Faculty

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Mr. Robert Gladding

English

goldmintzj@maayanot.org

Rabbi Jay Goldmintz

Tanakh & Jewish Philosophy

gottliebt@maayanot.org

Mrs. Tova Gottlieb

Learning Specialist

guzmang@maayanot.org

Mrs. Gila Guzman

Nutrition

hanauerm@maayanot.org • ext 321

Mrs. Meredith Hanauer

Business Manager

hoenigf@maayanot.org

Mrs. Felicia Hoenig

Executive Assistant

Mrs. Elizabeth Horowitz

Health Sciences Electives

horowitze@maayanot.org

Mrs. Emma Horowitz

English

Mrs. Freidi Hyman

Math and Learning Specialist

ishaim@maayanot.org

Ms. Meytal Ishai

Hebrew Department

isseroffs@maayanot.org

Mrs. Shalvi Isseroff

English

kaminetskyn@maayanot.org

Mrs. Nina Kaminetsky

Tanakh, Student Activities, Chesed Coordinator

kapustinm@maayanot.org

Mrs. Melissa Kapustin

Contemporary Israel

katzensteina@maayanot.org • ext 219

Mrs. Adele Katzenstein

Learning Specialist, Jewish Philosophy

kazinf@maayanot.org

Ms. Felicia Kazin

English

klapperd@maayanot.org

Mrs. Dina Klapper

Math

krauser@maayanot.org

Mrs. Reyce Krause

Director of STEAM Curriculum

kurs@maayanot.org

Ms. Samantha Kur

English Department Chair

lernerc@maayanot.org

Mrs. Chava Lerner

Talmud Department Chair

Mrs. Cara Levine

College Guidance

levines@maayanot.org

Mrs. Sorole Levine

Learning Specialist & Heartbeats Faculty Advisor

linzerl@maayanot.org

Mrs. Lori Linzer

Tanakh

lowym@maayanot.org

Mr. Mike Lowy

Director of Information Technology

mafoudal@maayanot.org

Ms. Leyat Mafouda

Learning Specialist

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Mr. Robert Gladding

English

About Mr. Robert Gladding

Rabbi Jay Goldmintz

Tanakh & Jewish Philosophy

email: goldmintzj@maayanot.org

About Rabbi Jay Goldmintz

Rabbi Dr. Jay Goldmintz joined the Ma'ayanot faculty in 2014 and teaches Tanakh and Jewish Philosophy. He is a veteran day school educator who has published widely on curriculum, tefillah education, child and adolescent religious development, and religious parenting. He is author of the 2014 National Jewish Book Award-winning Koren Ani Tefila Weekday Siddur. He serves on the Editorial Board of the Koren Magerman Educational Siddur series. He was a Jerusalem Fellow and has received both a Gruss Excellent Teachers Award and a BJE Creative Teaching Award. He has served in various capacities including teacher, department chair, Israel and college guidance counselor, and eventually Headmaster at Ramaz School over the course of more than 30 years. He received a B.A. with Honors from University of Toronto, semikha from the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary, an M.S. from Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology, and an Ed.D. from Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education at Yeshiva University, where he also served as an adjunct professor.

Mrs. Tova Gottlieb

Learning Specialist

email: gottliebt@maayanot.org

About Mrs. Tova Gottlieb

Mrs. Gila Guzman

Nutrition

email: guzmang@maayanot.org

About Mrs. Gila Guzman

Mrs. Gila Guzman teaches Nutrition at Ma’ayanot. She is the Director of Main Asset Health LLC, a health coaching practice. She is the in-house Nutrition Health Coach at Grand and Essex Market, where she has her own line of “Coach Gila-Approved” healthy takeout foods. She serves as the Camp Nutritional Specialist at Camp Mesorah, where she teaches nutrition workshops and is responsible for all of the special dietary needs of campers and staff. Coach Gila is also a health columnist for The Jewish Link and Shopping Maven. She has taught healthy cooking classes at Ma’ayanot and at Yachad’s vocational program, and in addition to teaching Nutrition at Ma’ayanot will also be teaching a Nutrition/Cooking Elective at Yavneh Academy this year. She holds a B.A. from Stern College, a J.D. from Brooklyn Law School, and certification from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition.

