Bios
Who are they? Where have they been?

Rabbi Shraga Sherman 
Senior Rabbi

Rabbi Shraga Sherman grew up in Sioux City, Iowa and graduated from public school. Raised in a Conservative Jewish home, he was active in United Synagogue Youth (USY) and served as its International President in 1982. Shraga attended the Wharton School and received his Bachelor of Science with concentrations in International Finance and Marketing. He went on to a course of intense Yeshiva study and received smicha, Rabbinic Ordination, from the Central Lubavitch Yeshiva of Israel. Shraga returned to Philadelphia in July 1991 to work with Lubavitch House in Center City, and eight years later moved to Merion to establish Lubavitch of the Main Line. He is 47 years old, married and has 8 children.   
 
Rabbi@chabadmainLine.org

Mrs. Michal Sherman 
Co-director

Michal was born in Cleveland, Ohio and as a very small child moved with her parents to Kfar Chabad in Israel. After concluding her formal education she attended teachers seminary, graduating with distinction. She currently spends much of her time raising her 8 children and working on expanding the programs of the Mitzvah Factory.

Michal@ChabadMainLine.org 

Rabbi Mendy Cohen 
Director of Youth Activities and Hebrew School 
Mendy@ChabadMainLine.org 

Temma Cohen
Director of Early Childhood Education 
Temma@ChabadMainLine.org 

Michael Litchman
Director of Operations 
Michael@ChabadMainline.org

Hadassah White 
Office Manager 
Office@ChabadMainLine.org 

Shaina Herman 
Shlucha 
shainaherman@chabadmainline.org

Riva Goldwasser 
Shlucha  
rivagoldwasser@chabadmainline.org 

 
Chaya Benjaminson 
Shlucha 
chayabenjaminson@chabadmainline.org 

Harriet Shane
Accounting 
Accounting@ChabadMainLine.org