Chicago (Morasha)

Welcome to the information page of the Chicago, Illinois Florence Melton Adult Mini-School for Educators (Morasha)

Sponsoring Agency
BJE of Metropolitan Chicago
c/o Marshall Jewish Learning Center
3320 Dundee Rd.
Northbrook, IL 60062
USA

Mini-School Contact
Tel: 847-291-7788 x1304
Fax: 847-291-7788
Email: chicago_teachers@fmams.org.il

Foundations Contact
Tel: 847-291-7788 x1321
Fax: 847-291-7792
Email: chicago_pep@fmams.org.il

About the Directors
Rolly S. Cohen has worked at the Board of Jewish Education of Metropolitan Chicago for fourteen years. She is Director of the Marshall Jewish Learning Center and has taught religious school at various grade levels for over 25 years. As an educator in the BJE/Supervisor Teacher program, she has mentored religious school teachers, since the program’s inception, and is a Teacher Educator Institute Fellow with the Mandel Foundation.Rolly and her husband Stuart have two children, Harris and Abra.

Paula Spitz was born and raised in Skokie, Illinois and currently resides with her husband and three children in Buffalo Grove, Illinois. She received her BA in Sociology with a minor in Psychology from the University of Illinois, in Champaign. Paula is a Jewish Educator who has taught for the past twelve years at various synagogues within the Chicago Suburban community. During that time, Paula completed the BJE Master Teacher program and was awarded the Faye and Haskell Lurie Award for excellence in teaching. In 2005, she completed the Teacher Education Program (TEP) and the Florence Melton Adult Mini School for Educators.  The program culminated with the Melton Seminar in Israel.

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