Mrs. Meredith Hanauer

Business Manager

email: hanauerm@maayanot.org

ext: 321

About Mrs. Meredith Hanauer

Mrs. Meredith Hanauer is Ma'ayanot's Business Manager. Prior to joining our staff in 2014, Mrs. Hanauer worked as an HR Manager. She earned a B.S. from the Sy Sim School of Business at Yeshiva University.

Mrs. Felicia Hoenig

Executive Assistant

email: hoenigf@maayanot.org

About Mrs. Felicia Hoenig

Mrs. Elizabeth Horowitz

Health Sciences Electives

About Mrs. Elizabeth Horowitz

Mrs. Emma Horowitz

English

email: horowitze@maayanot.org

About Mrs. Emma Horowitz

Mrs. Emma Horowitz teaches English at Ma’ayanot. She graduated Washington University in St. Louis magna cum laude with an A.B. in English Literature and a minor in General Business. She earned a J.D. from Benjamin Cardozo School of Law with a Concentration in Intellectual Property Law, and has been admitted to the bar in New York and New Jersey. She has worked in the field of law for the past 13 years. For more than six years, she was an Assistant District Attorney in the Kings County District Attorney’s Office, managing hundreds of felony, misdemeanor and Grand Jury cases.

Mrs. Freidi Hyman

Math and Learning Specialist

About Mrs. Freidi Hyman

Ms. Meytal Ishai

Hebrew Department

email: ishaim@maayanot.org

About Ms. Meytal Ishai

Mrs. Shalvi Isseroff

English

email: isseroffs@maayanot.org

About Mrs. Shalvi Isseroff

Mrs. Shalvi Isseroff teaches English and serves as the Co-Director of Interdisciplinary Studies. She holds a B.A. in English Literature from Stern College and an M.A. in English Education from Teacher’s College of Columbia University. Prior to coming to Ma'ayanot, Mrs. Isseroff worked as a student teacher at the high school and middle school levels.

Mrs. Nina Kaminetsky

Tanakh, Student Activities, Chesed Coordinator

email: kaminetskyn@maayanot.org

About Mrs. Nina Kaminetsky

Mrs. Melissa Kapustin

Contemporary Israel

email: kapustinm@maayanot.org

About Mrs. Melissa Kapustin

Mrs. Melissa Kapustin teaches Contemporary Israel at Ma’ayanot. She is a partner at The Rothenberg Law Firm LLP as well as a frequent lecturer on the topics of Jewish History and Law. She has been a guest speaker in many communities across the Northeast, including the Institute for Jewish Ethics as well as Yeshiva University’s Midreshet Yom Rishon. Mrs. Kapustin attended Stern College as a Forcheimer Academic Scholar earning a B.A., Magna Cum Laude, in Judaic and American Studies. While pursuing a B.A., Mrs. Kapustin also attended a joint degree program at the Bernard Revel Graduate School of Yeshiva University where she received an M.A. in Modern Jewish History. After several years of teaching Jewish History at Ma’ayanot, Mrs. Kapustin earned a J.D. from Rutgers University School of Law-Newark, graduating with High Honors as well as receiving acceptance into the “Order of the Coif,” a National Honors Society for law school graduates.

Mrs. Adele Katzenstein

Learning Specialist, Jewish Philosophy

email: katzensteina@maayanot.org

ext: 219

About Mrs. Adele Katzenstein

Mrs. Adele Katzenstein works as a Learning Specialist in Ma'ayanot's Learning Center and teaches Jewish Philosophy. She joined Ma'ayanot in 2014. In addition to working at Ma'ayanot, Mrs. Katzenstein maintains a private tutorial practice and is a Parent Trainer for EPIC (Every Parent Influences Children) in Rockland, NY. Mrs. Katzenstein has had extensive experience in special education in yeshiva day schools for more than 30 years. Mrs. Katzenstein earned a B.A. in Special Education from Baruch College and a Master's in Education and Reading from Walden University. She has presented numerous staff development workshops throughout the tri-state area.

