Board and Staff

Robert Lankin, President

 The Jewish Fellowship of Hemlock Farms has been the spiritual beacon for hundreds of Jewish Families for more than five decades.  As the current President, it is my special duty to lead the current board and membership - providing for the sustenance of our spiritual home now and also for the future.  Working with Rabbi Sammi Barth as our spiritual leader, every member of the Jewish community is our concern.  In my work, I draw upon my past experience as a 25 year board member of my Elkins Park Congregation, as an Attorney and as a financial advisor for nearly four decades.

I am fortunate have my wife Holly - married for five decades at my side assisting me with the fellowship's work and other activities.  We have two married daughters and two grandchildren.

Yehudit Moch, Vice President 

I have been on the JFHF Board since the Fall of 2023 and Chair the Ritual Committee. My wife Judith Ullman and I moved to Hemlock in 2021  in part because of the existence of a Jewish community here. Visiting the Jewish Fellowship and being greeted by a welcoming smile sealed the deal.  I love that the Fellowship encourages people with  different   interests and levels of observance. Rav Shoshana is spiritually inspirational for me and brings in people through creative meaningful experiences. Before moving to Hemlock   Farms, I was very involved at my Brooklyn shul, the Park Slope Jewish Center, for decades. Professionally,  I worked as an informal Jewish educator and social service  administrator, working with people from "cradle to grave."

Helene Hodosh-Zaytounian, Treasurer

Amid the craziness of Covid, we decided to look for a weekend getaway home. Our realtor showed us the Hemlock Farms Happenings Newsletter and 2 words popped out at me.  Jewish and Mah Jongg!  After living here for a few short months in 2021, we decided HF and the JFHF were “home” and we now live here full time. My position at AIG as the Director/VP of Operations for the Premium Audit Department allows me to work from home, so we get the best of both worlds. I currently serve as Treasurer and have been active on the Finance and Social Programming  committees.  I also chair the Berkman Building stabilization project. My work with the Fellowship has provided the opportunity to truly become a member of a warm and vibrant Jewish Community as well meet incredible friends!

Nan Siegmund, Secretary

As a newcomer to Hemlock Farms during the pandemic, I found new friends, spirituality, and purpose with the Fellowship. My husband and I moved here from New York City,   where I had always been affiliated with, but never closely involved with a synagogue. Seeing the support the Fellowship offers to its members and others in need, I was pleased   to  join the Board as Secretary and to share my strategic planning, grant writing, event planning and business analysis skills. It has been a privilege to work in concert with the senior members of the Board. I own a small jewelry design company called Playful Event. My background includes 35 years in NYC theatre production, technology, and institutional development.

Jean Seltzer, Director/Former President

Throughout my adult life I have held professional and volunteer positions in public and community service and Judaism. The presence of the Jewish  Fellowship (JFHF) greatly   influenced our decision to build our home in Hemlock Farms in 1987. We joined JFHF in 1988. Because of the Fellowship we  truly feel “at home” and have made many friends   here. As part-timers for many years, we attended JFHF Friday night services in the summer and other  events at JFHF regularly. When I retired in 2007, I became active on the   JFHF Sisterhood Board as well as Women of Reform Judaism at a congregation  in Jacksonville FL were we spent winters for 14 years. I was appointed to the Fellowship Board   of  Directors in 2020 and was Treasurer for a year before  becoming President in 2022. I believe that we do things better when we do them together so as President I have   endeavored to engage and welcome long term and new Hemlock homeowners to join JFHF and actively participate in our Jewish community.  Professionally, after college I   joined the American Red Cross staff in Chicago. In  1967-68 I served in the Red Overseas Recreation Program for U.S. military servicemen in South   Vietnam and returned to  Vietnam in 1970-71 as Assistant Area Director of that program. In New York City I was an Assistant Director in the Greater New York Blood Program   and I earned a Master of Public Administration Degree at New York University in 1977. I then joined the NYC workforce development agency where I was a Deputy   Commissioner. I was Co-President of the Metropolitan Synagogue of NY and volunteered in the NYC Red Cross Disaster Services assisting victims of fires and other disasters.   I also chaired the Hemlock Farms Planning and Land Use Committee and served on the Hemlock Farms Board of Directors. I have been a volunteer in the Hemlock Fire & Rescue Company Auxiliary for several years.