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| Outstanding teachers are the keystones of Shoresh's success. Shoresh teachers represent the range of Jewish practice and experience in the Washington Jewish community: |
| Saul Oresky is a veteran Shoresh teacher, technical editor and Reconstructionist rabbinical student. Mr. Oresky has been a teacher and Bar/Bat Mitzvah tutor for several supplementary schools in the Washington area for nearly 30 years. A student at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, he works for the Naval Research Laboratory as a technical writer/editor. He teaches Tanach, History and Rabbinics. |
| Rabbi David L. Abramson has served congregations in Arizona, Ohio, Massachusetts, and Minnesota. Rabbi Abramson has taught Judaic Studies, Bible and Rabbinics at Jewish day schools in Massachusetts and Minnesota; and, for many summers, taught Judaica at Camp Ramah in Wisconsin. Rabbi Abramson currently serves as Adjunct Rabbi at Congregation Beth El in Bethesda, Maryland. In addition, he is a Chaplain Intern at the Hebrew Home of Greater Washington. Rabbi Abramson received a B.A. in Philosophy from the University of Maryland and an M.A. and Rabbinic Ordination from the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. |
| Rachel Braun served on the Shoresh Board for several years before joining the faculty. A long-time Camp Ramah staffer, Mrs. Braun served as Judaics instructor and Rosh Beit Midrash at Ramah in Palmer, Massachusetts, and teaches high school mathematics in Washington, DC. Mrs. Braun is a Shabbat and High Holiday service leader at the Fabrangen havurah in Washington, DC, and is an exhibited Judaic embroidress. Mrs. Braun teaches Siddur. |
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| Gary Simms is a life-long Jewish learner. A former Ohr Kodesh President (Conservative), Mr. Simms has served as executive director of Temple Sinai in Washington, DC (Reform), and is now Executive Director of Kemp Mill Synagogue (Orthodox). He was recognized by the National Association of Temple Administrators as a leading teacher of Judaica to his fellow professionals, and is a graduate of the Partnership for Jewish Life and Learning's program for supplemental school educators and the Me'ah program of the Hebrew College. He teaches History and Pirke Avot. |
| Chanan Weissman is currently pursuing a master's degree at Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service with a focus on international relations and security in the Middle East. For the three years prior he worked at two leading communication consultancy firms in Washington DC and Jerusalem. He is a 2006 graduate of the University of Maryland with a double major in journalism and government & politics. He teaches Tanach and History. |
| Maryana Harouni joined Shoresh after serving as Education Coordinator at Adas Israel’s Melvin Gelman Religious school. Born in Iran, Ms. Harouni immigrated to Israel, where she attended the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Immigration and Absorption Department of the Jewish Agency and World Hebrew College in Jerusalem. After coming to the United States, Ms. Harouni attended the University of Massachusetts and George Washington University while teaching in religious schools. Ms. Harouni teaches Tanach. |
