Azaryah Cohen currently serves as Director of Jewish Studies at the Frankel Jewish Academy in West Bloomfield, Michigan and is a member of their “Education Leadership Team.” He previously served as the Director of Education Leadership team overseeing new teacher...
Amira Soleimani is the Head of the Bible Department at the Frankel Jewish Academy. Amira earned her B.A. at the University of Michigan and received her M.A from Tel Aviv University in Talmud. Rabbi Peter Stein teaches Bible and Rabbinics at the Frankel Jewish Academy...
Dr. Hana Bor is the Director of the MA in Jewish Education and Jewish Communal Service at Towson University. In this article Hana Bor describes how a summer learning program for teachers became the springboard for ongoing professional development in a congregational...
Rabbi Jeffrey Schrager is a middle school Judaic studies teacher at the Akiba Academy of Dallas, Texas. In this Dallas school, a 21st century educational thinker is paired with an early 20th century mussar master to create a transformational vision of professional...
Rabbi Wendy Grinberg (grinbergconsulting@gmail.com) is the founder and director of the Jewish Education Lab and clinical faculty at HUCJIR’s New York School of Education. Wendy Grinberg describes how Carol Dweck’s theory of growth mindset impacted on a congregational...
Levi Cooper teaches at the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies and is a rabbi in Tzur Hadassah. He is currently a post doctoral fellow in Bar-Ilan University’s Faculty of Law. Rabbi Dr. Cooper is a contributing editor to Jewish Educational Leadership. In this edition...
Rabbi Eric Grossman is Head of School at Frankel Jewish Academy in West Bloomfield, Michigan. All learning is predicated upon an openness and willingness to change. To learn is to change our knowledge and perspective, then perhaps our outlook and practice. This is why...
Sarah Birkeland (sbirkeland@gmail.com) is Co-Director of the Teacher Learning Project at the Mandel Center for Studies in Jewish Education at Brandeis University. She holds a doctorate in Educational Administration, Planning and Social Policy from Harvard, and has...
Rabbi Marc Baker is Head of School at the Gann Academy in Waltham, Mass, and is a member of the editorial board of Jewish Educational Leadership. Marc Baker demonstrates how the Head of School can create a tone for the entire institution and its members by the way...
Jacob Pinnolis is the Director of Teaching and Learning at Gann Academy, overseeing the supervision, evaluation, and professional development of the faculty. He also teaches Biblical Literature and Philosophy. Jacob has served as the Head of Education at Camp Ramah in...
