Founders and Staff
The founders of ShalomBoston.com are Jamie Stolper and Ross Silverstein, third generation Bostonians who are involved members of the local Jewish community. We have combined our love of all things Jewish with our business backgrounds to create and maintain this resource for others who are searching for information and a sense of community.
Jamie Stolper
Jamie Stolper has been active in the Jewish and business worlds all her adult life. She received a bachelors and masters degree from MIT's Sloan School of Management, as well as a Bachelor of Hebrew Literature from Hebrew College. She spent many years working at Data Resources, Inc. doing economic forecasting and consulting. While raising a family with three sons, she moved on to work as an independent consultant specializing in the valuation of intangible assets, and continued a long period of involvement in various secular and Jewish community organizations, including the Newton Public Schools, Hebrew College, Solomon Schechter Day School of Greater Boston, The Rashi School, Combined Jewish Philanthropies, American Jewish Committee, and others. After a short hiatus from the secular business world, Jamie returned to her first love, Jewish education, and taught at several area Hebrew schools, including the Prozdor at Hebrew College and Temple Beth Elohim in Wellesley. She currently teaches at Congregation Or Atid in Wayland and Temple Emanuel in Newton, and serves as the Associate Education Director at Congregation Or Atid.
Jamie co-founded ShalomBoston.com in 2000 and has become its President, responsible for all aspects of the web site. In addition, as the Food Editor, she has developed ShalomBoston.com's extensive and popular food features. Jamie has recently, and happily, been invited to present food and cooking programs to various Jewish groups in the area, including synagogues, women's organizations, and youth groups.
Jamie lives in Newton with her husband David and the youngest of their three sons. She enjoys reading, listening to music, dancing, and spending time with friends and extended family.
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Ross Silverstein
Ross Silverstein is the Founder, President and CEO of iPROMOTEu, an eight-year-old $43 million distributor organization operating in the promotional products industry. Prior to founding iPROMOTEu, Ross served for seven years as Executive Vice President and General Counsel with the RE/MAX real estate organization. Before joining RE/MAX, Ross was a corporate attorney specializing in financings and acquisitions at Goodwin Proctor LLP in Boston. Ross graduated from Boston College summa cum laude with a B.S. in Management. He then earned an S.M. in Management from the Sloan School of Management at M.I.T. and a J.D. from Boston University School of Law.
Ross is an active member of Congregation Or Atid, a conservative congregation in Wayland. He has served on the Congregation's Board of Directors and as the Co-Chair of its Ritual Committee. Ross grew up as a member of Temple Israel, a Reform congregation in Boston, and still maintains an affiliation there. Ross is also a graduate of Prozdor at Hebrew College in Newton. Ross, along with his mother and two sisters, were founding contributors to The Rashi School, the Boston-Area Reform Jewish Day School, based in Newton. Ross served for several years on the School's Board of Directors and, for one year, he was Vice President of Fundraising and Co-Chair, along with his sister, Jamie, of the School's very successful Cantors in Concert fundraising event.
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Julie Weisman
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Julie Weisman has been working at ShalomBoston.com since the very beginning. Julie graduated from Dartmouth College with a major in Russian Language & Literature. She put those skills to use working for HIAS (Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society) with the Soviet emigrants in Vienna.
Julie has remained involved in the local Jewish communityu. She has also been active in the Newton Public Schools as a PTO president and a co-president of the citywide PTO council.
Julie has three children and lives in Newtonville with her husband, Doug, and her dog.
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Adam Grossman
Adam has been performing website updates and maintenence to the site since 2002, and continues to strive to enhance the technology and backend of the website. He currently owns and maintains his own web consulting business, http://www.grossmaninteractive.com/. Prior to the business, Adam went to Brandeis University where he completed his BA in Computer Science. He then earned his MBA from Babson College's Online School of Business. Adam is married and predicts several children in his future.
We have additional employment and volunteer opportunities available now at ShalomBoston.com. Please contact us if you are interested in joining our enthusiastic team.