Cohort 10 Participants

Daniel Alter
Director of Education
Temple Beth Emeth – Ann Arbor, MI

Susanna Ames
Middle School Principal
The Epstein School – Atlanta, GA

David Bauman
Head of Judaic Studies and Community Engagement
Akiba-Schechter Jewish Day School – Chicago, IL

Katherine Cykman
Curriculum Coordinator & Educator
Congregation Beth El Bangor & Holocaust and Human Rights Center of Maine – Bangor, ME

Amy Deutsch
Ansin Religious School Director
Temple Ohabei Shalom – Brookline, MA

Lisa Exler
Director of Jewish Studies and Ivrit
Beit Rabban Day School – New York, NY

Kimberly Favor
Middle School Director
Joseph and Florence Mandel Jewish Day School

Amy Goldberg
Religious School Director
Beth El Congregation – Baltimore, MD

Lori Green
Education Director
Temple Sholom in Broomall – Broomall, PA

Sheri Gross
Director of Creative Programs
Gross Schechter Day School – Cleveland, OH

Melissa Herman
Education Director
Kol Ha’Emek: The Upper Valley Jewish Community – Hanover, NH

Amanda Hollander
Center City Director
Makom Community – Philadelphia, PA

Melissa Hume
Primary Director
Luria Academy – Brooklyn, NY

Stu Jacobs
Dean of Faculty
Rochelle Zell Jewish High School – Deerfield, IL

Tamar Magill-Grimm
Rabbi Educator
Beth Jacob Congregation – Mendota Heights, MN

Amy Martin
Director of Family Engagement
Central Synagogue – New York, NY

Debra Massey
Associate Director of Youth Programs and Services
Jewish Family and Children’s Services – San Francisco, CA

Chaim Moch
Head of Jewish Life and Learning & Curriculum Coordinator
United Herzlia Schools – Cape Town, South Africa

Lucy Mosbacher
Assistant Director
Congregation Emanu El – Houston, TX

Laura Naide
Director of Religious Education & Programming
Congregation Etz Hayim – Arlington, VA

Elana Nemitoff-Bresler
Rabbi Educator
Temple Israel of Westport – Westport, CT

Deborah Niederman
Director of Religious School and Young Family Programming
Temple Shalom – Dallas, TX

Jonathan Parker
Assistant Principal
Bnei Akiva Schools – Toronto, Canada

Elana Perry
Director of the Jewish Education Collaborative
Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta – Atlanta, GA

Anne Persin
Associate Director of Education
Am Shalom – Glencoe, IL

Kevin Peters
Assistant Rabbi & Director of Jewish Education & Youth Programs
Temple Sholom – Greenwich, CT

Keren Rhodes
Director of Communal Life and Learning
The Jewish Community of Amherst – Amherst, MA

Eric Rosenstein
Rabbi/ Director of Education
Temple Judea – Tarzana, CA

Eileen Sadowsky
Education Director
Temple Emanu El – Shaker Heights, OH

Stacy Schlein
Director of Educational Capacity Building
Jewish Education Center of Cleveland – Cleveland, OH

Barry Shainker
Religious School Associate Director
Temple Israel of the City of New York – New York, NY

Augusta Singer
Director of Intervention Services
The Joseph and Florence Mandel Jewish Day School – Beachwood, OH

Yafit Shriki-Megidish
Executive Director
Studio 70 – Berkeley, CA

Sara Smith
Jewish Studies Instructional Leader
Milken Community School – Los Angeles, CA

Rebecca Tullman
Director of Education
Congregation Tikvat Jacob Beth Torah – Manhattan Beach, CA

Carrie Vogel
Director
Jewish Experience Center at Kehillat Israel

Stephanie Wachtel
Principal of Early Childhood & Kindergarten
The Epstein School – Atlanta, GA

Mandi Warner
Director of Early Childhood Education
Temple Beth El – Rochester, NY

Clifford Wilcox
Director of Education and Operations
Temple Beth Torah – Ventura, CA

Sarah Williams
Director of Early Childhood
Congregation Emanu El – Houston, TX

Cory Willson
Foundation School Director
Foundation School at Neveh Shalom

Michelle Young
Early Childhood Program Judaics Coordinator
The Epstein School – Atlanta, GA

Amir Zinkow
Limudei Kodesh Teacher
The Leffell School – Hartsdale, NY