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Adaptive Proficiency in a Time of Uncertainty

“I think we need to embrace the idea that we are the leaders we’ve been looking for.”

— Author, social activist, philosopher and feminist Grace Lee Boggs

Our field finds itself in a period of extreme fluidity, uncertain about next week let alone next month or year, challenged by pressures beyond our control. At the same time, we must prepare ourselves, our teams and our programs for the coming months and year to ensure that we remain safe, sustainable, and able to accomplish our mission to elevate our students’ learning outcomes.

At Hebrew at the Center, we believe the core idea in Grace Lee Boggs’ quote calls upon all of us to understand that in this time of change, we have no choice but to rise to the occasion and help one another become “the leaders we’ve been looking for.” To that end, our team has been retooling our resources, knowledge base, and skills to help Hebrew teachers and leaders, school and organizational leaders, and the field to ensure that we can continue to support the effective teaching of Hebrew and our ongoing efforts to revolutionize this work in multiple settings.

Liat Kadosh, Director of Embedded Expertise

This moment calls upon us all to be adaptive and agile, deft and determined. The following menu of training, coaching and consultancy services will help individual teachers, faculties, and schools be prepared for a range of possibilities and provide our partners with access to the best thinking emerging from the field. While we cannot project what the new school year will look like, together we can make certain we can attend to the fundamentals of our work in a variety of physical and digital settings.

NOTE: All sessions will be conducted in Hebrew. Sessions will be recorded; by registering for the live session, participants are agreeing to be recorded for these purposes.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR HEBREW TEACHERS:

הזדמנויות למידה מקצועית עבור מורים/ות לעברית

HEBREW AT THE CENTER ONLINE COURSE OFFERED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH HEBREW COLLEGE

How will Hebrew classes look next year? There is no one answer. However, Hebrew learning can be adapted to a variety of settings. If you want to start the year being systematically equipped to teach in virtual, hybrid or modified in-person modalities, join this course. Through the integration of technology in second language instruction, using the Proficiency Approach, you will be able to maximize Hebrew learning and enhance your learners’ communicative performance. By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

  • Identify the basic principles of the Proficiency Approach for teaching Hebrew
  • Adapt a variety of online tools to different learning objectives
  • Advance your learners to a higher level of proficiency
  • Create meaningful online content for your classes
 

איך תיראה כיתת העברית בשנת הלימודים הבאה? אין מענה אחד אבל ניתן להיערך למצבי למידה שונים מכל מקום. אם הינכם/ן מעוניינים/ות להתחיל את שנת הלימודים הבאה מצוידים/ות  בחשיבה וכלים ללמידה מרחוק/ למידה היברדית/ למידה היברידית גמישה, הצטרפו לקורס המקוון ״למידה מכל מקום- אוריינות דיגיטלית פדגוגית״. הקורס יתמקד בשילוב טכנולוגי-פדגוגי במצבי למידה שונים ומֵרוב רכישת השפה התפקודית גם בסביבות למידה משתנות ושונותבסוף הקורס:

  • תזהו את העקרונות הבסיסיים בגישת הפרופישנסי להוראת שפה נוספת.
  • תצטיידו בכלים חשיבתיים ומעשיים להוראה מרחוק/הוראה היברידית/ הוראה היברידית גמישה בהתאם למטרות למידה מגוונות
  • תבנו תכנים לכיתות הלימוד שלכם/ן לשנת הלימודים הבאה
  • תקדמו את לומדיכם/ן לרמה אוריינית גבוהה יותר

This online course and independent study consists of 8 one-hour webinars, 2:00-3:00pm EST. Assignments will be given in between sessions. Session dates: 7/26 (Sunday), 8/2 (Sunday), 8/9 (Sunday), 8/16 (Sunday), 8/23 (Sunday), 8/30 (Sunday), 9/6 (Asynchronous session all week), 9/13 (Sunday). Fee: $445 per participant; $400 for Prizmah and HATC 2020-2021 member schools (costs reflect a generous subsidy)

Learn more and register via the Hebrew College online course website

 


HEBREW AT THE CENTER
ONLINE COURSE OFFERED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH HEBREW COLLEGE

90% of the information that we receive in our day to day life is conveyed through visuals. We process this information significantly faster that textual information. Using visual representations in the teaching and learning of Hebrew (images, clips, graphics, logos, graffiti, art, etc.) is critical for 21st century learning and is effective in face-to-face/online/hybrid learning. At the end of this course participants will be able to:

  • Identify elements of visual literacy in teaching language and culture
  • Use various pedagogical tools to work with visuals in order to enhance language and cultural competencies including: the IMAGE model, clipchat, a virtual classroom using Bitmoji, etc.
  • Recognize how visual literacy is integral to the Proficiency Approach
  • Integrate elements of visual literacy in lessons and curriculae in order to advance students’ communicative skills

90% מהמידע שאנו מקבלים בחיי היום-יום מועבר דרך ייצוגים ויזואליים ואת המידע הזה אנו מעבדים בצורה משמעותית מהר יותר ממידע המועבר דרך טקסטים כתובים. שימוש בייצוגים ויזואלים בכיתת השפה (תמונות, איורים,  סמלילים, סרטונים, אנימציה, גרפיטי ועוד) הוא חלק בלתי נפרד מלמידה במאה ה-21 ויעיל בלמידה בכל מצב (למידה בכיתה פיזית /למידה מרחוק/ למידה היברדית/ למידה היברידית גמישה)

בסוף הקורס:

  • תזהו אלמנטים של אוריינות חזותית בהוראת שפה ותרבות
  • תלמדו ותיישמו מודלים פדגוגיים שונים לעבודה עם ייצוגים ויזואלים בכיתת העברית כדוגמת מודל הֹ Clipchat, Botmoji Virtual Classroom IMAGE
  • תזהו את נקודות ההשקה בין אוריינות חזותית וגישת הפרופישנסי להוראת שפה ותרבות
  • תשלבו אלמנטים מאוריינות חזותית בכיתות העברית שלכם/ן ובתכנית הלימודים בכלל
 

This online course and independent study consists of 6 synchronous 75-minute webinars, 8:00-9:15pm EST. Assignments will be given in between sessions. Session dates: 10/19 (Monday), 10/26 (Monday), 11/2 (Monday), 11/9 (Monday), 11/16 (Monday), 11/23 (Monday). Fee: $400 per participant; $360 for Prizmah and HATC 2020-2021 member schools (costs reflect a generous subsidy).

To register, please us this link to go to the Hebrew College site.

No one knows what Hebrew classes will look like next year. However, in order to best prepare, we invite you to join us for a ½ day hands-on workshop to understand concepts and explore strategies and tools for distance and hybrid Hebrew teaching and learning. We will be offering 3 workshops, open to the field, each geared towards a different student age-group. All of these workshops will afford you the opportunity to work on preparing materials for your classes during the first few weeks of school and hopefully leave you better equipped to start the new year. (If you wish to participate in more than one workshop, please complete a separate registration form for each workshop.)

קיימת עדיין אי-ודאות איך תיפתח שנת הלימודים הבאה, אבל ניתן כבר להיערך למצבי למידה שונים. אנו מזמינים אתכם מורים/ות להצטרף לחצי יום של סדנה מעשית כדי להצטייד בכלים חשיבתיים ומעשיים למודלים שונים של למידה מרחוק. סדרה של 3 סדנאות, תהיה פתוחה לכלל המורים/ות לעברית. המשתתפים יתחלקו לקבוצות גיל אותן הם/ן מלמדים/ות (הגיל הרך, יסודי, חטיבה/תיכון). הסדנאות תאפשרנה להכין חומרים ופעילויות לתחילת שנת הלימודים ולהצטייד בכלים להוראה/למידה במהלך השנה. (אם אתם/ן מעוניינים/ת להשתתף ביותר מסדנה ליותר מקבוצת גיל אחת, אנא מלאו טפסי הרשמה נפרדים.)
  • Monday, August 3; 11am-3pm EDT (8am-12pm PDT) – for early childhood Hebrew teachers (PK-2) – THIS HAS OCCURRED
  • Tuesday, August 4; 11am-3pm EDT (8am-12pm PDT – for elementary school Hebrew teachers – THIS HAS OCCURRED
  • Monday, July 27; 11am-3pm EDT (8am-12pm PDT) – for middle/high school Hebrew teachers – THIS HAS OCCURRED
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Fee: $89 per participant; $75 for HATC 2020-2021 member schools.

This workshop is intended for Hebrew teachers of grades PK-12. In addition to being introduced to concepts, strategies and tools for differentiated instruction, participants will have the opportunity to create materials that meet their specific needs and that can be used in the first few weeks of the school year.

סדנה זו מיועדת למורים/ות לעברית מגילאי טרום גן ועד תיכון. בסדנה זו תצטיידו בעקרונות, אסטרטגיות וכלים בהוראה מותאמת. משתתפי/ות הסדנה יוכלו לפתח במהלכה חומרים שיענו לצרכים המקצועיים שלהם/ן ובית ספרכם/ן

וישרתו אתכם/ן בשבועות הראשונים לתחילת שנת הלימודים הבאה.

Session date: Sunday, July 19; 11am-3pm EDT (8am-12pm PDT). Fee: $89 per participant; $75 for HATC 2020-2021 member schools.

To register for this workshop, complete this form

If you are looking for individualized support and assistance in adapting your work to the emerging reality around us, our senior staff is available to provide coaching and consultation on a broad range of topics. Note: In recognition of the COVID-19 challenges, Hebrew at the Center will be providing its 2020-2021 member schools with a 30% discount and the balance of the field with a 20% discount on distance coaching and consulting sessions conducted between June and the end of August, 2020.

אם אתם/ן מעוניינים בתמיכה אישית כדי להתאים את עבודתכם/ן למציאויות הלמידה החדשות, היועצים הבכירים של ״עברית במרכז״ יעמדו לרשותכם/ן בהדרכה, ייעוץ וליווי במגוון רחב של נושאים. בחודשי יוני- סוף אוגוסט,

בתי ספר בעלי חברות בעברית במרכז 2020-2021, יקבלו הנחה של 30% על שעות ייעוץ. בתי ספר ללא חברות ייהנו מהנחה של 20% על שעות ייעוץ.

Use the following form to coordinate a conversation around your coaching and consulting needs:

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Let us know if there are other areas, not addressed here, where you feel we could support you, your staff or your work.

נשמח לשמוע אם יש לכם/ן עוד תחומים שלא כללנו בהם נוכל לתמוך בכם/ן ובאנשי הצוות שלכם/ן.

Use this link to connect with one of our Hebrew at the Center senior staff

OPPORTUNITIES FOR SCHOOL AND HEBREW LEADERS

הזדמנויות למנהלי בית ספר ולראשי מחלקות לעברית​

מנוי חברות עבור עברית במרכז – תמיכה לכל המחלקה לעברית

Support your entire Hebrew faculty by becoming a Hebrew at the Center member school and benefit from the following:

  • Individual access to our resource center which includes a wide range of Hebrew educational materials
  • Participation in the HATC Hebrew Teacher Professional Learning Community (HTPLC) which will include a series of professional learning workshops and access to the HATC PLC blog
  • 2 hours of coaching (for anyone designated by the school)
  • 10% discount on additional contracted coaching sessions
  • 10% discount on HATC online courses offered in partnership with Hebrew College

על מנת לתמוך בכל צוות ההוראה לעברית בבית ספרכם/ן, ״עברית במרכז״ מציע מנוי חברות הכולל את השירותים הבאים:

  • גישה אישית למרכז המשאבים הכולל מגוון רחב של חומרים התומכים בהוראת עברית
  • השתתפות בכל מפגשי התוכן המקוונים של ״קהילה מקצועית לומדת״ וניהול שיח בעקבותם באמצעות יומן רשת
  • שעתיים של הדרכה אישית (למי שבית הספר יראה לנכון)
  • 10% הנחה על שעות הנחייה אישיות נוספות
  • 10% הנחה על השתתפות בקורסים המקוונים המועברים בשיתוף עם ״המכללה העברית״

Hebrew at the Center School Membership Fees:

  • $1,000 for schools doing contract work with HATC
  • $1,500 for sustaining member schools (have contracted work with HATC in the past)
  • $1,500 for new schools with 1-5 Hebrew faculty members
  • $2,000 for new schools with 6-10 Hebrew faculty members
  • $2,500 for new schools with 11-15 Hebrew faculty members
  • $3,000 for new schools with more than 15 Hebrew faculty members

