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

Chicago, Illionis

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

Linda Zimmerman, Executive Director

404-961-9966

www.amitatlanta.org  lzimmerman@amitatlanta.org

 

Association for Jewish Special Education

Miami, FL

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

 

Center for Jewish Education

A Division of the Jewish Federation of Greater Dallas

Dallas, TX

Melissa Bernstein, Assistant Director

214-239-7134

www.dallasspecialneeds.org  mbernstein@jfgd.org

 

Gateways: Access to Jewish Education

Newton, MA

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

Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle

Seattle, Washington

Liat Zaidenberg, Education Services Director

206.774.2218

LiatZ@JewishInSeattle.org

 

Jewish Education Center of Cleveland

Cleveland, OH

Jackie Brooks, Etgar Administrator

216-371-0446, ext. 215

www.jecc.org    jbrooks@jecc.org

 

Jewish Family Service

Dallas, TX

Paige Rothstein, Community Organizer, Special Needs Partnership

972-437-9950

www.jfsdallas.org   prothstein@jfsdallas.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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