Jewish Special Education

International Consortium

 

About Us

      

 

The following individuals and organizations are members of the

Jewish Special Education International Consortium.

  

 

Co-Chair

Shana Erenberg, Special Needs Consultant

Board of Jewish Education of Metropolitan Chicago

Community Foundation for Jewish Education

Chair, Department of Education, Blitstein Institute of Hebrew Theological College

773-973-0241

erenberg@htc.edu

 

Co-Chair

Becca Hornstein, Executive Director

Council For Jews With Special Needs

Scottsdale, AZ

480-629-5343

www.cjsn.org   becca@cjsn.org

 


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ACHAD Program

Katz Jewish Community Center

Cherry Hill, NJ

Eileen Elias

856-424-4444 ext 114

www.katzjcc.org    eelias@jfedsnj.org

 

Agency for Jewish Learning

Pittsburgh, PA 

Terry Feinberg Steinberg, L.C.S.W.

Director, Special Education Services

412-521-1101, ext. 3206

www.ajlpittsburgh.org   tsteinberg@ajlpittsburgh.org

 

Agency for Jewish Education

San Diego, CA

Marcia Tatz Wollner, Director of School Services and Programs

858-268-9200, ext. 123

www.ajesd.org   marcia@ajesd.org

 

Amit Program

Atlanta, GA 30328

Linda Zimmerman, Executive Director

404-961-9966

www.amitatlanta.org  lzimmerman@amitatlanta.org

 

Association for Jewish Special Education

Miami, FL 33176

Charlotte Klieman, Education Coordinator

305-205-3846

charbbk@bellsouth.net

 

Auerbach Central Agency for Jewish Education

Philadelphia, PA

Deborah Gettes, Consultant for Special Needs
215-635-8940 ext. 1231
www.acaje.org   dgettes@acaje.org

 

Bureau of Jewish Education

Jewish Federation of Greater Houston

Houston, TX

Diane Brezner, Special Education Consultant,

713-729-7000

www.houstonjewish.org  dbrezner@houstonjewish.org

 

Gateways: Access to Jewish Education

Newton, MA 02459

Arlene Remz, Executive Director

617-630-9010 ext. 101   arlene@jgateways.org

Sherry Grossman, Coordinator of Community Special Education Services

617-630-9010 ext. 108

www.jgateways.org      sherry@jgateways.org 

 

Bureau of Jewish Education

Los Angeles, CA

Terri Barach, Community of Practice Facilitator

Special Needs Education

323-761-8622

www.bjela.org    tbarach@bjela.org 


Bureau of Jewish Education

San Francisco, CA 

Flora Kupferman, Special Education Consultant
415-751-6983 ext.122

www.bjesj.org   fkupferman@bjesf.org

 

Board of Jewish Education of Greater New York

New York, NY

Dr. Jed Luchow

646-472-5340

www.bjeny.org   LuchowJ@bjeny.org

 

Board of Jewish Education of Greater New York

Division of Day School Education

New York, NY

Rabbi Dr. Martin Schloss

646-472-5350

www.bjeny.org   schlossm@bjeny.org

 

Board of Jewish Education/Partnership for Jewish Life and Learning

Washington, DC

Sara Rubinow Simon, Director Emerita, Special Needs Department

srsimon@verizon.net

 

Center for Jewish Education

Baltimore, MD

Rachel Delman Turniansky, Special Education Consultant, ECE

Principal, Gesher LaTorah

410-735-5022

www.cjebaltimore.org    rturniansky@cjebaltimore.org

 

Center for Jewish Education

Toronto, CA

Beth Komito Gottlieb, Special Education Consultant

416-633-7770 ext. 5149

bkomitogottlieb@ujafed.org

 

Center for Jewish Living and Learning

Jewish Community Federation & Foundation of the Greater East Bay

Oakland, CA

Jodi Tharan, Director of Special Educational Services

510-839-2900

www.jfed.org   jodi@jfed.org

 

J.N. Somers YAD Program, a Religious School for Children with Special Needs

Lorraine & Jack N. Friedman Commission for Jewish Education of the Palm Beaches

Palm Beach, FL

Wilma Turk

561-640-0700

w.turk@cjepb.org

 

Jewish Community Federation of Greater Rochester

Rochester, New York

Elliot Fix, Special Needs Consultant &

Coordinator/Instructor Kollel Jewish Living Program

585-461-2523

efix@rochester.rr.com


Jewish Community Inclusion Program
for People with Disabilities

Minnetonka, MN

Shelly Christensen, Program Manager
952-542-4838 (direct)
www.jfcsmpls.org   
schristensen@jfcsmpls.org

 

Jewish Education Center of Cleveland

Cleveland, OH

Jackie Brooks, Etgar Administrator

216-371-0446, ext. 215

www.jecc.org    jbrooks@jecc.org

 

Jewish Education Department

Jewish Federation of Greater Dallas

Dallas, TX

Paige Rothstein, Special Needs Initiative Coordinator

214-239-7192

www.jfgd.org   wnarzem@jfgd.org

 

Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit

Alliance for Jewish Education, Opening the Doors Program

Bloomfield Hills, MI

Ellen Maiseloff, Associate Director, Special Education

248-205–2533

www.jfmd.org   maiseloff@jfmd.org

 

Midrasha in Berkeley                             

Berkeley, CA  

Desmid Lyon, Assistant Director                                 

510-843-4667 phone                            

www.midrasha.org  desmid@midrasha.org

 

Sha'arim - A Learning Institute

Minneapolis, MN

Chana Shagalow, Program Director

952-303-5276

www.shaarim.org   cshagalow@shaarim.org

 

TASK Disabilities Inclusion Specialist

Jewish Family & Child Service

Portland, OR 

Corinne Bacharach Spiegel

503-226-7079 ext 55

www.jfcs-portland.org   corinne@jfcs-portland.org

 

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