Ms. Felicia Kazin

English

email: kazinf@maayanot.org

About Ms. Felicia Kazin

Mrs. Dina Klapper

Math

email: klapperd@maayanot.org

About Mrs. Dina Klapper

Mrs. Dina Klapper teaches AP Statistics, Algebra II and Geometry. She has an M.S. in Mathematics Education (5-12) from Touro College and a B.S. in Management from the University of Massachusetts. Previously, she taught middle-school mathematics at Ben Porat Yosef. Ms. Klapper also served in the Israeli Defense Forces as a Sergeant/Instructor for the Education Unit. She is a Certified Personal Trainer.

Mrs. Reyce Krause

Director of STEAM Curriculum

email: krauser@maayanot.org

About Mrs. Reyce Krause

A beloved math teacher for many years, Mrs. Reyce Krause is Director of our STEAM curriculum, coordinating the planning, development, and implementation of our constantly evolving, cutting-edge STEAM curriculum. Mrs. Krause teaches freshmen and sophomore STEAM courses at Ma’ayanot. She earned her B.S. in Mathematics from Ramapo College where she won the Wiley Prize for Excellence in Mathematics.

Ms. Samantha Kur

English Department Chair

email: kurs@maayanot.org

About Ms. Samantha Kur

Ms. Samantha Kur, our English Chair, teaches English and Writing Seminar, as well as advising our Poetry Slam team and serving as Co-Director of Humanities Enrichment. Ms. Kur earned a B.A. in English and an M.A. in English Education from the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa. She came to Ma’ayanot with a variety of teaching experiences; she taught English, History and Drama in South Africa and England, as well as Tanakh, Talmud and English at schools in Massachusetts and New Jersey. Ms. Kur also studied as a Fellow at the Pardes Institute for Jewish Studies in Israel, and has a degree in graphic design.

Mrs. Chava Lerner

Talmud Department Chair

email: lernerc@maayanot.org

About Mrs. Chava Lerner

Mrs. Chava Lerner, a graduate of Ma’ayanot’s Class of 2004, serves as Chair of the Talmud Department and teaches Talmud. Mrs. Lerner has a B.A. in Judaic Studies and Psychology from Stern College. She also holds an M.A. in Bible from Bernard Revel Graduate School of Yeshiva University, and an M.A. in Biblical and Talmudic Interpretation from Yeshiva University’s Graduate Program for Women in Advanced Talmudic Studies (GPATS). Prior to joining the Ma'ayanot faculty, Mrs. Lerner worked at SAR Academy for two years, beginning as a Beit Midrash Fellow and then moving on to a position as a Judaic Studies teacher.

Mrs. Cara Levine

College Guidance

About Mrs. Cara Levine

Mrs. Sorole Levine

Learning Specialist & Heartbeats Faculty Advisor

email: levines@maayanot.org

About Mrs. Sorole Levine

Mrs. Lori Linzer

Tanakh

email: linzerl@maayanot.org

About Mrs. Lori Linzer

Mr. Mike Lowy

Director of Information Technology

email: lowym@maayanot.org

About Mr. Mike Lowy

Mr. Michael Lowy is the Director of Information Technology at Ma’ayanot. Prior to joining Ma’ayanot's faculty, he was an IT Director and Manager at various corporations and organizations. Mr. Lowy’s responsibilities include managing the Technology Department’s mission of ensuring the smooth functioning and usage of the school's technological resources.

Ms. Leyat Mafouda

Learning Specialist

email: mafoudal@maayanot.org

About Ms. Leyat Mafouda