Meet the Board!
Spruce Street Board is volunteer-led and strives to make Spruce Street Minyan an inclusive, exciting, and welcoming space.
Communications and Social Chair
Rebecca Soslowsky

Rebecca is a 1st year physical therapy student at Drexel. Originally from the Philly suburbs, Rebecca attended Brandeis and was involved in many aspects of Jewish life on campus including the Jewish a cappella group, Manginah. In her free time, you can find her listening to music, meal prepping, and spending time with friends!
Religious Chair
Joey Rudoler

Joey is a 3rd year PhD student studying statistics at Wharton. He grew up in the Philly suburbs and spent many summers at Camp Ramah in the Poconos. Joey has been involved with a variety of Jewish prayer spaces (conservative, modern orthodox, partnership) and loves Jewish music (he was in Penn's Jewish a cappella group, the Shabbatones). Find him talking about math or playing basketball!
Finance Chair
Eli Katz

Eli is a data scientist for Big League Advantage. Originally from the Philly suburbs, he attended Johns Hopkins University, where he served as the Gabbai for the Conservative Minyan and later as President of the Hillel Student Board. You can find him watching reality TV with his fiancée, Alyssa, and dog, Luna, and passionately cheering on the Philly sports teams.
Outreach Chair
Melanie Hilman

Melanie is a 5th year Bioengineering PhD student at UPenn. She grew up going to Camp Yavneh in New Hampshire and formerly was involved with the egal minyan at Penn Hillel as an undergraduate student. In her free time, she can be found running or biking on the Schuylkill River Trail or playing her cello in various groups in Philadelphia.