Project SuLaM
Now accepting applicants for Cohort 4!
“Through the various components of SuLaM, participants will engage in study that will enhance their ability to serve as articulate and passionate advocates for rich Jewish learning. We encourage school boards that recognize the importance of a well grounded Judaic school environment to empower their heads of school to take part.”
Arthur W. Fried, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, The AVI CHAI Foundation
Arthur Fried’s words have indeed proven prophetic. Project SuLaM has been one of the most powerful programs ever devised for exerting a transformative impact upon Jewish day schools. SuLaM is premised upon a profound faith in the people who lead our schools. The program was created in the belief that great changes start from the top. Through close attention to its participants’ learning and growth, SuLaM has cultivated the tools, skills and dispositions in a generation of day school administrators to take ownership of their schools’ Jewish vision. Additionally, it has forged a community of professionals who, through their school leadership, informal networking, alumni Shabbatonim, personal learning and numerous other channels continue to promote the values of the program and to strengthen their personal and professional bonds.
SuLaM has reached 63 participants from 51 schools. It has made a tangible impact in the life of nearly one-third of the schools in the RAVSAK network. Participants have engaged in two intensive summer institutes and three learning Shabbatonim during the school year; pursued their own rigorous Judaic studies; undertaken Individual Action Plans to increase their Jewish knowledge and improve the Jewish vision of their schools in many areas; in concert with other school administrators, devised an Institutional Action Plan to examine ways that their school culture could grow in its alignment with Jewish values; and created ambitious new Jewish projects for their schools. All the while, thanks to the complete funding of the AVI CHAI Foundation, they have been treated to classes with leading Judaics scholars, top-flight curricula prepared specially for the program, honoraria for participation and for Jewish learning, and numerous stays in hotels with gourmet kosher catering.
Mazel tov to the current participants in the fourth cohort!
- Carol Ribner Beit Rabban
- Judith Rose Beit Breira
- Abby Levine Addlestone Hebrew Academy
- Dan Ahlstrom Tucson Hebrew Academy
- Leia Ger Kehila Jewish Community Day School
- Debby Kinman Ford B'nai Israel Community Day School
- Jane Neubauer Donna Klein Jewish Academy
- Hilary Arenstein Donna Klein Jewish Academy
- Jill Spielman Donna Klein Jewish Academy
- Helena Levine Donna Klein Jewish Academy
- Debra Abolafia N. E. Miles Jewish Day School
- Barbie Prince Shoshana S. Cardin School
- Justin Olitzki Emery/Weiner School
- Ron Koas Syracuse Hebrew Day School
- Adina Kanefield Jewish Primary Day School of the Nation's Capital
- Shoshana Bilavsky Seattle Jewish Community School
- Sarah Miller Lerner Jewish Community Day School
- Bezhad Dayanim MetroWest Jewish Day School
- Roy Danovitch Shalhevet School
And to previous Sulamites:
Cohort One
- Sue Einhorn Greenfield Day School
- Thomas Elieff Jewish Day School of Metropolitan Seattle
- Karen Feller Donna Klein Jewish Academy
- Mitch Flatow King David School
- Dean Goldfein Contra Costa Jewish Day School
- Robert Greenberg N.E. Miles Jewish Day School
- Joan Gusinow Shalom School
- Howard Kaplan American Hebrew Academy
- Shelli Lavender Jerome Lippman Jewish Community Day School
- Meisha Leibson Brevard Jewish Community School
- Alice Maniloff Lerner Jewish Community Day School
- Myra Michelson Vancouver Talmud Torah
- Judy Miller Maass Jewish Community Day School
- Betty Winn Abraham Joshua Heschel Day School
- Ariel Zaltzman Kehila Jewish Community Day School
Cohort Two
- Steve Adleberg Gesher Jewish Day School
- Nora Anderson Westchester Fairfield Hebrew Academy
- Susan Cohen Hebrew Day School of Central Florida
- Amir Eden Donna Klein Jewish Academy
- Gayle Green David Posnack Hebrew Day School
- Howard Haas Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy
- Janice Johnson Jess Schwartz Jewish Community High School
- Idit Moss Yavneh Day School
- Patricia Schwartz Portland Jewish Academy
- Marilyn Sherman David Posnack Hebrew Day School
- Deborah Starr Heritage Academy
- Claire Steingo David Posnack Hebrew Day School
- Wendy Waxman Hillel Academy of Ottawa
- Miriam Weissberger Hebrew School of Monterrey Mexico
Cohort Three
- Lilach Bluevise Solomon Schechter Day School of Essex & Union
- Anthea Canes Abraham Joshua Heschel Day School
- Todd Clauer Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy
- Peter Cline Yavneh Day School
- Jeff Davis San Diego Jewish Academy
- Natalie Friedman Donna Klein Jewish Academy
- Jill Grunewald Solomon Schechter Day School of Bergen County
- Nan Jarashow Aleph Bet Jewish Day School
- Jill Kessler Pardes School
- Allison Oakes Eleanor Kolitz Academy
- Leslie Pugach Jack M. Barrack Hebrew Academy
- B. Anat Valdman Reuben Gittelman Hebrew Day School
- Nina Wand Beth Tfiloh Dahan Community School
Hakarat ha-tov to the outstanding Jewish educators who have taught and mentored SuLaM participants:
- Rabbi Daniel Alter Denver Academy of Torah
- Nora Anderson Carmel Academy
- David Prashker Jacobson Sinai Academy
- Rabbi Shawn SimonHazani Robert Saligman Middle School
- Rabbi Tzvi Berkson Donna Klein Jewish Academy
- Rabbi Achiya Delouya Addlestone Hebrew Academy
- Rabbi Michael Druin Samuel Scheck Hillel Community Day School
- Tzivia Garfinkel Bernard Zell Anshe Emet Day School
- Mariashi Groner Charlotte Jewish Day School
- Jerry Isaak-Shapiro Agnon School
- Susan Koss Jewish Primary Day School of the Nation's Capital
- Larry Kutler David Posnack Hebrew Day School
- Susan Weintrob Hannah Senesh Community Day School
RAVSAK is the organizational embodiment of Klal Yisrael; it’s a genuine Big Tent.”
Jerry Isaak-Shapiro, Head of School
Agnon School
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