Our Staff
Max Jasny
Office Manager
email: mvhcoffice@gmail.com
Max Jasny, along with his wife Michelle Gerhard Jasny, has been actively involved in the Hebrew Center for over thirty years. He has served as Minhag Committee chair, Trustee, and Vice President, and has also led lay services and taught in the Religious School. He brings to his job in the office years of experience in office and business administration, computer skills, and customer service. Max has worked as a social worker and counselor and in behavioral pharmacology.
Seth Karlinsky
Office Manager
email: mvhebrewcenter@gmail.com
Sally Cohn
Fundraising and Development
Events and Holiday Planning
Sally Cohn has been a member of the MVHC since 1997. She was past vice president and president of the MVHC and has been teaching in the religious school for many years.
She has a masters degree in Nursing, is a dancer, choreographer and dance photographer. She was staff photographer at the Vineyard Playhouse, the Yard, and has been photographing at the center since 2005.
Sally has been doing production work, event planning, fundraising, and development for organizations for over 35 years. She is happy to be working at the MVHC.
Anita Smith
Educational Director
email: arsmvhc@gmail.com
A professional educator and school administrator, Anita maintains a high standard of Jewish education. We look forward to a year
Donna Foster
Summer Institute Program Administrator
email: info@mvsummerinstitute.org
Donna first came to the Vineyard with a cousin on a sailboat more than 40 years ago and has been returning ever since from her home in North Carolina. She had a long career in sales before jumping at the opportunity to work with the Summer Institute. As program administrator, she enjoys working with the Committee Chair, and is grateful to the staff, volunteers and sponsors that all contribute to the success of the program. As daughter of the late Herbert L. Foster, a past president of the Hebrew Center, she finds her work with the Summer Institute a satisfying and meaningful connection to her parents. On the Vineyard she is also active with the Friends of the Edgartown Public Library, whose Herb & Anita Staff Education Fund honors her educator parents. When she’s not crunching the myriad details of Summer Institute plans, she enjoys exploring the Island’s many trails, working on photography, and on her memoir-based writing projects. /p>