Fill out the following form to sign your school up for a Hebrew at the Center membership:

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Support your Hebrew leadership by signing them up to become members of the HATC Hebrew Leader PLC. Members benefit from the following:

  • Designed specifically for Hebrew leaders to discuss current trends in Hebrew language acquisition, share effective practices and resources, and to collaborate where applicable
  • The Hebrew Leader PLC will include: 4 webinars, a closed group blog and 2 complimentary hours of individualized coaching
  • 10% discount on HATC online courses offered in partnership with Hebrew College
  • 10% discount on additional contracted coaching sessions

על מנת לתמוך ברכזי/ות מחלקות ואנשי/ות צוות מובילים/ות לעברית, רשמו אותם/ן ל״קהילה מקצועית לומדת למנהיגי עברית” של עברית במרכז. החברות כוללת את השירותים הבאים:

  • תוכנן במיוחד למנהיגי עברית כדי לדון על מידע עדכני ברכישת שפה נוספת, לשתף שיטות ומשאבים יעילים ולשתף פעולה כאשר הרלוונטי
  • 4 מפגשי תוכן מקוונים ופורום ביומן רשת
  • שעתיים של הנחייה אישית
  • 10% הנחה על השתתפות בקורסים המקוונים המוצעים בשיתוף פעולה עם ״עברית במרכז״
  • 10% הנחה על שעות הנחייה אישיות נוספות

Fee: $449 per participant. Fill out the following form to join the HLPLC:

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Professional development and planning prior to the start of the school year (especially this year!) are critical strategies for preparing your Hebrew staff to be best positioned for effective teaching in our new “reality”.  We are offering half and full-day PD trainings that will provide conceptual and practical tools in the specific area on which your team is focused.

Topics can include, but are not limited to:

  • Teaching and Learning Hebrew From Anywhere
  • Student-Centered Activities in Remote-Learning and In-Person Classes
  • Activities to Maximize Oral Performance/Proficiency
  • Creating and Implementing Effective Lesson Plans that Maximize Learning
  • Project and Community Based Language Learning (PBLL/CBLL)
  • Teaching with Comprehensible Input (CI)
  • Assessing Students Online
  • Assessing Early Childhood Hebrew Students (PK-Grade 2)
  • Hebrew Student Assessment and How It Should Inform Decision-Making

Fees:

  • ½ Day PD Training: Includes 2 1-hour pre-planning meetings with Hebrew/school leaders and 1 1-hour post-training reflection meeting. Fee: $2,499
  • Full-Day PD Training: Includes 2 1-hour pre-planning meetings with Hebrew/school leaders and 1 1-hour post-training reflection meeting. Fee: $3,499

היערכות והכנה מקצועית לשנת הלימודים (בעיקר במציאות משתנה בימינו) הן מרכיב משמעותי בהצלחה בשנת הלימודים הבאה. אנו מציעים מספר סדנאות תוכן (חצי יום/יום מלא) בנושאים רבים. להלן דוגמאות לחלק מסדנאות התוכן:

  • הוראה/למידה של עברית מכל מקום
  • פעילויות בהן הלומד במרכז בלמידה מקוונת ולמידת פנים-אל-פנים
  • פעיליות ממרבות ומעצימות תקשורת דבורה
  • בנייה ויישום של מערכי שיעור הממרבים למידה
  • למידת שפה מבוססת פרויקט/קהילה
  • למידה מבוססת מתודות של ״הוראה דרך קלט מובן״
  • הערכת לומדים בסביבה מקוונת
  • הערכת לומדים צעירים (טרום גן-כיתה ב)
  • הערכה לומדים מערכתית והשפעותיה על מדיניות וקבלת החלטות בית ספרית

Use this form to connect with a senior professional at Hebrew at the Center to plan out your beginning of the year professional development program:

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Providing your Hebrew faculty with focused professional development can both help strengthen your Hebrew program as well as provide your teachers with the conceptual and practical tools needed during this time of transition. The following sessions can be provided to your faculty:

