Shamash Team
The Shamash team oversees and coordinates the day-to-day functions of the Altshul community, including davening, education, communications within the community, and social functions as well as ongoing coordination with Congregation Beth Elohim. The Shamash Team engages in short and medium-term community planning, in coordination with the Altshul Steering Committee.
For the 2011/2012 year, your Shamashim are:
Amanda Schanfield (Congregation Beth Elohim liaison)
Barat Ellman (ritual)
Healy Smith (social and hospitality)
Jacob Baskin (communications)
Lisa Levy (social justice/social action and lifecycle)
Steering Committee
The Steering Committee maintains the long-term stability of Altshul’s mission and values through long-term planning, policy-development, serving as a store of institutional memory and supporting the Altshul Shamash Team.
Current members are:
Aaron Bisman, Seth Brown, Rachel Geballe, Charlie Paradise, Amanda Pogany, Lani Santo, Daniel Septimus, and Barak Zahavy
Gabbai Team
The Gabbai Team coordinates all davening and leyning, and oversees ritual events of the Altshul community. The Gabbai Team also reviews and resolves halakhic questions concerning minyan practices, as they arise.
Altshul’s head Gabbais are:
David Firestone, Rachel Geballe, Eytan Kurshan, and Amanda Pogany.