Jewish Philosophy Department - Faculty List

Mrs. Tamar Appel, Assistant Principal, has brought her passion for teaching to Ma'ayanot since 2004, when she became a teacher of Hebrew, American History, and Jewish History at the school.  She has served as Chairperson of the History, Jewish History, and Jewish Philosophy Departments, and she designed the school's Modern Jewish History curriculum.  She also administers the Tikvah High School Scholars program, an advanced course of study for select seniors, at Ma'ayanot. Mrs. Appel has a B.A. and an M.A. in History from the University of Pennsylvania, where she also completed her coursework toward a Ph.D. and won the Penn Prize for Excellence in Graduate Student Teaching.  She is committed not only to guiding students toward intellectual development, but also to helping them find their own personal paths as young Jewish women.
 

Ms. Sarah Gordon teaches Talmud, Jewish History, and Jewish Philosophy, and serves as a tenth-grade mehanekhet. After graduating from Stern College with a B.A. in Judaic Studies, Ms. Gordon spent two years studying at Yeshiva University's Graduate Program in Advanced Talmudic Studies. She holds an M.A. in Jewish Education from the Azrieli Graduate School, and is currently working toward another M.A. in Modern Jewish History at the Revel Graduate School. She has spent time studying at Michlelet Mevaseret Yerushalayim, and was a Fellow in the Midreshet Lindenbaum Educators Program. Ms. Gordon has extensive experience in informal Jewish education, serving in a number of leadership positions at Camp Stone, including Educational Director, as well as working as a Program Head for Bnei Akiva's MachHach Ba'Aretz Israel trip.

Mrs. Tova Warburg Sinensky teaches Talmud and Jewish Philosophy at Ma’ayanot. She also facilitates religious programming, including Why-aanot Live, our religious guidance program, and co-manages Why-aanot, our Judaic Studies Faculty Blog.  After earning her B.A. in Philosophy from Stern College and completing its S. Daniel Abraham Honors Program, Mrs. Sinensky studied Talmud and Halakha for two years in Yeshiva University’s Advanced Talmudic Studies Program for Women.  Upon completing the program, she joined the Ma’ayanot faculty.  She holds an M.A in Secondary Jewish Education from the Azrieli Graduate School. She served as a community Scholar-in-Residence in Englewood for three years, and has lectured in communities throughout North America.  She and her husband are currently the Rabbi and Rebbetzin for the Jewish community at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine.