Out of the Box Gala - Friday, February 5, 2021
BJE is the only organization in Los Angeles wholly dedicated to supporting and enriching Jewish educational experiences, from early childhood through high school, across the full Jewish religious and cultural spectrum.
Your support of the Out of the Box Gala recognizes the extraordinary work happening under the leadership of the directors of early childhood centers, part-time religious schools and day schools, and enables BJE to continue to provide meaningful support to schools, educators, students and parents when the needs created by this pandemic are even more profound.
All participants who purchase tickets to the event and live in the greater Los Angeles area, as well as all educators who are being recognized, will receive a Shabbat dinner from Pat's delivered to their homes.
BJE Out of the Box Gala! from BJE on Vimeo.
Directors and Heads of School Being Recognized
(as of 12/9/2020)
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Carla Adivi |
Director of Lifelong Learning |
Valley Outreach Synagogue |
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Dr. Tamar Andrews |
Senior Director of Early Childhood Education and Engagement |
Temple Isaiah |
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Angie Bass |
Early Childhood Director |
Pressman Academy of Temple Beth Am |
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Donna Becker |
Director of Early Childhood Center |
Temple Adat Elohim |
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Dr. Amittai Benami |
Head of School |
Los Angeles Hebrew High School |
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Dr. Hannah Bennett |
Head of School |
Briskin Elementary School of Temple Israel of Hollywood |
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Ami Berlin |
Director of Education and Youth Activities |
Congregation Ner Tamid |
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Rabbi Lisa Berney |
Director of Lifelong Learning |
Leo Baeck Temple |
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Randee Bishoff |
Director of Education |
Temple Akiba |
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Debbie Blumenthal |
Early Childhood Director |
Temple Etz Chaim |
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Carol Bovill |
Early Childhood Center Director |
Wilshire Boulevard Temple |
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Joyce Bronstein |
Director of Religious School Education |
Temple Etz Chaim |
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Brandon Cohen |
Head of School |
Brawerman Elementary School of Wilshire Boulevard Temple |
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Lori Daitch |
Director of Education |
The Santa Monica Synagogue |
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Sasha Dominguez |
Religious School Director |
Mishkon Tephilo |
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Claudine Douglas |
Director of Early Childhood Education |
Temple Beth Hillel |
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Rabbi Shlomo Einhorn |
Rav & Dean |
Yavneh |
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Sarah Escobar |
Religious School Director |
Temple Israel of Hollywood |
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Mrs. Yehudis Farkash |
Principal |
Ohel Chana High School |
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Lauren Friedman |
Director of Early Childhood Education |
Westside JCC |
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Dr. Sharon Furman-Lee |
Director of Education |
Shomrei Torah |
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Analilian Garcia |
Director of Children's Center |
Temple B'nai Hayim/Congregation Beth Meier |
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Michelle Geft |
Director of Religious School |
Malibu Jewish Center & Synagogue |
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Susan North Gilboa |
Director of OurSpaceLa Programs |
Valley Beth Shalom |
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Marcy Goldberg |
Director of Education |
Temple Adat Elohim |
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Sari Goodman |
Co-Interim Head of School |
Adat Ari El |
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Cathy Gordon |
Head of Religious School |
Wilshire Boulevard Temple |
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Manda Graizel |
Director of Jewish innovation |
Silverlake Independent JCC |
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Rabbi Mendel Greenbaum |
Head of School |
Cheder Menachem and Bais Chaya Mushka |
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Rabbi Pinchos Hecht |
Interim Head of School |
YULA Girl's High School |
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Chana Hertzberg |
Early Childhood Center Director |
Palisades Jewish ECC |
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Yirat Horwatt |
Early Childhood Director |
Harkham Hillel Academy |
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Yuri Hronsky |
Head of School |
Ilan Ramon Day School |
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Kathryn Jensen |
Elementary Head of School |
Temple Beth Hillel |
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Katie Kang |
Preschool Director |
Temple Menorah |
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Danielle Kassin |
Religious School Director |
Sinai Temple |
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Stacy Kesner |
Director of Early Childhood Center |
Temple Emanuel Beverly Hills |
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Larry Kligman |
Head of School |
Abraham Joshua Heschel Day School |
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Shelley Lawrence |
ECC Director |
Sinai Akiba Academy |
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Ellie Laycook |
