Dr. Ben Rubenstein and Eric Miller joined the advisory committee last month for Tidewater BBYO’s Old Dominion AZA.
BBYO advisors serve as role models working in partnership with staff members to supervise and guide AZA and BBG chapters. Advisors empower each BBYO member to do their best, develop new leadership skills, and grow into dynamic and engaged young Jewish leaders.
A Tidewater native, Eric Miller was an active member of BBYO during his teen years. In fact, during his senior year at Cape Henry Collegiate, Miller served as the Godol (president) of Dr. Israel Brown AZA. In 2012, Miller graduated from Virginia Wesleyan College, now University, with a bachelor’s degree in business management. He currently serves as the account manager at Fairwinds Terminal Services in Norfolk. When not at work, Miller says he enjoys spending time with friends and family, playing golf, and during football season, watching the New York Giants, “even if they lose just about every game.”
Not long after graduating from VWC, Miller advised Dr. Israel Brown for about five years. He says it was a great experience, and that he enjoyed being affiliated with BBYO again, as it reminded him “of the good times in high school and the many friendships” that were formed by it.
Dr. Benjamin Rubinstein was born in Michigan but grew up in Northern Virginia. He was an active member of AZA throughout high school, serving as Godol of Nova Council his senior year. Rubinstein is a graduate of Harvard College and Columbia Medical School. He completed his residency at Eastern Virginia Medical School and a fellowship at Mount Sinai in New York. An Ear, Nose, and Throat physician in Norfolk and Virginia Beach, Rubinstein is also an associate professor at Old Dominion University.
When not at work, Rubinstein says he enjoys salsa dancing, hiking at First Landing State Park, going to the beach, and playing guitar. Rubinstein and his wife, Rebecca, have two small boys, Ezra and Nathan, and an adopted dog, Hippo. A member of Nadiv, Rubinstein says he joined the AZA advisory committee because he “enjoys mentoring students.” He says he “had a great advisor” during his time in BBYO and wants to give teens in Tidewater a similar experience to what he had.
Simcha BBG is seeking advisors for its advisory committee.
If interested in becoming an advisor for BBG or AZA, contact Courtney Krutoy, Tidewater city director, at ckrutoy@bbyo.org.