Faculty

Rabbi Michael Balinsky – BA Sociology; MS Talmudic Literature, Rabbinic Ordination, Yeshiva University 

Rolly Cohen, Director Melton – BA Education/Fine Arts, MAJPS, Spertus Institute for Jewish learning and Leadership 

Dr. Betsy Dolgin Katz – BA Literature, MA Literature, EDP Curriculum & Instruction 

Ali Drumm – MAJPS, Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning and Leadership Certificate in Leadership, Spertus Institute / Northwestern University 

Rabbi Abe Friedman – MBS Nonprofit Management, Rabbinic Ordination Ziegler/AJU 

Tzivia Garfinkel – BA English Language and Literature, MA Psychology of Reading, Teachers Certificate 

Miron Hirsh– BA Religious Studies, MS Jewish Education 

Rabbi Benjamin Kramer – MA Talmud and Rabbinic Studies, Rabbinic Ordination, Jewish Theological Seminary

Lori Kramer- 

Marshall Kupchan– BA Religion/Jewish Studies, MA Contemporary Jewish Studies/Jewish Education, PhD Pedagogy 

Judy Mars Kupchan – BA Jewish Education, MA Jewish Studies/Education, Senior Educator’s Program, Hebrew University 

Marianne Novak – BA, JD, Political Science 

Rabbi Richard Prass– BA English/Hebrew-Semitic Studies, MA Hebrew Literature, Rabbinic Ordination Hebrew Union College 

Rabbi David Rosenberg – BA Russian/East European Studies, MS Bible, Rabbinical Ordination 

Rabbi David Russo – BA Religious Studies, MA and Rabbinic Ordination Jewish Theological Seminary 

Rabbi Michael Siegel– BA, MA and Rabbinic Ordination, Jewish Theological Seminary 

Paula Spitz, Assistant Director Melton – BA Sociology/Psychology, MAJPS, Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning and Leadership 

Judy Weiss– BS Education, MS Education, Curriculum/Instruction, 

Dr. Jeff Winter – BA Communication Arts/Secondary Education, MAT Jewish Studies, PhD Educational Administration 

Rabbi Eric Zaff – BA English Language and Literature, MA Jewish Education, Rabbinic Ordination