Principal of the Rebecca and Israel Ivry Prozdor High School Rabbi Lori Forman-Jacobi has a lengthy history when it comes to Hebrew high schools. She is a graduate of Los Angeles Hebrew High School, and considers the years she spent there as formative to her own Jewish development. For the past seven years, Rabbi Forman-Jacobi served as the senior vice principal of Curriculum and Administration at the Bergen County High School of Jewish Studies. Rabbi Forman-Jacobi received a BA from UC Berkeley and was ordained at JTS in 1988. She is the co-author of two books, Sacred Intentions: Daily Inspiration to Strengthen the Spirit and Restful Reflections: Nighttime Inspiration to Calm the Soul.
	Ivry Prozdor Faculty
	Daphna Abfer is fluent in many languages including German, Hebrew, English, and Chinese. She earned a BA in International Relations and East Asia Studies and an MA in East Asia Studies, both from Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Ms. Afber worked at the Mandel Foundation, training young adults from Ethiopia in leadership skills, and served as an officer in the Israel Defense Forces. She lived in China for nearly two years, where she taught English as a foreign language, and has resided in the United States for the past five years. She participated in the Arthur Borinsky Young Leadership Development Program of United Jewish Communities Metro West.
	Ilona Ben-Moshe was born and raised in Israel. She received her BA in Comparative Literature from Tel-Aviv University and her MA in Communications from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She has been teaching Hebrew as a second language since 1991 at various academic institutes, including the Hebrew University of Jerusalem; the University of Lucerne, Switzerland; Dartmouth College; Hebrew College; and Smith College. In addition she served as the Hebrew language coordinator of Prozdor Boston. Ms. Ben-Moshe has recently moved to New York to teach at New York University.
	Shira Dicker is a New York-based writer and communications and marketing professional. Her articles have appeared in such venues as the New York Times, Jerusalem Report, Jerusalem Post, Tikkun, Forward, and New York Jewish Week. As a consultant, she has worked on numerous important books and documentary films, and with authors, personalities, cultural institutions, museums, and organizations. Among these are The Jewish Theological Seminary, the Rabbinical Assembly, UJA-Federation of New York, the National Foundation for Jewish Culture, the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews, and Yeshiva University Museum. Ms. Dicker contributed a chapter, "Nature, Spirit, Body," to Ecology & the Jewish Spirit: Where Nature and the Sacred Meet, edited by Ellen Bernstein (Jewish Lights, 2000). She is also a contributor to A Dream of Zion: American Jews Reflect on Why Israel Matters to Them, edited by Jeffrey K. Salkin (Jewish Lights, 2008). Her short story, New Girl, is included in the best-selling anthology Nice Jewish Girls (Dutton, 1996). She is the author of Bungalow Babe in the Big City, a blog (http://bungalow-babe.blogspot.com), which grew out of Bungalow Babe, a weekly column in the Times Herald Record of Orange County, NY. Ms. Dicker is married to the writer Ari L. Goldman and is the mother of three children, Adam, Emma, and Judah.
	Mick Fine is a 3rd-year rabbinical student at JTS. Mr. Fine joins us this year for his fifth year as an Ivry Prozdor teacher. He completed his BA in Hebrew Language and Literature at the Ohio State University and continued his studies as a DeLeT Fellow at Brandeis, where he completed an MA in Teaching Hebrew. Mr. Fine has spent the past several years working in Jewish education, first as a Hebrew school teacher and then as a full-time Jewish studies educator at the Solomon Schechter School of Manhattan, and more recently editing and writing curriculum for Hazon, Teva, and JDC. He continues his work at Ivry Prozdor this year and will be returning to B'nai Jeshurun as rabbinic intern in Youth and Family Education.
	Hagit Halpern grew up in Israel on a kibbutz. In Israel, she studied at the Midrashah Le'Amanut, a college for art education. In New York, she completed a bachelor's degree in Restoration at Fashion Institute of Technology and a master's degree in Jewish Art and Visual Culture at JTS. Ms. Halperin taught art and Hebrew for many years in Israel and New York. More recently, she was an education director at East End Temple, and, currently she teaches Hebrew at the Rodeph Sholom School in Manhattan.
	Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky is the spiritual leader of Congregation Ansche Chesed in Manhattan, where he lives with his wife and four children. Following his ordination at The Jewish Theological Seminary in 1997, Rabbi Kalmanofsky served as instructor, adviser, administrator, and assistant dean of The Rabbinical School of JTS, where he remains a faculty member. He loves studying Torah, davening, Chicago Bears football, Bruce Springsteen's music, and the films of Cameron Crowe. Rabbi Kalmanofksy teaches at Ivry Prozdor on Sunday mornings.
	Jessica Kirzane is a PhD student in Yiddish Studies at Columbia University. She received BAs in English Language and Literature and Jewish Studies from the University of Virginia, and, before coming to New York, she spent a year studying Jewish history, Hebrew, and Yiddish at Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Ms. Kirzane has taught at many levels, from preschool to university, and she currently teaches Yiddish language at Columbia University. Her research interests include theories of race and ethnicity, American Yiddish prose fiction, and the history of Jewish women's social and political activism in the early 20th century. In her spare time, Jessica loves singing, baking, jogging, and Masterpiece Theatre.
	Abraham Rubin, a native of Haifa, Israel, spent a year of study at Yeshivat Ein Tzurim prior to his national service. He earned his BA in History and Multidisciplinary Studies with highest honors from the University of Haifa, and his MA in Literature from Tel-Aviv University. Mr. Rubin is currently a doctoral student of Comparative Literature at City University of New York. A former recipient of awards from the German Academic Exchange (DAAD) and the Wissenschaftszentrum Nordrhein-Westfalen, he has spent periods of study at various academic institutions, such as the University of Tübingen, Heinrich Heine University, and University College Dublin.
	Josh Schwartz is a recent alumnus of JTS, graduating in 2008 from List College, with degrees in Talmud, Bible, and Philosophy of Religion. He is currently pursuing a PhD in Jewish Mysticism at New York University. Mr. Schwartz has also participated in a number of extra-curricular study programs, including the Northwoods Kollel at Ramah Wisconsin, Yeshivat Hadar, and the Pardes Kollel in Jerusalem. He is an enthusiastic fan of improv comedy, comic books, avant-garde music, and you.
	Ella Shaked has lived in the United States for the past 15 years. In Israel she was a teacher and also worked as a medical reporter for the daily newspaper, Ma'ariv. She has an MA in Jewish History from Touro College. She taught Hebrew and Israeli literature for 11 years at the Golda Ochs Academy (formerly known as the Solomon Schechter High School of West Orange), and for the last two years, she has been on the Hebrew faculty at the middle school of Ramaz in New York City. Ms. Shaked has also taught at Touro College in New York and at Morris College in New Jersey.
	Dr. Regina Stein currently teaches at the Skirball Center for Adult Jewish Learning at Temple Emanu-El and for the Context program at The Jewish Theological Seminary. She has a BA in History from Brooklyn College, an MS in Information Systems from the City College of New York, and an MA and PhD in Jewish History from JTS. Dr. Stein served as national director of the Hadassah Leadership Academy and has been on the faculty of the Academy for Jewish Religion and of CLAL, the National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership. She has taught for the Wexner Heritage Foundation and Bronfman Youth Program in Israel, as well as JTS, Temple University, and the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem.
	Roni Tabick is the newest Gladstein Fellow and a second-year rabbinical student at The Jewish Theological Seminary. He studied math and philosophy at Oxford, and taught religion at Manchester Grammar School. After his studies, he hopes to return to work in the Masorti Movement in the United Kingdom. Roni is married to Shoshana Tabick.
	Eric Woodward is a 4th-year rabbinical student at The Jewish Theological Seminary, from which he also holds an MA in Jewish Philosophy. He has previously taught in the Community Midrasha of Durham-Chapel Hill in North Carolina, and holds a BA in Religion from Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts. Originally from Los Angeles, Eric enjoys current events, pizza, and excellent television in his spare time.