Biography
Mrs. Shifra Rabenstein has been teaching Limudei Kodesh subjects to high school students for over twenty-five years. She has served as a mentor to high school teachers, offering guidance on issues such as lesson preparation, classroom management, implementation of instructional strategies, and addressing the needs of specific students. She helped structure a high school curriculum to educate students in being responsible users of technology, and revised manuals for teachers on how to teach the Foundations curriculum. Mrs. Rabenstein received a M.Ed. in School Administration and Supervision from Johns Hopkins University. She was an award finalist for the Grinspoon Steinhardt Award for Excellence in Jewish Education. She also received the Rabbi Herbert Birnbaum Award from the Center for Jewish Education for extraordinary dedication to the Jewish people and outstanding teaching. Mrs. Rabenstein currently serves as a teacher, 12th grade counselor, and teaching mentor in Bais Yaakov High School of Baltimore. She teaches, as well, in Baltimore’s Women’s Institute of Torah Seminary. She leads weekly learning groups for women and lectures for women and high school girls across the country.