordinator, Boynton Beach/Boca Raton (FL) Yachad
Tzippi Rosen


Coordinator, Chicago (IL) Yachad
Efrem Popel
773-764-6353


Assistant, Chicago (IL) Yachad
Shoshana Zacks Moskowitz

Coordinator, Boston (MA) Yachad
Nechama Cheses
617-412-9599


Coordinator, Baltimore (MD) Yachad
Mira & Yehuda Labovitz
410-358-2342


Assitant, Baltimore (MD) Yachad
Miriam Rosenberg

Coordinator, Omaha (NE) Yachad
Duane Pieper

Coordinator, Cleveland (OH) Yachad
Sarah Taub
216-371-9341


Assistant, Cleveland (OH) Yachad
Sarah Ireland

Coordinator, Columbus (OH) Yachad
Marlene Tewner
614-559-3240



Coordinator, Pittsburgh (PA) Yachad
Wendy Halley
412-421-7655


Coordinator, Dallas (TX) Yachad
Rabbi Jay Weinstein