Rabbi Sue Laikin Silberberg grew up in Indianapolis.  She attended Indiana University as an undergraduate and majored in social work.  She graduated with a Bachelor of Social Work degree.  Rabbi Sue attended the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College and was ordained in 1988.  While she was a student, she was the Hillel Director at the University of Delaware.  She spent one year in Israel and returned to the United States to become the Executive Director of the Helene G. Simon Hillel Center at Indiana University in August of 1989.  She loves IU Hillel and the students here.  Rabbi Sue is also committed to promoting diversity on campus.  She helped to found Bloomington United, a grassroots community organization dedicated to building diversity and responding to incidents of hate. 

Congratulations to Rabbi Susan Laikin Silberberg for her recent award at the Indiana Commission for Women’s Torchbearer Awards

Leah Hedrick Aft
Assistant Director
leahaft@indiana.edu

Leah Hedrick Aft currently serves as the Helene G. Simon Hillel Center’s Assistant Director.  Since graduating from Indiana University in 2004, she has spent time teaching in Camden, New Jersey through Teach for America and working as a Program Manager at City Year Washington, DC.  She is passionate about youth leadership, education, and social action.  Leah joins the IU Hillel staff being very excited about engaging and empowering students to discover their own paths and develop powerful leadership skills.