  • Teaching Hebrew from Anywhere – Digital Pedagogy to Increase Student Proficiency. This is an online course consisting of 8 one-hour webinars. Assignments will be given in between sessions. Cost: $4,000 for up to 10 teachers; $6,000 for up to 18 teachers
  • Visual Literacy in Teaching Hebrew Language and Culture. This is an online course consisting of 6 75-minute sessions online. Assignments will be given in between sessions. Cost: $3,600 for up to 10 teachers; $5,600 for up to 18 teachers
  • Virtual workshop series for your entire Hebrew faculty. This option consists of 4 60-minute workshops: one 1-hour pre-series meeting, one 1-hour during PD meeting and one 1-hour post-series reflection meeting with Hebrew and/or school leadership. Cost: $2,875. Topics can include, but are not limited to:
    • Distance Hebrew Teaching and Learning
    • Understanding and Supporting LD Hebrew Students
    • Differentiated Teaching and Learning in a Myriad of Settings
    • Hebrew Student Assessment – Why and How?
    • Project and Community Based Language Learning (PBLL/CBLL)
    • Building Curricular Units Based on the HATC Model
    • Introduction to Proficiency-Based Instruction and Learning
    • Moving Students from Achievement-Based Learning Towards Performance/Proficiency-Based Learning

תמיכה ממוקדת במורי העברית מעצימה את תכנית העברית בבית ספרכם/ן ומציידת את המורים/ות בכלים חשיבתיים ומעשיים במיוחד במצבי למידה משתנים. אנו מציעים את מפגשי התוכן הבאים לצוותי העבודה שלכם/ן:

  • קורס מקוון בנושא ״למידה מכל מקום- אוריינות דיגיטלית- פדגודית״ -8 מפגשים בני שעה עם משימות בין המפגשים.
  • קורס מקוון ב״אוריינות חזותית בהוראת שפה ותרבות״- 6 מפגשים בני שעה ורבע עם משימות בין המפגשים.
  • סדרה של 4 מפגשים בני שעה: מפגש בן שעה טרום סדנה, שעתיים לאורך הסדנאות ומפגש בן שעה עוקב הסדרה לרפלקציה. דוגמאות לנושאי סדנאות:
    • למידה/הוראה מרחוק/ למידה היברידית
    • הבנה ותמיכה בלומדים מתקשים/לומדים אחרת
    • הוראה מותאמת במגוון סביבות למידה
    • הערכת לומדים- למה ואיך?
    • למידה מבוססת פרויקט/קהילה
    • בניית תכנית לימודים מעגלית בגישת הפרופישנסי המבוססת על מודל שפותח ב״עברית במרכז״
    • מבוא ועקרונות בסיסיים בגישת הפרופישנסי להוראת שפה נוספת
    • קידום לומדי עברית ממצב של תפקוד שפתי בסביבת למידה לאוריינות שפתית בסביבה טבעית

Use this form to connect with a senior professional at Hebrew at the Center to plan out your 2020-2021 professional development program:

Click here to open the form

If you are looking for individualized support and assistance in adapting your work to the emerging reality around us, our senior staff is available to provide coaching and consultation on a broad range of topics including, but not limited to:

  • School and Hebrew leadership coaching – reimagining your Hebrew department (What do we do in terms of leveling, different modalities and a multitude of adaptive challenges?)
  • Hebrew leadership coaching focused on curricular mapping and unit development
  • Hebrew leadership coaching on school-wide assessment (data collection and analysis)
  • Individual and/or group coaching for Hebrew teachers in your school/organization – areas of focus TBD

Note: In recognition of the COVID-19 challenges, Hebrew at the Center will be providing its 2020-2021 member schools with a 30% discount and the balance of the field with a 20% discount on distance coaching and consulting sessions conducted between June and the end of August, 2020.

