Meet the leadership team at the Miller Intro to Judaism Program, dedicated to helping you succeed and always willing to lend a helping hand. Skilled and knowledgeable, they are approachable and supportive, sharing their expertise and insights. Take advantage of their guidance and support for a rewarding experience.
Meet Rabbi Tarlan Rabizadeh
Director Miller Intro to Judaism Program & Vice President for Jewish Engagement
Rabbi Tarlan Rabizadeh is Vice President for Jewish Engagement at American Jewish University, where she directs the Maas Center for Jewish Journeys, Miller Introduction to Judaism Program, and supervises BCI - Brandeis Collegiate Institute, AJU Community Mikvah, and Marriage for Life and Opening Doors courses. Ordained at Hebrew Union College-JIR, Rabbi Rabizadeh is thrilled to contribute her culture-merging sensibility towards creating meaningful and inclusive Jewish experiences at American Jewish University.
She previously served as director of student life at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) Hillel and the Simha and Sara Lainer Senior Jewish Educator, and was also a Jewish Emergent Network Fellow at The Kitchen in San Francisco, as well as a Milken Community High School faculty member.
Rabbi Rabizadeh holds a bachelor’s degree in political science with a minor in Hebrew from Boston University, and a master’s degree in Jewish education and Hebrew literature from HUC-JIR. Please feel free to connect with Rabbi Rabizadeh about any questions you may have at tarlan.rabizadeh [at] aju.edu.
Rabbi Myra Meskin is the Associate Director of the Maas Center for Jewish Journeys at the AJU, where she’s honored to walk with those engaging in meaningful identity formation through the Ziering BCI Program, the Miller Introduction to Judaism Program, Marriage for Life and the AJU Community Mikveh. A graduate of the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies at American Jewish University, she holds a Masters in Experiential Jewish Education from the Jewish Theological Seminary, and studied in the Pardes Experiential Educators Program. She currently lives in Boston with her husband Rabbi Ben Gurin and their daughter Eleanor.
Meet Ben Wright the Student Services Coordinator at the Miller Intro to Judaism Program. Ben is your go to person for all things Intro. He is happy to walk all students through the process, provide class information, and guidance when it comes to materials, payment, or anything else. Never hesitate to email Ben directly at intro
aju.edu. He is here to make your experience as seemless as possible.