CENTER FACULTY AND STAFF
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Sharon Feiman-Nemser, Mandel Professor of Jewish Education at Brandeis, Director of the Mandel Center for Studies in Jewish Education
Nora Abrahamer, Senior Associate Director of Operations and Development
Gloria Athanas, Senior Executive Coordinator
Judy Elkin, Senior Jewish Educator
Valorie Kopp-Aharonov, Senior Executive Administrator
Jon A. Levisohn, Assistant Professor of Jewish Education at Brandeis, Assistant Academic Director of the Mandel Center
Marcie Quaroni, Senior Events and Projects Coordinator
Rebecca Silvera Sasson, Co-leader of the DeLeT/MAT (Master of Arts in Teaching) program
David J. Weinstein, Communications Specialist
SCHOLARS PROGRAM
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Israel Scheffler, Victor S. Thomas Professor of Education and Philosophy Emeritus at Harvard University, Scholar-in-Residence at the Mandel Center
Eran Tamir, Post-Doctoral Research Fellow
Rabbi Daniel Lehmann, Dissertation Fellow
Jacob Cytryn, Research Assistant
PROJECT FACULTY AND STAFF
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DeLeT (Day School Leadership Through Teaching)
Co-Leader: Judy Elkin
Co-Leader: Rebecca Silvera Sasson
Field Instructors:
Ruth Gass
Sue Stibel
Core Instructors:
Ellen Alt
Francesca Stark
Sue Stibel
Mentor Teachers:
at the Jewish Community Day School (JCDS)
Deborah Barolsky
at The Rashi School, Boston’s Reform Jewish Day School
Sandy Rosen
Dave Rosenberg
Eve Youngerman
at Striar Hebrew Academy of Sharon (SHAS)
Leslee Rotman
Cookie Rosenbaum
Faith Spencer
at South Area Solomon Schechter Day School (SASSDS)
Batya (Beth) Forman
Sharon Packer
Mentor Teacher Development
Leader: Vivian Troen
Beginning Teacher Network
Leader: Nili Pearlmutter
Co-Leader: Shira Horowitz
"Choosing to Teach: Enacting Values in Practice" Study
Leader: Eran Tamir
Senior Research Associates: Bethamie Horowitz; John Watske (Notre Dame University)
Induction Partnership
Leader: Vivian Troen
Staff: Nili Pearlmutter, Sue Stibel, Sarah Birkeland (Senior Research Associate)
Initiative on Bridging Scholarship and Pedagogy in Jewish Studies
Leader: Jon A. Levisohn
Senior Research Associate: Susan P. Fendrick
Coordinator for the Conference on Teaching Rabbinic Literature: Beth Polasky
Beit Midrash Research Project
Leaders: Orit Kent and Elie Holzer
Multimedia Cases of Jewish Teaching and Learning
Leader: Sharon Feiman-Nemser
Staff: Shira Horowitz
Research Assistant: Rachel Kulick
Philosophy of Education Research Colloquia (PERC)
Director: Israel Scheffler