Welcome to the CBE Staff.
We and our families are from China, Jamaica, Syria, Puerto Rico, Guyana, the West Indies, Italy, Ecuador, Israel, … Florida, New Jersey, Indiana, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania… Los Angeles, Chicago, Manhattan, Okemos, Michigan, Dallas, Texas, Tulsa, Oklahoma, the Berkshires, Richmond, Virginia, Blacksburg, Virginia, Palo Alto, California, Westport, Connecticut, Lexington, Massachusetts, Gloucester, Massachusetts, Westboro, Massachusetts, Ridgewood, Queens, Kiryat Ono, Israel, and most of all Brooklyn.We are Jewish. We are not Jewish. We’re from interfaith families.
We are Jews by choice. We are Jewish-adjacent. We are Jewish through family. We spent 14 summers at Jewish sleepaway camp. We grew up observant. We grew up culturally Jewish. Judaism shapes our lives.
We are here because the community is everything; to be part of a team; because we feel like we’re making an impact; to dream up and build a world of peace, compassion, justice and love; because we love caring for kids and helping them grow and learn; because our sisters told us we should be teachers; to help kids feel welcome, safe, and loved; to connect to Judaism; to build and support a beautiful Jewish community; to bring Jewish joy, holiness and inspiration to everyday lives; to share our love of Hebrew language and Israeli culture; because we believe we need to sing; because our hearts sing when a child remembers something we taught them; to help children and families access authentic Jewish life; whatever that might mean for them; to change lives and maybe the world.
Yachad: CBE’s Religious Education Program
Associate Director of Yachad