• Bios of presenters and panelists
Conference presenters and panelists (click names for bios)
- Charlotte Abramson (Jewish Theological Seminary)
- Joel A. Alter (JCDS, Boston’s Jewish Community Day School, Watertown, MA)
- Yair Altshuler (Maimonides School, Brookline, MA)
- Sharon Cohen Anisfeld (Hebrew College Rabbinical School)
- Stephen Hazan Arnoff (14th Street Y of The Educational Alliance)
- Michael Balinsky (Florence Melton Adult Mini-School, Chicago)
- Mara Benjamin (Yale University)
- Jethro Berkman (Temple Aliyah, Needham, MA)
- Rahel Berkovits (Pardes Institute for Jewish Studies, Jerusalem)
- Beth Berkowitz (Jewish Theological Seminary)
- Jack Bieler (Kemp Mill Synagogue, Silver Spring, MD)
- Scott Bolton (Reuben Gittelman Hebrew Day School)
- Marc Z. Brettler (Brandeis University)
- Dan Brosgol (The Rashi School)
- Michael Chernick (HUC-JIR, New York)
- Shai Cherry (American Jewish University, LA)
- Aryeh Cohen (American Jewish University, LA)
- Rhonda Cohen (Hastings Public Schools, Hastings, NY)
- Shaye J. D. Cohen (Harvard University)
- Reuven Cohn (Maimonides School)
- Jacob Cytryn (Brandeis University)
- Gail Zaiman Dorph (Mandel Foundation)
- Yaron Eliav (University of Michigan)
- Ruth Satinover Fagen (Abraham Joshua Heschel School, NY)
- Sharon Feiman-Nemser (Brandeis University)
- Susan P. Fendrick (Brandeis University)
- Shawn Fields-Meyer (Milken Community High School)
- Charlotte Elisheva Fonrobert (Stanford University)
- Steven Fraade (Yale University)
- Chaim Galfand (Perelman Jewish Day School)
- Michael Gillis (Hebrew University, Jerusalem)
- Elliot Goldberg (Chicagoland Jewish High School, IL)
- Elyse Goldstein (Kolel: the Adult Centre for Liberal Jewish Learning, Toronto, Canada)
- Jay Harris (Harvard University)
- Pinchas Hayman (Bonayich Educational Services)
- Nathaniel Helfgot (Yeshivat Chovevei Torah)
- Avital Campbell Hochstein (Shalom Hartman Institute, Jerusalem)
- Elie Holzer (Bar Ilan University)
- Jane Kanarek (Hebrew College Rabbinical School)
- Lawrence Kaplan (McGill University)
- Elliot Kaplowitz (Brandeis University Hillel)
- Susan M. Kardos (Combined Jewish Philanthropies)
- Judith Kates (Hebrew College Rabbinical School)
- Alvan Kaunfer (Temple Emanu-El, Providence)
- Orit Kent (Brandeis University)
- Reuven Kimelman (Brandeis University)
- Aryeh Klapper (Gann Academy)
- David Kraemer (Jewish Theological Seminary)
- Yehuda Kurtzer (Harvard University)
- Jenny Labendz (Jewish Theological Seminary)
- Gail Labovitz (American Jewish University, LA)
- Ruth Langer (Boston College)
- Marjorie Lehman (Jewish Theological Seminary)
- Marcie Lenk (Harvard University)
- Dov Lerea (Abraham Joshua Heschel School, NY)
- Sarra Lev (Reconstructionist Rabbinical College)
- Judd Kruger Levingston (Perelman Jewish Day School)
- Jon A. Levisohn (Brandeis University)
- Ethan Linden (Camp Ramah of New England)
- Dov Linzer (Yeshivat Chovevei Torah)
- Shari L. Lowin (Stonehill College)
- Benjamin Mann (Solomon Schechter School of Manhattan)
- Claudia Marbach (JCDS, Boston’s Jewish Community Day School)
- Evyatar Marienberg (Jewish Theological Seminary)
- Vivie Mayer (Reconstructionist Rabbinical College)
- Karen G. Reiss Medwed (University of Pennsylvania)
- Joshua Moss (American Hebrew Academy)
- Robin Nafshi (Rimon: Collaborative Jewish Learning in MetroWest)
- Jack Nahmod (Beth Tfiloh Dahan High School, MD)
- George Nudell (Congregation Beth Israel, Scotch Plains, NJ)
- Michael Paley (UJA-Federation of NY)
- Aaron Panken (HUC-JIR, New York)
- Carl Perkins (Temple Aliyah, Needham, MA)
- Ellen Pildis (The Rashi School)
- Helen Plotkin (Swarthmore College)
- Daniel Reifman (Midreshet Lindenbaum)
- Gidon Rothstein (HAFTR, Long Island, NY)
- Jeffrey Rubenstein (New York University)
- Alieza Salzberg (Matan / Bar Ilan University)
- Benjamin Samuels (Congregation Shaarei Tefillah, Newton, MA)
- Michael Satlow (Brown University)
- Jeffrey Schein (Siegel College, Cleveland)
- Neal Scheindlin (Milken Community High School)
- Solomon Schimmel (Hebrew College)
- Lisa Schlaff (SAR High School, Riverdale, NY)
- Lee S. Shulman (Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching)
- Deena Sigel (University of London)
- Moriah SimonHazani (University of Pennsylvania)
- Shawn SimonHazani (Perelman Jewish Day School, Philadelphia)
- Alex Sinclair (Shalom Hartman Institute)
- Moshe Sokolow (Yeshiva University)
- Bradley Solmsen (Brandeis University)
- Jeffrey Spitzer (Gann Academy)
- David Starr (Hebrew College)
- Elana Stein (Columbia University)
- Jonah Chanan Steinberg (Hebrew College Rabbinical School)
- David Stern (University of Pennsylvania)
- Ethan Tucker (Mechon Hadar)
- Avraham Walfish (Herzog College, Alon Shvut, Israel)
- Dvora Weisberg (HUC-JIR, Los Angeles)
- Barry Wimpfheimer (Northwestern University)
- Elyse Winick (Koach, United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism)
- Lisa Karp Wurtele (Tehiyah Day School)
This conference was hosted by the Mandel Center for Studies in Jewish Education, a partnership between the Mandel Foundation of Cleveland, Ohio, and Brandeis University. The Mandel Center gratefully acknowledges the support of the Mandel Foundation and its leadership. The Mandel Center also acknowledges additional support for this conference from Combined Jewish Philanthropies; from Targum Shlishi, a Raquel and Aryeh Rubin Foundation; and from the Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion.
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