Our Speakers

• Mrs. Rivka Maron
  PhD Candidate, Jewish History Teacher, WITS and Bais Yaakov of Baltimore More about this speaker

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  Mrs. Rivka Maron

  Mrs. Rivka Maron attended Michlalah Jerusalem College where she received her undergraduate degree in Holocaust studies. She received a master’s degree in medieval Jewish history from the Bernard Revel Graduate School, Yeshivah University. Rivka is currently a doctoral student (ABD) at University of Maryland College Park where she is working on her dissertation, studying Rabbi Samuel Aboab and the Jews of Early Modern Venice. She teaches Jewish history at Bais Yaakov of Baltimore and at Women’s Institute of Torah Learning and College (WITS). 

• Rebbetzin Rifki Freundlich
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  Rebbetzin Rifki Freundlich

  Rifki Freundlich is the Rebbetzin at Congregation Beth Sholom in Lawrence where she lives with her husband, Rabbi Yechezkel, and their children. After teaching Tanach to high school girls in Atlanta and Montreal, Rifki currently teaches Women and Halacha and Navi at Stella K. Abraham High School for Girls.  In addition to being a kallah teacher and Yoetzet Halacha, Rifki enjoys giving adult education classes on an array of Jewish topics.

• Mrs. Elana Kaplan
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  Mrs. Elana Kaplan

  Elana is a Museum Educator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Derfner Judaica Museum. She also created and leads an integrated learning and museum tour program for both adult and school groups. Elana presents virtual museum tours for groups around the globe. She received her BA in History from Barnard College and a Double Master’s Degree from NYU in Jewish History and Museum Studies. She lives in Teaneck, New Jersey with her husband and they are the proud parents of four children.