Faculty and Staff

סגל המורים והצוות

School Leadership
Ruth Gass, Head of School
Rabbi Joel A. Alter, Rav Beit HaSefer and Assistant Head of School
Terri Hootstein, Assistant Head of School for Development and Communications
Sue Stibel, Director of the Lower School; Coordinator of General Studies and Curricular Integration, K-8
Dorit Zmiri, Director of the Middle School; Coordinator of Jewish Studies and Curricular Integration, K-8
Sharona Givol, Director of the Hebrew Language Program
Roxanne Pappenheimer, Director of the Learning Center
Helen Quint, Director of Admissions and Community Outreach
Ed Black, Business Manager; Director of Operations

Lower School Faculty
The first teacher listed for each class is the Hebrew-speaking teacher, and the second is the English-speaking teacher.
Gan Nitzan (Kindergarten): Miriam Newman; Jared Matas
First Grade (Oren): Yaffah Korinow; Brenda Dolan
Second Grade (Arava): Keren Loozon; Chavah Levine
Third Grade (Erez): Michal Baruch; Lee Silverberg
Fourth Grade (Alon): Shira Shefi; Deborah Barolsky
Resource: Tanya Ospovat; Debbie Kintish

Middle School Faculty
Hebrew: Ayelet Ganani; Shlomit Lipton; Vered Singer
Humanities (5-6): Samara Hendin (5); Kathy Parnes (6)
Humanities (7-8): Joanne Baker (English); Eliana Lipsky (History)
Mathematics: Emily Beck; Irina Kader-Braginsky
Resource: Ilene Weiner
Science: Susan Lunin; Hannah Heilman
Tanakh: Eliana Lipsky; Andrea Silton; Dorit Zmiri
Toshba: Claudia Marbach; Joel Alter

Specialists
After School: Gary Alpert, Director; Hila Baruch, Assistant
Art: Vered Singer
Dance: Ronit Tamir
Music: Joanne Baker; Beth Polasky; Kim Singer
Physical Education: Steve McDonough

Administration
Joanne Baker, Staff Writer
Ella Barak, Receptionist
Chris Battista, Staff Accountant
Claire Caine, IT Administrator
Jamie Finkelstein, Associate Director of Development and Communications
Julie Gordon, Support Services Consultant
Kathy Parnes, Middle School Coordinator
Arkady Potashinsky, Maintenance
Aliza VosLevitz, Assistant to Head of School; Office Manager