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Mrs. Yael Marcus is the Rebbetzin at the Young Israel of Queens Valley in Kew Gardens Hills, NY.  Professionally, she works as an accountant in the health care industry. She is involved in many areas of the Kew Gardens Hills community, speaks publicly and is a kallah teacher.

Mrs. Esther Grossman, originally from Elizabeth, NJ, came to Ramat Beit Shemesh via Boca Raton, FL. Since making Aliyah she has taught in various seminaries and is excited to be the Director of Midreshet Lev, a new seminary opening for the 5785 school year in Ramat Beit Shemesh.

Rebbetzin Tova Polakoff, and her husband, Ephraim, serve as the Rabbi and Rebbetzin of Congregation Bais Tefilah of Woodmere. Tova is the Dean of Students and a beloved Judaic studies teacher at Tichon Meir Moshe High School for Girls in Far Rockaway. In both of these roles Tova is able to impart the beauty of […]

Rebbetzin Ellie Fine is currently a Campus Rebbetzin at Stern College for Women. She graduated from Stern College for Women and then studied in Matan’s Bellows Eshkolot Educators Institute for Tanach and Jewish Studies. Besides giving kallah classes, learning or meeting with students, Ellie is also studying to get her MSW in Social Work. She resides in Manhattan […]

Rebbetzin Myrna Weinberger has been involved in Jewish Education for over 40 years. Most notably, she taught at Stella K. Abraham High School for Girls for 30 years and is currently an adult educator in the Five Towns area. She is married to Rav Moshe Weinberger and together they lead Congregation Aish Kodesh in Woodmere, […]

Sari Kopitnikoff is an experiential educator, digital artist, and content creator. She’s passionate about creating books, games, activities, mystery challenges, and shows that bring Judaism to life. For over a decade, she taught elementary through high school, and she now runs programs and experiences all over for kids, teens, and adults. You can find her […]

Rorie Weisberg is a wife, mom of four, a health coach certified in integrative nutrition, Kallah teacher, diehard recipe developer, and author of the popular Artscroll cookbook Food You Love: That Loves You Back. Her passion? Making a healthy lifestyle doable and delicious, favorite foods included. Rorie is the founder and CEO of Full ‘N […]

Slovie Jungreis-Wolff is an author, lecturer and parenting instructor, teacher at Manhattan High school for Girls and columnist for Ami magazine and The Jewish Press. Racheli Taubes is the rebbetzin and Yoetzet Halacha at Mount Sinai Jewish Center in Washington Heights, NY. She also teaches Judaic studies and biology at Ma’ayanot Yeshiva High School for […]

Mrs. Blima Maged holds a master’s in Talmud and Bible from Yeshiva University’s Graduate Program in Advanced Talmudic Studies, a master’s in Jewish Education and Administration from the Azrieli Graduate Program, a master’s in Professional Jewish Leadership from Brandeis’ Hornstein Program and an MBA from Brandeis’ Heller School. She previously led a women’s Gemara shiur […]

Mrs. Rikki Ash is a passionate educator and life coach based in Woodmere, NY. She teaches psychology, history, and Tanach at Stella K. Abraham High School for Girls and runs a coaching practice that empowers women to discover purpose and fulfillment in their lives. Rikki received her master’s degree in Jewish education from Azrieli Graduate […]