Announcing Repair’s Newest Board Members

Repair the World is excited to welcome Dan Caine (he/him), Rabbi Deborah Waxman (she/her), Jon Cohen (he/him), Martine Fleishman (she/her), and Sarene Shanus (she/her) as its newest national Board of Directors members as we continue to grow the Jewish service movement and expand our reach. This past year has been one of immense change and growth with many joining us to serve to respond to the needs of our communities in pursuit of a more just world. 

With this new leadership of our Board of Directors we will continue to grow the national Jewish service movement and build a thriving Jewish life while amplifying service across our communities.  

These dynamic individuals bring with them a wealth of expertise in national service, Jewish engagement, philanthropy, community building, and social change through a Jewish lens. Coming from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences, they share a passion for mobilizing Jews and their communities to take action to pursue a just world. Learn more about them and all of our Board members.
To see a list of all our current Board members click here. 

Dan Caine (he/him)

• What motivates you to serve? Why are you in this work?
  I want to introduce more young people to the values of Judaism.
• What’s something completely unrelated to Repair that people should ask you about?
  Open water swimming

Rabbi Deborah Waxman (she/her)

• What motivates you to serve? Why are you in this work?
  My life’s work is about helping to build communities, aiding in individuals finding meaning and connection, and healing our broken world. Repair does this work powerfully and I am excited to contribute and to learn.
• What’s something completely unrelated to Repair that people should ask you about?
  I am a passionate Reconstructionist–I studied to become a Reconstructionist rabbi, I wrote my dissertation on the founding of the Reconstructionist movement, I am the head of the central organization. I would love to share more about Reconstructionism.

 Jon Cohen (he/him)

• What motivates you to serve? Why are you in this work?
  I’m motivated to serve by the incredible community of activists and volunteers. Getting involved through Repair the World gave me a network of compassionate peers that made service more meaningful and way more fun.
• What’s something completely unrelated to Repair that people should ask you about?
  Ask me about LGBTQ+ history and culture, Peloton, and restaurants in Miami.

Martine Fleishman (she/her)

• What motivates you to serve? Why are you in this work?
  Tzedek Tzedek Tirdof – I serve to be able to leave the world I was born into a little better for future generations. To keep learning, to pursue causes that I am passionate about and to make a difference.
• What’s something completely unrelated to Repair that people should ask you about?
  Why I have such a strong love for Israel and the Jewish people.

Sarene Shanus (she/her)

• What motivates you to serve? Why are you in this work?
  I believe that service is an important way to connect Jewish young people both to their Judaism and to the larger world while living the Jewish values of taking action to make things better and learning.
• What’s something completely unrelated to Repair that people should ask you about?
  Ask me about what I’m reading.