The Jewish Education Experience Podcast

Dr. Sandra Lilienthal is a sought-after speaker who is known for drawing adult audiences into the relevant wisdom and inspiring potential of Jewish texts. Born and raised in Brazil, and currently residing in Florida, Dr. Lilienthal has taught diverse audiences all over the world. She is a faculty member of the Hebrew University's Florence Melton School of Adult Jewish Learning, an adjunct pro...

Rabbi Aaron Frank who comes from a family of educators, is currently Head of School at the Kinneret Day School in Riverdale, NY. Prior to coming to Kinneret, Rabbi Frank was the Associate Principal at SAR High School. Before moving to New York, he worked at Beth Tfiloh Dahan Community School in Baltimore, MD for twelve years, serving as Lower School and then as High School Principal. A graduate of...

Sarah Rudolph is a freelance educator, writer, and editor with a passion for learning and sharing Torah. Among other things, she directs Torah Tutors and serves on the editorial committee of Tradition , an Orthodox Jewish academic journal. Sarah is privileged to learn with students all over the world. Gems: Develop as a learner yourself. Focus on who you can help. Spend time observing other classe...

Rabbi Jonny Solomon is an educator, scholar, editor, and “Virtual Rabbi” who provides online spiritual coaching, Halachic consultations, and one-to-one learning for those who need a Rabbi.   Gems:  Through the art of teaching, we can change lives! Teachers who invest time in trying to educate as best as they can, will change their own lives as well. Teachers need teachers. Important to have someon...

Marie Rosenthal is passionate about helping parents choose and find the best path for their children's education that helps create a happy, healthy creative child and a calm confident parent. After more than 20 years as a homeschool mom and teaching at informal day schools and afterschool programs she now offers consulting services and tutoring. Morah Marie offers private or group zoom sessio...

Rabbi Dovid Osofsky is born and raised in Baltimore, MD. He is currently Second Grade Assistant rebbe in Ohr Chadash Academy, Baltimore, MD. He attended Mechinas Ner Yisroel for high school and Yehshivas Meor Yitzchok in Monsey for 3 years after high school. He has tutored elementary school, middle school and high school boys for several years, some of whom have been diagnosed with disabilities in...

Melissa Perl is the Assistant Principal at Katz Yeshiva High School in Boca Raton, FL.  Prior to that she was the Director of Limudei Kodesh at Kohelet Yeshiva High School and the PK-12th grade Assistant Principal at the Margolin Hebrew Academy in Memphis, TN.  Melissa earned her Bachelor's degree from Stern College for Women in both Judaic Studies and Psychology, she holds a Master’s Degree...

Dr. Zipora Schorr comes from a family of Jewish educators. She is the Director of Education at Beth Tfiloh Dahan Community School in Baltimore, MD. Prior to coming to Beth Tfiloh, Dr. Schorr was the principal of Beth Shalom Nursery and Hebrew School in Potomac, MD. While serving as principal, Dr. Schorr developed the curriculum and recruited staff and students. She received the 2003 Covenant Found...

Chavi Abramson, born and raised in Baltimore, MD, is a middle school Judaics teacher at Ohr Chadash Academy in Baltimore. She has been in education for 15 years. Chavi has a Masters in Negotiations and Conflict Management. Throughout her career in education, she has taught high school Judaics, kindergarten general studies, and more recently began teaching middle school Judaics. Chavi is involved a...

Rabbi Evan Weiner is the Judaic Studies Instructional Coach at Ohr Chadash Academy in Baltimore, MD. Rabbi Weiner holds a BA in Jewish, Islamic, and Near Eastern Studies from Washington University in St. Louis, MO as well as a Masters of Jewish Education from Yeshiva University’s Azrieli School of Jewish Education. He also serves as the Educational Director of NCSY Camp Sports. Through his involve...

Rabbi David Wolpe, named The Most Influential Rabbi in America by Newsweek and one of the 50 Most Influential Jews in the World by The Jerusalem Post, and twice named one of the 500 Most Influential People in Los Angeles Business Journal , is the Max Webb Senior Rabbi of Sinai Temple in Los Angeles, CA. Rabbi Wolpe previously taught at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America in NY, the American...

Rabbi Meirav Kallush is the Director of Israel Education at Golda Och Academy Day School in West Orange NJ, here she has the privilege of sending the Freshman class to a 10-day visit to Israel and the Senior class to a 3- month walking/hiking trip, allowing them to explore Israeli society. Meirav was ordained in 2014 by the Israeli Rabbinic program at Hebrew Union College Jerusalem. Prior to Rabbi...

Rabbi Yehoshua Shapiro, born and raised in Baltimore, MD, he is the Associate Principal of Bais Yaakov High School in Baltimore, MD. He followed in his father’s footsteps of becoming an educator. He attended Talmudical Academy of Baltimore [aka Yeshivas Chofetz Chaim-T.A.] for Pre-School thru 12th Grade. Rabbi Shapiro learned in Yeshivat Kol Torah in Jerusalem, Israel, after high school and return...

