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Shira Schiowitz is a Tanach teacher at SAR High School where she also serves as Co-director of Professional Development. She previously taught Tanach and chaired the Tanach Department at Ma’ayanot Yeshiva High School in Teaneck, NJ.  Shira served as Assistant Dean at Lamdeinu of Teaneck during its first year, planning and implementing the opening of Lamdeinu, a full-time learning program initiative in Teaneck.  At the OU Women’s Initiative, Shira taught […]

Amy Horowitz studied English Literature at Stern College for Women and holds a Master’s Degree in Education from NYU. Although she began her career as a copyeditor, Amy quickly discovered her passion for teaching Tanach, which she has done at Katz Yeshiva High School of South Florida for the past 19 years, also serving as […]

Rabbanit Shani Taragin received her B.A. and M.A. in Tanakh and Talmud from Bar-Ilan University and is a graduate of Nishmat’s Keren Ariel Program for certification as a halachic advisor (yoetzet halacha) in issues of family purity law. She is the educational director of Matan Eshkolot – Tanakh teachers’ education program and of the Morot […]

Yael Krumbein, M.Phil., teaches European history in Touro College’s Lander College for Women in New York City. She also teaches Jewish history in Machon Ora High School in Passaic, New Jersey where she lives with her family.

Mrs. Rivka Foxbrunner is a sought-after teacher and spiritual guide. She taught at Manhattan High School for Girls, Stella K. Abraham High School for Girls and several Jerusalem seminaries including Michlalah College, Midreshet Tehilla and Neve Yerushalayim. At the OU Women’s Initiative, Rivka has taught part of Sefer Yeshayahu to over 5,000 women worldwide as […]

Ms. Rivi Frankel is the Director of Programming of Matan’s Bellows Eshkolot Fellowship. She has a B.S in Management, and an M.ed in Jewish Education from the Hebrew University She is a licensed tour guide through the Ministry of Tourism. Rivi lives in Jerusalem and teaches in Midreshet Emunah v’Omanut and Matan, as well as […]

Dr. Michelle Sarna is a licensed psychologist, in private practice and serves as a psychologist at SAR Academy and Camp Stone. Among other positions, she has served as the Associate Director for Training and Professional Development of the OU’s Jewish Learning Initiative on College Campuses (JLIC), and the JLIC educator at NYU. Michelle co-founded and […]

Mrs. Sorah Shaffren is a Judaic Studies teacher at Rosenbaum Yeshiva of North Jersey, and spends her summers as the Program Director at Camp Dina. She is also the Director of Meorot, an all girls production of dance and song in Bergen County that benefits NCSY summer programs. Mrs. Shaffren brings her talent for singing […]