Celebrating the Joy of Judaism, Embracing all Jews.
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School welcomes outstanding new faculty members What’s the secret to BT’s stellar reputation? Our faculty. Our top quality educators inspire our students to learn, to grow, and to succeed. We are proud to introduce some of our new faculty members: Dani and Ayelet Steiner are our new Israeli Sh’lichim. Dani is teaching High School Judaics, Jewish history and Hebrew language; Ayelet Koren-Steiner is teaching Middle School Hebrew
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native, Mrs. Koren-Steiner holds an M.S.W. and a teaching diploma from Hebrew University, and a B.A. in English literature and anthropology from Bar Ilan University. Dani and Ayelet have two children attending BT, Ofir in 9th Grade and Noa in 5th Grade. Mrs. Lisa Reyburn-Payne is our new High School Computer Science Department chair and school-wide education technology coordinator. She brings 15 years of software and database engineering experience, hands-on Continued on page 9
MERCAZ Fall Semester 4 Wednesday Evenings - October 25, November 1, 8, 15
Session 1, 7-8 pm Trump and the Torah: A Jewish Perspective on Contemporary Issues RABBI MITCHELL WOHLBERG
Barbara Blumberg
Session 2, 8-9 pm
Choose one exciting elective course:
RACHEL FISHMAN FEDDERSEN
FORWARD CEO/PUBLISHER Navigating the Jewish community’s diverse and diverging opinions
Creative Jewish Men and Women of the 20th Century
Rabbi Eli Yoggev
BARBARA BLUMBERG
Kabbalah and the Modern Experience RABBI ELI YOGGEV
Hebrew Reading Crash Course
Elana Vogel
ELANA VOGEL
Israeli Dance (8-9:30 pm) MONA ATKINSON Rachel Fishman Feddersen is the publisher and CEO of the legendary Jewish newspaper, the Forward. With more than 20 years of digital journalism expertise, she is a major transformer of the media landscape for Jewish news. Feddersen is the granddaughter of long-time Beth Tfiloh Congregation member and archivist, Bess Fishman z”l.
Mona Atkinson
Learn the “Trop” and How to “Layn” RABBANIT BRACHA JAFFE
Enroll at www.BethTfiloh.com/register or call 410-413-2321.
Rabbanit Bracha Jaffe