Cohort 12 Participants
Tamar Andrews
Professor
American Jewish University – Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Suzanne Appel
Director of JDN Early Childhood Center at Bellefaire JCB
Bellfaire JCB – Shaker Heights, OH
Yael Ayache
Head of Jewish Life and Learning and Head of Hebrew
Herzlia Highlands Primary – Cape Town, South Africa
Sharon Bacharach
Associate Director of ECE Degree Programs
American Jewish University – Los Angeles, CA
Sara Berk
Director of K-12 Learning and Inclusion
Temple Beth Shalom Needham – Needham, MA
Randee Bishoff
Director of Education
Temple Akiba of Culver City – Culver City, CA
Nicole Boico
Associate Director
Coalition for Jewish Learning, Milwaukee Jewish Federation – Milwaukee, WI
Sassoon Brown
Program Director
Ammud: The Jews of Color Torah Academy – Raleigh, NC
Alison Clement
TeacherA
The Epstein School – Sandy Springs, GA
Amy Damast
Director of Early Childhood Education and Family Engagement
Temple Sinai – Summit, NJ
Sarah DeWoskin
Executive Director and Founder
LEV – Cooper City, FL
Shelley Fogelson
Day School Coordinator
Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta – Atlanta, GA
Daniel Freedman
Rabbi
Temple Akiba – Culver City, CA
Lisa Friedman
Director of Congregational Learning
Temple Beth-El – Hillsborough, NJ
Susanna Grant
Director of Education and Programming
Temple Beth Israel – Fresno, CA
Seth Guren
IT Coordinator/STEM Instructor
Mandel Jewish Day School – Beachwood, OH
Deborah Helbraun
Rabbi
Temple Jeremiah – Northfield, IL
Lauren Henkin
Middle School ELA Teacher, Middle School Coordinator
Gross Schechter Day School – Cleveland, OH
Jess Jarvis
Director of Teaching + Learning; Web + Social Media Manager
The Frances Jacobson Early Childhood Center at Temple Israel of Boston – Boston, MA
Ora Jezer
Head Of School
Syracuse Community Hebrew School – Jamesville, NY
Cathy Kaplan
Director of Religious School & Family Programs
Beth Meyer Synagogue – Raleigh, NC
Valerie Klein
Community Manager
Institute of Southern Jewish Life – Jackson, MS
Kami Knapp Schechter
Education Director
Beth Tikvah B'nai Jeshrun – Erdenheim, PA
Elisa Koppel
Director of Education
Beth David Reform Congregation – Philadelphia, PA
Lillian Kowalski
Associate Rabbi & Director of Education
Temple Emanu-El Beth Sholom – Montreal, Canada
Regina Krieger
Director of Teens and Monday Limmud
Congregation Mishkan Or – Beachwood, OH
Eric Leiderman
IsraelLINK Midwest Regional Director
StandWithUs/IsraelLINK – Chicago, IL
Stephanie Lerner
Early Learning Center Director
Temple Shir Tikva – Wayland, MA
Julee Levine
Director of Education
Temple Israel – Omaha, NE
Lori Levine
Associate Rabbi, Director of Education
Congregation Shaare Emeth – Saint Louis, MO
Robbie Medwed
Judaics Teacher and Jewish Life Coordinator
The Epstein School – Sandy Springs, GA
Robin Meyerowitz
Early Childhood Center Director
Maimonides School – Brookline, MA
Elizabeth Moore
Administrator/Education Director
Congregation Beth Evergreen – Evergreen, CO
Karen Morris
Education Director for the Religious School
Congregation Dor Hadash – Pittsburgh, PA
Tzippe Nathanson
Kindergarten Hebrew and Judaics Teacher
Robert M Beren Academy – Houston, TX
Amanda Nichols
Assistant Director of the LCLJ
Central Synagogue – New York, NY
Samantha Orlov
Director of Student Services
Solomon Schechter Day School of Metropolitan Chicago – Northbrook, IL
Noa Padowitz
Assistant Principal
Solomon Schechter Day School of Metropolitan Chicago – Northbrook, IL
Molly Peritore
Director of Early Childhood Education
Temple Sinai – Oakland, CA
Melissa Pescatore
Director of Youth Learning and Engagement
Temple Shaari Emeth – Manalapan, NJ
Sam Pollak
Director of Youth and Family Education
Temple Isaiah – Lexington, MA
Lisa Redisch
Director of Family Engagement
Congregation Kehillath Israel – Brookline, MA
Eran Rosenberg
Director of Jewish Life and Learning
Columbus Jewish Day School – New Albany, NY
Jen Schiffer
Director
The Community Synagogue - Early Childhood Center – Port Washington, NY
Yonina Schlussel
Jewish Studies Teacher
Milwaukee Jewish Day School – Glendale, WI
Meredith Silverman
Assistant Director of Eduction
Temple De Hirsch Sinai – Seattle, WA
Shelley Stein
Religious School Director
Temple Shalom – Succasunna, NJ
Tamara Stone
Director of Youth Education
Congregation Agudas Achim – Austin, TX
Brenna Strauss
Teacher
Oakland Hebrew Day School – Oakland, CA
Rachel Utley
Teacher Center Associate
Jewish Education Center of Cleveland – Cleveland Heights, OH
Julia Weekes
Director of Professional Learning
Jewish Learning Venture – Jenkintown, PA
Susie Wexler
Director Jewish Living and Learning
Congregation BJBE – Deerfield, Il
Shanna Wilons
Director of Youth and Teen Learning and Engagement
Temple Sinai – Sandy Springs, GA
Hayley Wizig
Family and Education Director
Congregation Ner Tamid – Henderson, NV
Rachel Mersky Woda
Director of Youth & Family Engagement
Temple Beth-El – Providence, RI