Brandeis Magazine

Marc Kramer is the executive director of RAVSAK: The Jewish Community Day School Network. He also serves as an educational consultant and group facilitator for the Jewish Board of Family and Children’s Services of New York. Marc has authored several major studies on Jewish day school education and develops psychotherapeutic programs that explore the interface of traditional Jewish texts, civic engagement and normative mental health issues. He formerly headed the Beit Rabban School in New York and was the director of Judaic studies for the El Paso Hebrew Day School (now known as the El Paso Jewish Academy). He won a 2006 Covenant Award for his work in Jewish education. After spending two years as principal at Apponequet Regional High School in Lakeville, Mass., Jill Proulx Harrington, MA’93, was named assistant superintendent in the Scituate Public Schools. Before joining Apponequet, Jill was principal at King Philip Regional High School for two years, served as an assistant principal in Wrentham and spent 13 years as a high-school history teacher.