Rabbi Dani Meisels is currently a Rebbi in Hillel Academy of Pittsburgh's Boys High School where he teaches Gemara and Chumash, as well as davening and topics on Jewish philosophy and history. In addition to teaching he works on marketing material for Hillel Academy and runs Hillel's Youth and Parent Education program, also known as HYPE. He has a background in fine art and storyboard il...

Daniella Quinn is originally from Houston, Texas.  She has experience working with elementary school children through high school students. She has worked as both a camp counselor and has led Shabbos groups. She spent a year after graduation studying in Bnos Avigail Seminary in Yerushalyim. She is currently an assistant in the first grade Judaics class at Ohr Chadash Academy of Baltimore, MD. Dani...

Shira Sender is the Director of Client Care and Teacher Support at ShalomLearning. Shira used ShalomLearning in her religious school classroom for many years before officially joining the ShalomLearning team in 2020. For over thirteen years, she has taught students both virtually and in the traditional classroom. Shira grew up in Upstate New York, where she received her BA in Psychology and Women’...

Sharly Digadker is currently a Judaics teacher at Farber Hebrew Day School. He graduated from the Polytechnic University in New York with a Master of Science in Management.  He received a Bachelor of Education from the “Hachva” College in Israel with a concentration in special education and Hebrew literature.  Prior to joining YULA, Sharly was principal of Masoret Yehudit and Judaic Teacher in RAS...

Rabbi Yisroel Smith is currently the Assistant Principal for the 5th-12th grade boys at Hillel Academy of Pittsburgh. Originally from Minneapolis, Rabbi Smith went to WITS in Milwaukee for high school, followed by 2 years in Yeshivas Chofetz Chaim in Yerushalayim. He spent the next eight years studying under his Rebbe, Rabbi Shaya Cohen Shlit”a in Yeshiva Zichron Aryeh and Kollel Ner Yehoshua, whe...

Onit Zisserman has been a beloved teacher for over 20 years. She has taught at OROT, Ben Porat Yosef, SINAI, Chabad Garden School, Cheder, has been the Jewish Educational Consultant for Federation Early Learning Services and is now the programming coordinator at Adath Jeshurun Preschool in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania. Onit has been organizing and running summer and Pesach day camps for 5 years. Duri...

Rabbi Akiva Zweig is a Rosh Yeshiva (Head of Yeshiva) and Dean of Students at the Talmudic University of Florida, located in Miami Beach. He studied for several years at Yeshivas Ner Israel in Baltimore, Maryland, and in the Mirrer Yeshiva in Israel, Talmudic University, and Yeshivas Bais HaTalmud. Rabbi Zweig has Bachelors' and Masters' degrees in Talmudic Law as well as Rabbinic Ordina...

Rabbi Nachum Aaron Kutnowski grew up in Thornill, Ontario, Canada. He attended Yeshivas Eitz Chaim and Darchei Torah of Toronto. He continued his Jewish education in Eretz Yisrael at Derech Etz Chaim for a few years. He returned to Toronto and received an honors degree in English Literature from York University. After getting married, he became involved with the Kollel Ohr Yosef of Thornhill. Afte...

Rabbi David Block is the Head of School at Shalhevet High School in Los Angeles, CA, where he previously served as the Associate Head of School and Judaic Studies Principal.  He formerly worked as the Content and Curriculum Developer at Aleph Beta, taught Judaic Studies at Rambam Mesivta in New York, and was the recurring Scholar-in-Residence at the Jewish Center of Atlantic Beach. He was formerly...

David Barishman, originally from South Africa, is currently a 10th Grade Jewish History teacher at Shalhevet High School in Los Angeles, California. He previously taught Judaics and history at various schools both in South Africa and in LA. In addition, he worked for the Los Angeles Unified School District for twelve years as a history teacher. David is also the director for a Jewish learning cent...

Rabbi Micah Lapidus, Ed. D. is The Director of Jewish and Hebrew Studies at The Alfred & Adele Davis Academy in Atlanta, Georgia. Having served in his current position since 2008 he is an advocate for Jewish Day School education. A former board member of the CCAR (Central Conference of American Rabbis) as well as PARDES: Day Schools of Reform Judaism, Rabbi Micah is also a composer of Jewish a...

Ruchi Koval is the co-founder and Associate Director of Congregation JFX, an innovative community in Cleveland, Ohio. She has been a Jewish educator for two decades, leading self-development groups for adults and teens, and mentoring educators around the world. Ruchi is a certified parenting coach, motivational speaker, musician, author, and mother. She is a Trip Leader for Momentum, inspiring hun...