Coulter Janis

American escort of a group of New York students in Israel when she was killed in a bomb blast on 7/30/2002. Janis converted to Judaism in 1996 after studying the faith of her grandmother. Graduating from Boston Latin School and from the University of MA, Amherst, she pursued a Masters degree in Jewish Studies both in Denver and at the Hebrew University. Coulter worked at Combined Jewish Philanthropies for two years before taking a job in New York with Hebrew University, a job that allowed her frequent trips to Israel. She had recently been promoted as the universitys associate director of New York operations and had made a lunch date to meet a friend at the cafeteria at Hebrew University when she was caught in the terrorist bombing. Read less