Hillel Faces

Serena

Rabbi Serena Fujita was ordained from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, the Reform Movement's seminary. Her first year of seminary was spent in Jerusalem and her four stateside years were at the New York campus. During her seminary studies, she worked as an intern for the Reform Movement's Commission on Interreligious Affairs and was the student rabbi in East Liverpool, Ohio and Woodlands Community Temple in White Plains, New York. She also worked as a student chaplain at New York Presbyterian Hospital for a summer. One of her main interests has been interfaith communication, and she participated in several ongoing dialogues with seminarians from many different faith communities.

Before entering the rabbinate, Serena was a Montessori School teacher. She taught in the elementary program at the Shrewsbury Montessori School and before that at the Cambridge Montessori School. Serena was also the director of the pre-school programs for Boston Community Schools. She has two grown sons, Ross and Craig, who reside in the Boston area, but will pop up on the Bucknell campus from time to time.

Sam Krassenstein

I wanted to be actively involved in the Jewish Life on campus. Throughout high school, I was actively involved at our temple as an assistant teacher to the 3rd and 4th grade classrooms.

I'm a junior this year and an International Finance major. I'm a member of the Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity and I am actively involved in a number of organizations on campus including Bucknell Business Leaders, Bucknell Student Government, and the Bucknell Entrepreneurial Network. I also work on campus in the Office of Alumni Relations with the Bucknell Professional Network program. I have been an active proponent of Entrepreneurship on campus by participating in the 1st ever Entrepreneurship Summit and put together the 1st annual Venture Plan Competition at Bucknell, which awarded $5,000 to a team of students that wrote the best Venture Plan. After college I hope to work for BMW and eventually get my MBA and start my own business.

Greg Wagner

Hey, welcome to the Hillel website! My name is Greg Wagner and I am the President of Hillel. I grew up in the suburbs of Philadelphia, and I am a Neuroscience major. In addition to my involvement in Hillel, I am very involved in other aspects of the Bucknell campus community. I am the Station Manager for 90.5WVBU, Bucknell's radio station, I am the Alumni Liaison on the Inter Fraternity Council, and I am an active member of Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity. In my free time I like to play intramural sports and volunteer to tutor Hebrew in Williamsport.

All throughout my childhood I attended URJ Camp Harlam, which helped me develop a strong Jewish identity early in life. Bucknell Hillel has allowed me the opportunity to continue to practice Judaism and discover what it really means to me. Over the past semester, I have been working hard along with the other board members to create new, innovative programming to reach out to new membership while maintaining the interest of Hillel regulars.

last updated - 2009 Aug 03