Meet the Greenbergs

Sharon Weiss-Greenberg is a doctoral candidate in Education and Jewish Studies at New York University. Her research for her dissertation will focus on gender studies in the Jewish summer camp setting. She is a Wexner Fellow and Davidson Scholar. During the summers of '07 and '08, Sharon was the Rosh Moshava (Head of Camp) at Camp Stone in Pennsylvania. Prior to assuming the position of Rosh Moshava she had spent many summers in different leadership roles in Camp Stone. She has taught at Yeshiva University High School for Girls in New York and Yavneh Academy in New Jersey. She has also taught at and developed fascinating curriculum for the Bergen County High School of Jewish Studies in New Jersey. She spent the academic year of '08-'09 studying Talmud and Halakha at The Drisha Institute for Jewish Education. She received her Masters in Education from the Azrieli Graduate School of Yeshiva University and received a B.A. in Sociology and Jewish History from Yeshiva University. While as an undergraduate at the Stern College for Women, Sharon served as president of the student council during the academic year of '02-'03. She also served as both freshman and sophomore class president, respectively. She was center in the Stern basketball team and a deejay on WYUR.

Rabbi Ben Greenberg received his semikha/rabbinic ordination from Yeshivat Chovevei Torah Rabbinical School in June of '09. While at YCT, he interned at both The Hebrew Institute of Riverdale in New York and The Hallel v'Zimrah Minyan of The Jewish Center of Teaneck in New Jersey. Before beginning his rabbinical studies at YCT he studied for four years at The Lander College for Men in Queens, New York where he received a B.A. in Psychology. In 2007 Ben published an article entitled, "The Exodus as the Foundational Paradigm for Social Justice" in the third volume of the journal Milin Havivin . Also in 2007 Ben organized and led a relief mission to Southern California during the wildfires.