About Us

Rabbi Ross spent eight years learning in Yeshiva in Israel after receiving an advanced double BA in History and Philosophy from Dalhousie University (Canada). Rabbi Ross, his wife Rivky, and their children came to the U.S., where they worked as JLIC Directors on campus. The Rosses spent three years at Cornell and three years at Princeton. Continuing his affiliation with JLIC, Rabbi Ross took on an administrative role as its Deputy Director and most recently as the Executive Director. In addition, he serves as the Managing Director of the Collegiate & Young Professionals Division (CYP), which oversees the Emerging Career Professionals (ECP) initiative.

In his spare time, Rabbi Ross is a powerlifter and strength and conditioning coach. 
To speak to Rabbi Ross, email him at Rossj@ou.org

Sarah is the director of the new Emerging Career Professionals initiative. With over a decade of experience in communal service, Sarah has worked across Europe and North America, including serving as the Eim Bayit at Midreshet Moriah in Yerushalayim, Aish Director at the University of Leeds in the UK, and Assistant Rebbetzin at Mill Hill United Synagogue in London, where she focused on engaging young professionals. She also graduated from Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis’s Ma’ayan program, training women as Torah educators, advisors in Taharat Hamishpacha and women’s health. After moving to Los Angeles in 2017, Sarah held roles at NCSY West Coast, Shalhevet, YULA, and Yavneh Hebrew Academy, as well as serving as Associate Rebbetzin at Young Israel of Century City. Most recently, she was Mashgicha Ruchanit at RKYHS and is actively involved as Rebbetzin at Suburban Torah in Livingston, where her husband serves as Rabbi. Sarah lives in Livingston with her husband James and their four children.

Channah Cohen is the Senior Educator for Yavneh Young Professionals. Previous to this, she worked for the Center for Communal Research as the applied researcher on their large-scale mixed-methods research study on the “Shidduch Crisis”. She is the author of the historical fiction novel “Guardians of the Flame”, about the heroes behind the Chanukah story. Channah has a masters in Adult Learning and Leadership from Teachers College, Columbia University and is a certified coach. She lives in Silver Spring, MD with her husband and children.