Board Members and Personnel
JCVT Executive Director
Rabbi Tobie Weisman
Rabbi Tobie Weisman, MSW, is Executive Director of Jewish Communities of Vermont. She is the Founding Director of the Yearning for Learning Center for Jewish Studies. Through a partnership with the Harold Grinspoon Foundation and the Yearning for Learning Center for Jewish Studies in 2008, she founded the PJ Library in Vermont which is now a program of Jewish Communities of Vermont. Rabbi Tobie received her ordination from the Academy for Jewish Religion, a trans-denominational rabbinical school in New York City. She is a member and lay rabbi of Beth Jacob Synagogue.
Social Media Coordinator
Dar Hall
I’m Dar (Chandar) and have been working for JCVT for approximately 7 years doing the weekly events email. I live in Burlington with my dog and cat and also have an amigurumi crochet business. Now I’m your Social Media Coordinator. I host our Facebook page, Website, Weekly Events Newsletter, and all things media. I look forward to continuing and building the content you want to see.
Alison Hill, Havurah Initiative Coordinator
Alison Hill is the Coordinator of the Havurah Initiative. She has a B.A. in Psychology and an M.S. in Physical Therapy. She has been a long-time teacher at the Hebrew School at the Israel Congregation of Manchester, where she is a member. She and her family have had several extended trips to Israel where she worked for the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies. She serves as a Justice of the Peace for the town of Manchester.
Arielle Sabot, JCVT Statewide Teen Leader
Arielle Sabot (they/she) is honored to join the JCVT team and support their mission to connect Jewish families and individuals throughout the state of Vermont. Arielle holds a B.A. from NYU in Individualized Studies where they studied how art and religion can educate communities about the climate crisis; she recently completed her M.A. at the Jewish Theological Seminary in Jewish Gender and Women’s Studies with a thesis on Jewish ecofeminist philosophy and theology. Arielle is deeply passionate about Jewish spirituality, climate justice, and how the two intersect. In their free time Arielle enjoys creating art, cooking, spending time with friends, and interacting with more-than-human animals.
Board of Directors
Ted Molnar-President
Jim Grossman-Treasurer
Judith Frangos-Immediate Past President
Susan Leff
Rick Gordon-Former JCVT Director
Scott Hertzberg
Michael Dick