Resume
Relevant Skills and Abilities
- Multiple award winning educator
- Unparalleled public speaker
- Manage budgets in excess of $300,000/year
- Master teacher in myriad Jewish subjects
- Published author (news, opinion, Judaica)
- Educational administration from pre-school through adult
- Curriculum and successful grant writing ($50,000)
- Effective and compassionate supervisor
- Organize t’fillot for all ages
- Teacher trainer
- Above average Hebrew fluency
- Trans-denominational professional associations
- Service on multiple national boards
- Vast knowledge in secular subjects
- Avid sports fan
Employment History
Founding Director
Shaare Shalom Hebrew School (July 2008 – present)
St. Louis, MO
Assistant Head of School
Rosh T’fillah, 5, 6 & 8 Tanach Teacher
Solomon Schechter Day School (July 2005 – present)
St. Louis, MO
Instructor
Florence Melton Adult Mini-School (August 2007 – present)
St. Louis, MO
Executive Director
Jewish Education Agency (August 2003 – July 2005)
Fort Worth, TX
Religious School Director
Sinai Temple (July 1998 – July 2003)
Los Angeles, CA
Director of Education and Youth Programming
Temple Beth Haverim (July, 1995 - June, 1997)
Teacher/Coordinator, 3rd/4th, 7th and 8th grades
Abraham J. Heschel Day School (January, 1996 – June, 1998)
Northridge & Agoura Hills, CA
Educational/Program Director
Beth David Synagogue (July, 1993 - July 1995)
Greensboro, North Carolina
Senior Staff Positions
Camp Young Judaea (1983 – 1990)
Texas, California, New York
Stand-up Comic
Various Comedy Clubs in Austin and Houston, Texas (1983)
Education
Master of Arts in Education, 1994
University of Judaism, Los Angeles, California
Bachelor of Hebrew Literature, 1994
Shappell’s Yeshiva, Yeshivat Darche Noam, Jerusalem, Israel, Fall 1990
Bachelor of Arts in English, 1988
University of Texas, Austin
Honorary/Professional Associations
Stuart I. Raskas Outstanding Day School Teacher Award, Spring, 2010
JPro Outstanding Adult Jewish Educator, Spring, 2008
Jewish Educators Assembly (since 1994)
National Executive Board (since 2001)
Co-chair, National Convention (February 2004)
Coalition for the Advancement of Jewish Education (1993-2008)
National Board of Directors – Publications Chair (2000 – 2001)
At-Large Board Member (2001-2002)
Board of Directors, Los Angeles Hebrew High School (1996-2001)
Participant in World Jewish Educators Mission to Israel (June 2001)
Bureau of Jewish Education of Los Angeles
Supplementary School Accreditation Team (1999 – 2001)
Leyb Nathanson Torah/Mitzvah Awards Committee
Co-Chair Religious School Principal’s Council (Beginning Fall, 2001-2003)