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We want to know who's part of The Hebrew Project. Once you have joined the Wiki (click the JOIN tab on the left side of the page) and received your confirmation, you'll be able to click the EDIT button on the top right of this page. Then "sign in" below with your name, city, and where you work. It would be helpful if group members tried to keep this list in order by last name.
 * TELL US ABOUT YOURSELF **

Jo-Ann Myers - Leo Baeck College, London, UK, Head of the Department of Jewish Education

Michelle Shapiro Abraham - Temple Sholom, Scotch Plains NJ Director of Education; Jewish Education Consultant & Writer

Rachel Mohl Abrahams - The AVI CHAI Foundation, Program Officer

Laura Abrasley (Los Angeles, CA) - Rabbinical and Jewish Education Student, Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion (LA Campus)

Mira Angrist (Boston, MA)- Union for Reform Judaism- Hebrew Consultant, Boston University- Hebrew Professor, Hebrew College- Hebrew coordinator of Makor

Lauren Applebaum (Los Angeles, CA) - Fingerhut School of Education, American Jewish University, Director of Teacher Education; Kesher Network, Consultant

Isa Aron (Los Angeles, CA) - Rhea Hirsch School of Education, Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion, Professor of Education

Drora Arussy (Fair Lawn, NJ) - Adjunct Professor Drew University, Educational Consultant for Hebrew and Jewish History

Barbara Bar-Nissim (Demarest, NJ) - Retired Director of Education, Temple Emanu-El, Livingston, NJ, author of children's book //The Jews, One People and// composer of children's songs.

Dana Bar-or (Boston, MA ) - SASSDS, Hebrew proficiency coordinator.

Rabbi Melissa Buyer (Los Angeles, CA) - Director of Religious School, Youth and Camp Programs | Stephen S. Wise Temple

Sara L. Blumstein (New York, NY) - Director of Congregational Learning, East End Temple

Elisheva Cohen (New York, NY) Congregation Shaare Zedek, Director of Family Learning

Sarah Cohen Domont (Los Angeles, CA) - Master of Education (in progress), Master of Business, Nonprofit Management (in progress), American Jewish University; Temple Isaiah, Education Intern/Educator

Melanie Cole Goldberg (Miami, FL)-Union for Reform Judaism, Educational Specialist

Mindy Davids (New York, NY) - Director of Religious School and Educational Innovation, Temple Shaaray Tefila - President, National Association of Temple Educators.

Marilyn Doore (Anchorage, AK) -Congregation Beth Sholom, Hebrew teacher

Peter Eckstein (Palm Beach Gardens, FL) - Director of Congregational Learning, Temple Beth David

Joe Eiduson (Westborough, MA) - Rabbi-Educator, Congregation B'nai Shalom

Lynn Flanzbaum (Los Angeles, CA) - Director of the Tartak Learning Center, Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion

Barbara Garber (Houston, TX) - Congregation Beth Israel Religious School, Director

Chana German (Jerusalem, Israel) - Director of Lookstein.org, The Lookstein Center for Jewish Education

Karen L. Goodis (Toronto, Ontario Canada) Principal, Beth Sholom Hebrew School

Dvora Goodman (Boston, MA) - Genesis at Brandeis University, Director and educator at the IJE

Arianna Gordon (Cleveland, OH) - The Temple-Tifereth Israel, Rabbi and Religious School Director

Cory Hermann (Randolph, NJ) Temple Shalom, Succasunna, NJ Director of Congregational Education

Gidon B. Isaacs (New York, NY) The Society for the Advancement of Judaism, Education Director

Robin Kahn (Penn Valley, PA) Congregation Beth Am Israel, Education Director

Marisa Kaiser (Irvine, CA) Congregation Shir Ha-Ma'alot, Director of Education

Rachel Kasten (Cincinnati, OH) Isaac M. Wise Temple, Assistant Director of Education & Youth Programs

Terry Kaye (Springfield, NJ) Vice President and Director of Educational Consulting Services, Behrman House

Annette Lawson (W.Newton, MA) Education Director, Congregation Dorshei Tzedek

Mark H. Levine (Springfield, NJ) - Executive Editor, Behrman House

Lesley Litman (Boston, MA) - The iCenter

Dina Maiben (Manalapan, NJ) - Director of Religious Education at Temple Shaari Emeth and author of several Hebrew textbooks

Nachama Skolnik Moskowitz (Cleveland, OH) - Jewish Education Center of Cleveland, Director of Curriculum Resources

Debbie Niederman (Dallas, TX) - Union for Reform Judaism, Education Specialist

Mallory Probert (East Brunswick, NJ) East Brunswick Jewish Center, Director of Education and Lifelong Learning

Miles L. Roger (Indianapolis, IN) - Bureau of Jewish Education, Program Director

Liz Rolle (Norwalk, CT) Congregation Beth El, Program (and Education) Director

Lifsa Schachter (Cleveland, OH) - Siegal College of Judaic Studies, Professor Emeritus

Sara Shapiro-Plevan (New York, NY) - BJENY-SAJES, Communal Education Consultant, Congregational Learning

Susan Simon (Oakland, CA) - Temple Beth Abraham, director of religious school

Les Skolnik (New York, NY) - Central Synagogue, Full-Time Religious School Teacher - Hebrew Lead

Mark Strauss-Cohn (Winston-Salem, NC) - Temple Emanuel, Rabbi

Miriam Van Raalte (Fullerton, CA) - Temple Beth Tikvah, Temple Administrator/Director of Education

Phil Warmflash (Philadelphia, PA) - Auerbach Central Agency for Jewish Education/Jewish Outreach Partnership (ACAJE/JOP) Executive Director

Joy Wasserman (Evanston, IL) Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, National Director of Alumni Affairs

Rahel Wasserfall (Boston, Ma) Hebrew at the Center, Director of evaluation

Susan Perry (Houston, Tx) Congregation Beth Israel Religious School- Assistant Director

Lee Walzer (Falls Church, VA) Temple Rodef Shalom, Parent and Soon-to-Be (Modern) Hebrew Coordinator

Yonni Limmer Wattenmaker (New York, NY) Central Synagogue, Director of Lifelong Learning

Karen Winkler Weiss (Thornhill, Ontario) - Temple Har Zion, Hebrew Coordinator/Family Educator

Cyd Weissman (Philadelphia, PA) - BJE-NY/SAJES, Director of Innovation, Congregational Learning

Susan E. Wyner (Cleveland, OH ... and "national") - United Synagogue for Conservative Judaism, North American Consultant for Synagogue Education

Ira Wise (Bridgeport, CT) Congregation B’nai Israel, Director of Education

Michael Wolf (Philadelphia, PA) Temple Beth Hillel-Beth El hebrew school teacher

Beth Ellen Young (Coral Gables, FL) Temple Judea, Director of Education

Rabbi Carrie Vogel (Los Angeles, CA) Kehillat Israel, Assistant Director of Youth and Family Education

Judy Aronson (Los Angeles, CA) Academy for Jewish Religion/CA Faculty

Leah Zimmerman (Pomona, CA) Temple Beth Israel of Pomona, Director of Youth Education