Religious School Director |
University Synagogue |
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Julee Snitzer Levine |
Director of Supplemental Education |
Adat Ari El |
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Julia Levine |
Religious School Director |
Temple Ramat Zion |
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Dr. Marc Lindner |
Head of School |
Sinai Akiba Academy |
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Dr. Steven Lorch |
Head of School |
Kadima Day School |
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Keri Loventhal |
Director, Etz Chaim Learning Center |
Valley Beth Shalom |
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Rabbi Adam Lutz |
Director of Education |
Temple Emanuel Beverly Hills |
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Elana Mabashov |
Religious School Director |
Beth Shir Shalom |
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Jessy Lichter Maret |
Early Childhood Director |
Temple Israel of Hollywood |
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Abby Andiman Mars |
Early Childhood Center Director |
Valley Beth Shalom |
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Robin Masnicoff |
ECC Director |
Beth Shir Shalom |
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Carolyn Moore Mooso |
Educational Director |
Temple Sinai of Glendale |
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Amir Orbach |
Director of JLC |
Temple Beth Am |
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Dr. Debora Parks |
Principal |
Harkham GAON |
| Reuben Posner | Senior Director of K-12 Education and Engagement | Temple Isaiah |
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Jane Rosen |
Director of Early Childhood |
IKAR |
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Dr. Erica Rothblum |
Head of School |
Pressman Academy of Temple Beth Am |
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Rabbi Dalia Samansky |
Director of Education |
Temple Ahavat Shalom |
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April Schafer |
Director of Early Childhood Learning Center |
University Synagogue |
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Rabbi Adam Schaffer |
Director Sevran Center for Jewish Learning & Living |
Temple Aliyah |
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Rabbi Ezra Schochet |
Rosh Yeshiva |
Yeshiva Ohr Elchonon Chabad |
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Tracey Schreier |
Head of Academics |
Harkham Hillel Academy |
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Rabbi Deborah Schuldenfrei |
Head of School |
Valley Beth Shalom Harold M. Schulweis Day School |
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Sarah Schultz |
Co-Interim Head of School |
Adat Ari El |
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Liz Schwandt |
Director of Developmental Programming |
Silverlake Independent JCC |
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Stephanie Schwartz |
Director of Wise Religious School and Temple Youth |
Wise School |
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Rabbi Ari Segal |
Head of School |
Shalhevet High School |
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Valerie Segall |
Director of Early Childhood Education |
Ilan Ramon Day School |
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Alisha Sela |
Director of Early Childhood Education Center |
Kadima Day School |
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Jen Shankman |
Early Childhood Center Director |
Wise School |
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Randi Sher |
Director of Education |
Temple Beth El |
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Rabbi Mordechai Shifman |
Head of School |
Emek Hebrew Academy |
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Mark Shpall |
Head of School |
de Toledo High School |
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Dr. Sarah Shulkind |
Head of School |
Milken Community School |
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Rabbi Keara Stein |
Director of Congregational Learning |
Temple Beth Hillel |
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Rabbi Avrohom Stulberger |
Rosh Yeshiva |
Valley Torah High School |
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Rabbi Arye Sufrin |
Head of School |
YULA Boys |
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Rabbi Zachary Swigard |
Head of Jewish Life and Academics |
Harkham Hillel Academy |
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Melinda Trauman |
Head of Schoolhouse of Learning |
Temple B'nai Hayim/Congregation Beth Meier |
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Rabbi Ronit Tsadok |
Associate Rabbi / Director of Community Learning |
IKAR |
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Rabbi Carrie Vogel |
Director of the Jewish Experience Center |
Kehillat Israel |
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Robin Wayne |
Early Childhood Education Director |
Temple Aliyah |
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Tami Weiser |
Head of School |
Wise School |
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Beth Weisman |
Director of Parenting and Admissions, Early Childhood Center |
IKAR |
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Sharone Weizman |
Director of Education and Youth Programming |
Kehillat Ma'arav |
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Lisa Whitman |
Director of Early Childhood Center |
Temple Judea |
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Rabbi Rebeccah Yussman |
Religious School Coordinator |
Temple Menorah |
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Ori Zadok |
Director of Early Childhood Education |
Adat Ari El |
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