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2012 North American Jewish Day School Conference

15-17 January 2012 | 20-22 Tevet 5772

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Slideshow | RAVSAK Members at the 2012 NAJDSC

RAVSAK Members Enjoy Sessions and Networking
Aviva Scheur from Gann Academy helps to facilitate a session
Ron Koas and Marc Beckman from Syracuse enjoy the marketplace
Elliott Rabin from RAVSAK visits with Dr. Gary Gradon and Gad Romang from AHA
Marc Kramer visits with Nina Wand and Zipora Schorr from Beth Tfiloh Dahan
Enjoying the marketplace
Howard Finkelstein from Ottawa and Chaim Heller from Brandeis HDS relax at the wine reception
Nicole Nash from Hannah Senesh and Moshe Vaknin from Hebrew Academy of Morris County
Debra Abolafia and Hilton Berger from NEMJDS visit the RAVSAK booth
Nan Jarashow intent on getting to the next session
The gang from JPDS in DC enjoy the conference
Daniella Pressner and Bob Berk hard at work
High tech at the NAJDS Conference
A candid moment at the conference
Marc Kramer welcomes everyone to the RAVSAK network day
Merrill Hendin and Patricia Schwartz captivated by the speaker
Collaborative work during the conference opening keynote
Lynn Raviv enjoying the speaker
Natalie Friedman, Karen Feller, Helena Levine and Yaacov Green from Donna Klein Jewish Academy
Dr. Ray Levi and Matt Heilicher enjoy networking with colleagues
Judy Lewis, Miri Levine and Lisa Breslau from Shalom School
Hard at work building a conference itinerary
Allison Oakes from Eleanor Kolitz Academy
Larry Kligman from AHJDS Northridge enjoys a session
Kathryn Davis from Eleanor Kolitz Academy
Sam Chestnut from The Lippman School
Dan Ahlstrom from Tucson Hebrew Academy
Dr. Susie Tanchel from JCDS Boston leading a text study
Miri Levine from Shalom School learning with a new colleague
Regina Lulka from Montessori JDS leading a session
Dean Goldfein from Contra Costa JDS
Rabbi Marc Baker participating in a session
Daniel Tuchman, Gayle Green, Karen Dombey, Tammy Fayne and Richard Cuenca from David Posnack JDS
Participants from the Lerner School
Sarah Blattner and Merrill Hendin from Portland Jewish Academy
Cheryl Hersh and Sarah Porten from Austin Jewish Academy
Tammy Fayne, Nora Anderson, Judith Rose and Adina Kanefield, members of Project SuLaM
Sharon Pollin from JCS of the Desert and Patricia Schwartz & Debby Wiston from Akiva School
Gary Grandon from AHA and Deborah Segaloff from Hebrew Academy of Tidewater
DeLeT Alumni from RAVSAK schools
Nina Wand, Susan Koss, Jill Kessler, Nan Jarashow, Leslie Pugach and Tzivia Garfinkel
Friends from Samuel Scheck Hillel and JPDSNC in DC
Zipora Schorr opens the RAVSAK day with a D'var Torah
Todd Claur, Howard Haas, Larry Kutler and Justin Olitzki
Steve Yastrow addresses day school branding
Steve Yastrow engaging the audience
RAVSAK marketplace booth
Eric Javier from CCS leads a RAVSAK session
Author Annie Murphy Paul captivates RAVSAK members at a session
Yonatan Yussman from JCHS in CT networks with a colleague
RAVSAK regalia
Jan Darsa, Helena Levine, Jill Spielman and Hilary Arenstein
Rabbi Billy from Tucson Hebrew Academy
Bruce Powell, Lilian Howard and Esther Feldman networking
Hilton Berger and Lynn Raviv from NEMJDS
RAVSAK roundtable welcoming Leah Aizenman from Chabad Academy in Myrtle Beach
Rabbi Shawn SimonHazani, Project SuLaM mentor, delivers a D'var Torah
Networking at the conference
Rabbi Eric Grossman from Frankel Jewish Academy
Elizabeth Jick from Gann Academy leads a session
Engrossed in a though provoking session
 
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