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The following individuals and organizations are members of the
Jewish Special Education International Consortium.

 

Co-Chair

Deborah Gettes, Director Special Needs Initiative

Jewish Learning Venture

Philadelphia, PA

215-320-0389
www.jewishlearningventure.org dgettes@jewishlearningventure.org

 

Co-Chair

Linda Zimmerman, Executive Director

The Amit Program

Atlanta, GA

404-961-9966

www.amitatlanta.org lzimmerman@amitatlanta.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

 

Lawrence Family JCC, Jacobs Family Campus

San Diego, CA

Marcia Tatz Wollner, Director of Literary Arts and Educational Resources

858-362-1174

www.sdcjc.org  marciatw@lfjcc.com

 

Association for Jewish Special Education

Miami, FL

Charlotte Klieman, Education Coordinator

305-205-3846

charbbk@bellsouth.net

 

Board of Jewish Education of Metropolitan Chicago

Community Foundation for Jewish Education

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

Chicago, Illionis

Shana Erenberg, Special Needs Consultant

773-973-0241

erenberg@htc.edu

 

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

 

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

David Neufeld, Director of Special Needs Programs and Services

415-751-6983

www.bjesj.org  dneufeld@bjesf.org

 

Board of Jewish Education/Partnership for Jewish Life and Learning

Washington, DC

Sara P. Milner, Special Needs Concierge

www.pjll.org  smilner@pjll.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 Special Education

Hebrew College

Newton, MA

Dr. Sandy Miller-Jacobs, Professor

617-559-8615

smillerjacobs@hebrewcollege.edu

www.hebrewcollege.edu/shoolman-graduate-school-of-jewish-education/special-education

 

The Louise D. and Morton J. Macks Center for Jewish Education

Baltimore, MD

Rachel Delman Turniansky, Coordinator of Special Education Services

Principal, Gesher LaTorah

410-735-5022

www.cjebaltimore.org  rturniansky@cjebaltimore.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

 

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

Elana Naftalin-Kelman, Director of Special Educational Services

510-318-6426

www.jfed.org  elanan@jfed.org

 

Council For Jews With Special Needs

Scottsdale, AZ

Becca Hornstein, Executive Director

480-629-5343

www.cjsn.org  becca@cjsn.org

 

Gateways: Access to Jewish Education

Newton, MA

Arlene Remz, Executive Director

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

Sherry Grossman, Director of Community Special Education Services

617-630-9010 ext. 108

www.jgateways.org  sherry@jgateways.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 Alliance of Greater Rhode Island

Providence, RI 

Michelle Cicchitelli, Special Education Consultant
401 331-0956 x178

mcicchitelli@shalomri.org

Lawrence Katz, Director of Educational Services

401-331-0956 x178

lkatz@shalomri.org
www.shalomri.org

 

Jewish Community Federation of Greater Rochester

Rochester, New York

Elliot Fix, Special Needs Consultant &

Coordinator/Instructor Kollel Jewish Living Adult Education Program

Jewish Group Homes Consultant

585-461-2523

elliotfix@gmail.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

216-377-6009

www.jecc.org jbrooks@jecc.org

 

Jewish Federation of MetropolitanDetroit

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

 

The Jewish Education Project

New York, NY

Dr. Jed Luchow

646-472-5340

www.thejewisheducationproject.org  LuchowJ@thejewisheducationproject.org

 

The Jewish Education Project

New York, NY

Rabbi Dr. Martin Schloss

646-472-5350

www.thejewisheducationproject.org  schlossm@thejewisheducationproject.org

 

Midrasha in Berkeley 

Berkeley, CA 

Desmid Lyon, Assistant Director 

510-843-4667

www.midrasha.org  desmid@midrasha.org

 

Project Reach

Chicago, IL 60645

Julie Gordon, Director

773 467-3772

juliegordon@jcfs.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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