אם הינכם/ן מעוניינים/ן בתמיכה אישית במורי בית ספרכם/ן במציאות המשתנה, היועצות הבכירות ב״עברית במרכז״ יעמדו לרשותכם/ן בנושאי תוכן שונים. נושאי תוכן לדוגמה כוללים:

  • הנחייה למנהיגי/מובילי מחלקות לעברית – חזון מחודש למחלקה לעברית
  • הנחייה מממוקדת במיפוי תכנית לימודים מעגלית ובניית יחידות לימוד תמטיות
  • הנחייה בהערכת לומדים מערכתית ( איסוף נתונים וניתוחם)
  • הנחייה אישית /קבוצתית של מורי/ות בית הספר לפי נושאים שייבחרו בתיאום עם בית הספר

בחודשי יוני- סוף אוגוסט, בתי ספר בעלי חברות בעברית במרכז 2020-2021, יקבלו הנחה של 30% על שעות ייעוץ. בתי ספר ללא חברות ייהנו מהנחה של 20% על שעות ייעוץ.

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Adina Kanefield
Director

Adina Kanefield is the Chief Executive Officer of the National Library of Israel, leading efforts to build support through strategic partnerships, dynamic programming, and community outreach across North America.

Previously, Adina founded a consulting practice focused on strategic growth and resource development, serving as a lead consultant for Hebrew at the Center. She has held leadership roles at the Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center, the Milton Gottesman Jewish Day School, and the Center for Israel Studies at American University, and earlier practiced regulatory and employment law.

A graduate of The George Washington University School of Law, she also holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees, summa cum laude, from Emory University. Adina lives in Washington, D.C., and serves on Hebrew at the Center’s Board Development Task Force.

Adina lives in Washington, D.C., and is active in Jewish communal life. She serves on the Board Development Task Force for Hebrew at the Center and is a frequent presenter on the intersection of Jewish heritage, cultural preservation, and the mission of the National Library of Israel.

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Sanford “Sandy” Cardin

Director

Sanford “Sandy” Cardin is the founder of Global Jewry. A graduate of Harvard University, Sandy is a member of the bar of DC, Florida, Maryland, and the United States Supreme Court, as well
as the Senior Consultant for Philanthropy and Impact at Cresset Capital.
After a short stint practicing law, Sandy shifted into the NGO world. He started as the Mid-Atlantic Director of the Jerusalem Foundation before moving to Tulsa, OK in 1994 to become the first executive director, then first president, of the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family
Foundation.
Sandy spent 25 years guiding the CLSFF before leaving to become the CEO of Our Common Destiny, a global effort to
bridge the widening gap between the Jews in Israel and those living elsewhere.
Sandy has served on many Jewish boards (including as chair of the board or Leading Edge) and is currently involved in the JCC Association of North America. He has also held leadership posts at the Council on Foundations and National Center for Family Philanthropy.
Sandy lives with his wife, Melody, in Queenstown, MD.

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Walter A. Winshall

Director

Walter A. Winshall is a founding member of the board of Hebrew at the Center. He is a Principal in Collaborative Seed and Growth Partners, LLC, an investment firm specializing in the commercialization of early-stage technology. He is also a director at a number of early-stage companies. In addition to HATC, he is a board member of the National Yiddish Book Center and MIT Hillel. He was a founding board member of JCDS, Boston’s Jewish Community Day School and the Institute for the Advancement of Hebrew.
He graduated from MIT in electrical engineering and from Harvard Law School. Walt lives in Weston, Massachusetts with his wife, Arnee, chair of the Hebrew at the Center Board.
Walt serves on the Finance Committee and the Advocacy & Strategic Task Force Committee.

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Daniel Serfaty

Director

Daniel Serfaty is currently Chair of Aptima. As Aptima’s Founder and CEO, Daniel Serfaty has led Aptima to become the premier Human Performance Engineering business in the world. His work optimizes the integration of humans with intelligent technologies in defense, healthcare, aerospace, and education. His keynote addresses around the world are encouraging his audiences to imagine a future in which human and artificial intelligences work together in the service of humankind.
Daniel’s interdisciplinary background includes degrees in mathematics, psychology, aerospace engineering, and international business from the Université de Paris, the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, and University of Connecticut. His doctoral work has pioneered the study of distributed command teams. He is the recipient of the UConn Distinguished Service Award and has been inducted in its Engineering Hall of Fame.
Daniel is the co-Chair of the New England Israeli American Council (IAC), the board of the Friends of the Academy of Hebrew Language and, in addition, serves on the boards of several business and philanthropic organizations in both the United States and Israel, with an eye towards building bridges between these communities. Daniel serves on Hebrew at the Center’s Yom Iyyun Task Force and is co-chair of the Board Development Task Force.
Daniel lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts with his wife Irene.

