Our Staff

Mallory Kovit

Director, Jewish Graduate Student Network
mallory@phillyhillel.org

Mallory has been happily serving as the Program Director for the Grad Network since January of 2019. Mallory is originally from New York and has been working within the Hillel movement since 2015.

She considers experiential Jewish education and leadership to be the most transformative element in a person’s Jewish identity.

In addition to working full-time for the Grad Network, Mallory is currently earning her MS in nonprofit management at Gratz College. Mallory is also a certified yoga teacher and fun fact, was also a birth doula for a short period of time. In addition to her work with Hillel, Mallory has worked consistently throughout her career with teens in USY and BBYO.

Mallory is a vegetarian, loves animals, especially her little dog, Lip, and is a big fan of musical theater and traveling. Mallory would love to meet up with you and get to know you more!

Jenn Reiss

Director of Jewish Student Life, West Chester University Hillel
jreiss@phillyhillel.org

Growing up in Bucks County, PA, Jenn has always been an active part of the Philly Jewish community. As graduate of Abrams Hebrew Academy and Temple University, she always knew she'd end up working in the Jewish world.

Before coming to West Chester University Hillel, Jenn was the Assistant Director at Camp Galil and the Youth Engagement Coordinator at Congregation Rodeph Shalom in Philadelphia.

Jenn believes that every Jewish student can find their "right place" within Judaism and wants to bring the love and passion of Jewish life to as many students at WCU as possible. In Jenn's mind, no event is complete without delicious snacks and great company. With an estimated 500 Jewish students at West Chester University, Jenn hopes to be able to meet and engage each and every one of them!

When not on campus, you can find Jenn spending time with her husband, Matt and dog, Frankie in South Philly.

38822017_10160750062340322_1496104157654810624_o

Faryn Borella

Rabbinic Intern, West Chester University Hillel
faryn@westchesterhillel.org

Faryn Borella (she/her) is a Jewish educator, ritual leader, community organizer and rabbinical student at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College. She has worked with people from age 2-72 in a variety of settings--from Jewish farms to redwood forests to synagogues to graduate schools--to uncover and rediscover the liberatory practices within our inherited Jewish tradition(s) and to enact them for collectively liberatory purposes in our times. She cares deeply about community-building and ritual as modes of personal, communal and collective healing and transformation.

Faryn is excited to begin her work at West Chester University, for it is in college that she first began to deepen into questions of what her Jewish identity means to her. She is excited to support students on that journey for themselves.

Adam Jones

Jewish Advisor, Haverford College Jewish Student Union
adamkolbejones@gmail.com

Adam Cerino Jones (he, him) is a rabbinical student at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College and the new Jewish Advisor at Haverford College. Originally from Baltimore, Adam graduated from Macalester College (St. Paul, MN) in 2012 with degrees in history and religious studies.

His senior theses examined the use of sacred music in the context of professional wrestling, and the role of race and whiteness in American blues music. After graduating, he became involved with labor organizing, eventually serving on the General Executive Board of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW or Wobblies). Adam and his wife, Katherine, moved from Minnesota to the East Coast in 2017, and live in West Philadelphia with their dog, Marshall, and cats, Ole and Dori.

Adam spent the last academic year as the Rabbinic Associate at the University of Delaware Hillel, and brings the experience and lessons learned while working on a large campus. Adam loves teaching Torah and rabbinic texts, and uses storytelling to foster meaningful exploration of Jewish identity. He is excited to begin at Haverford, and eagerly looks forward to the fall semester.

34480510_10156464905210421_5769801615963848704_n

Rachel Davidson

Jewish Advisor, Bryn Mawr College Hillel
davidsonrachel6@gmail.com

Rachel Davidson is a rabbinical student who is passionate about creating spaces for people to connect, learn, heal, and grow. She has worked in liberal arts schools, state schools, nursing homes, and a hospital, and in all of these settings she has found that the most powerful tool is asking the right questions. She is the rabbinic advisor at Bryn Mawr College, where she builds Jewish community and supports each student along their own Jewish journey.

Our Staff

Our Staff

Mallory Kovit

Jenn Reiss

Faryn Borella

Adam Jones

Rachel Davidson

Our Campuses

Get In Touch!

Our Mission