Staff & Leadership
Daniella Yitzchak,
Office Manager
Daniella Yitzchak has been the Office Manager of CAA since 2012. Daniella has been a member of the CAA community since 2004 and served on the Board of Directors of CAA for 9 years, as well as on countless committees over the years. Daniella is also the co-coordinator of CAA’s Chevra Kaddisha.
Prior to working at CAA, Daniella was Program Manager with The Kaddish Project, which partnered with the Cohen Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Keene State College. Daniella also worked at Monadnock Family Services with clients who were challenged by severe and persistent mental illnesses.
Before living in New Hampshire, Daniella earned both a Master’s Degree in Social Work at the University of Maryland and a Master’s Degree in Judaic Studies from Baltimore Hebrew University. Daniella also earned a Certificate in Jewish Communal Service from the Baltimore Institute of Jewish Communal Service. Daniella worked as a social worker in Baltimore City at the Jewish Big Brother and Big Sister League and Jewish Addiction Services and, before that, at AIDS Interfaith Residential Services doing hospice care.
Most importantly, Daniella is the mother of three delightful and rascally sons — Negev, Stav and Liav — who are the heart of her life!
As Office Manager, Daniella keeps the synagogue building going, maintaining the calendar and communicating with CAA members and the broader community through the weekly email, mailings and phone calls. She is happy to assist congregation members with their synagogue needs and loves to encourage a vibrant Jewish culture in our community.
Dr. Elaine “Lainee” Broad Ginsberg
Dr. Elaine “Lainee” Broad Ginsberg received her collegiate degrees from Oberlin Conservatory, Oberlin College, Ball State University, and a doctorate from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. Lainee has been teaching music theory, ear training, composition, music history, and the History of Jewish Music at Keene State College in New Hampshire since 2005. She was also been the Choral Director at Hampshire College in Massachusetts for 17 years. Previously, she taught at Interlochen Arts Academy in Michigan for 8 years, where she conducted the Chamber Singers and led the Theory and Composition program.
Lainee provides piano and vocal music at CAA for Shabbat services and holidays and help train our b’nai mitzvah students. She also serves as the conductor of Mak’hela, the Jewish Chorus of Western MA, an ensemble that performs regularly in the Western MA region and makes an annual appearance in Keene.
Lainee is a published composer of choral music. Her most well-know work is an arrangement of the Hebrew song by Nurit Hirsh entitled “Oseh Shalom” which has sold many thousands of copies of sheet music to date. It is featured on Chicago a cappella’s recording “Days of Awe and Rejoicing: Radiant Gems of Jewish Choral Music” and was performed by the professional men’s choir Cantus during its 2015 American tour. Lainee’s music has received many performances in colleges, high schools, community choirs, and synagogues, as well at several music festivals, most notably the ACDA (American Choral Directors Association). She has been the recipient of numerous awards for her compositions, including the Guild of Synagogue Musicians and the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. She has also been commissioned to write many pieces for synagogue and community choirs, including the Five College Choral Festival (Mass.) and was also commissioned to write a piece for the International Clarinet Society for its annual convention. Her music has been heard on WQXR in New York and WFCR in Massachusetts. She lives in New Hampshire with her husband Roye, a longtime CAA member, and beloved canine companions. Their daughter Maya attended the University of New Hampshire, majoring in Biomedical science, and now pursues a career in the Biotech field. Lainee is also the proud step-mother of Roye’s three grown children and grandmother of nine.