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Todd Sukol

Director

Todd Sukol has worked in and around the nonprofit and philanthropic sector most of his career. At the Mayberg Foundation where he is Executive Director, he oversees the foundation’s strategic philanthropy, grant-making and development of the Jewish Education Innovation Challenge (JEIC) and the Incubator for Emerging Jewish Initiatives (IEJI). In addition, Todd is a founding board member of The Witness Institute. Previously, Todd was president of Do More Mission, a firm that increases nonprofit impact through philanthropic advisory services to high net worth individuals and foundations and management services to small and mid-sized charitable organizations.

Todd received his formal training in Journalism and Public Relations from Pennsylvania State University. He studied
at the University of Manchester in England and completed a two-year Yeshiva program at Machon Shlomo: Alexander and Eva Heiden Torah Institute in Jerusalem, Israel. Sukol graduated from the Executive Master’s program
at the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at Indiana University where he is currently enrolled in a doctoral program. Todd and his wife Amy (an active Hebrew at the Center volunteer) live in Silver Springs, Maryland. Todd was a member of the Strategic Reset Group, chaired the Strategic Transition and Planning Work Group, and is the current co-chair of the Governance Committee/Committee on Trustees and Board Development Task Force.

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Neil Kuttner

Treasurer

Neil Kuttner is the Chief Operations Officer of Cross Shore Capital Management, LLC, a registered investment advisor. He has worked in the financial services industry for forty years, previously at Sanford Bernstein & Co. where he was the CFO. Neil is a CPA and has also taught tax planning at Lehman College. Neil has BA in economics from City College of New York and a master’s degree in business administration from the Wharton School.
Neil lives in Manhattan and has two grown sons, Sam and Matthew, both of whom are involved Jewishly. Neil has long been active in the Jewish community has previously served as treasurer of Camp Ramah in New England, treasurer of the Foundation for Jewish Camp, board chair of the Academy for Jewish Religion, and synagogue president of Park Slope Jewish Center.
Neil views fluency in Hebrew as one of the important building blocks in positive Jewish identity, though his Hebrew language skills do need brushing up. He chairs Hebrew at the Center’s Finance Committee and is looking forward to continuing to contribute both his time and expertise.

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Joanne Blauer

Clerk

Joanne Blauer was formerly the Associate Dean, Secretary and Executive Vice Dean of Weill Cornell Medical College and Graduate School of Medical Sciences in New York City.
Joanne has a BA in Philosophy and Religion from Scripps College and a JD from the University of Washington School of Law. She spent her junior year of college at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. She is the past COO of Hebrew at the Center and a founding board member of the Institute for the Advancement of Hebrew. In addition, Joanne has previously served on the board of Scripps College, the National Association of College and University Attorneys and is an inactive member of the Washington State Bar Association. She lives in New York City and Richmond Shores, Massachusetts. Joanne co- chairs the Governance Committee/Committee on Trustees and serves on the CEO Support and Evaluation Committee (CSEC).

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Arnee Winshall

President

co-founded Hebrew at the Center with Dr. Vardit Ringvald and
Sharona Givol. She is Founding Chair of JCDS, Boston’s Jewish Community Day School and sits on the boards of Jewish Interactive and Incubator for Emerging Jewish Initiatives (IEJI).
In addition, Arnee is a member of the JEIC advisory and co-founder of DEEP (a PLC of Developing Embedded Expertise Programs). In the past, she served chair of the RAVSAK board, on the Board of Overseers of Hebrew College, on the Executive Committee of JESNA, as the lay co-chair of the Lippman Kanfer Institute, and on the boards of The Harold Grinspoon Foundation, the JCC’s of Greater Boston, the Foundation for Jewish Camp, JECEI, and the Yiddish Book Center.

Arnee received her undergraduate degree in contrastive linguistics from Boston University and, after serving in the Peace Corps in Thailand, pursued graduate studies in developmental psycholinguistics at the University of Chicago.
Arnee has two adult children and lives in Weston, Massachusetts with her husband, Walt.