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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Welcome to the information page of the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Florence Melton Adult Mini-School


Pep Coordinator

Liz Nover

Administrative Assistant
Ellen Goldberg

 

Chester County Coordinator

Ilene Lipow

Sponsoring Agency
Gratz College
7605 Old York Road 
Melrose Park, PA 19027
USA

 

Contact
Tel: 215-635-7300 ext. 143
Fax: 215-635-7399
Email: philadelphia@fmams.org.il

About the Directors
Liz Nover has held a variety of education-related positions in the Jewish community since the mid-1980s.  She has most recently been involved in Family Education and Programming initiatives, in addition to serving as Coordinator for Melton PEP in Philadelphia.  Liz is a seasoned B'nai Mitzvah trainer.  She has held leadership positons in Hadassah, and in her synagogue for many years.  Liz and David live in Doylestown, PA and have a daughter in high school and one in college.

Ilene Lipow attended Dickinson College and the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. She has been married for 20 years to Richard Lipow and they have two girls, Rachel, 17, who will be freshman at the University of Pittsburgh new year, and Abigail, who is 15 and in 9th grade. Ilene is an avid Jewish volunteer, having served as co-President of her Sisterhood, Membership Chair, Bulletin Editor, USY Advisor and VP of her shul, Kesher Israel Congregation in West Chester. She is currently President. Ilene was also a Women's League Branch President (EPA Branch) and also served 16 years on the Municipal Authority Board in my township, and was a girl scout leader and cookie mom as well.  

Class Schedule

Subject Day Location
Year I Monday Gershman Y/JCC Center City
Year I Tuesday Kesher Israel, West Chester satellite, Temple Beth Hillel-Beth El, Wynnewood
Year I Wed, Thurs Gratz College
Year I Wednesday Ohev Shalom of Bucks County
Year ll Monday, Thursday Gratz College
Year ll Tuesday Kesher Israel, West Chester satellite
Year ll Thursday Gratz College
PEP (ll) Tuesday Beth Or, Maple Glen
Grad Wed, Thurs Gratz College
Grad Tuesday Temple Beth Hillel-Beth El, Wynnewood

Faculty List

Philadelphia and Chester County

Faculty Course
Dr. Uziel Adini Grad
Dr. Howard Covitz Grad

Juliet spitzer

PEP

Dr. Reena Sigman Friedman

Rhythms, Grad

Rabbi Albert Gabbai 

Rhythms, Grad
Marion Hamermesh Dramas
Marga Hirsch Purposes
Rabbi Yitzhak Nates
Rhythms, Ethics
Rabbi Robyn Frisch PEP, Grad

Peter Margolis

Dramas

Julia Oestreich

Grad

Dr. Emilie Passow

Purposes, Grad

Rabbi Marsha Friedman, PhD

Rhythms

Rabbi Alan Lapayover

Grad

Rabbi Margot Stein

Ethics, Purposes
Rabbi Cynthia Kravitz Purposes

Rabbi Shawn Zevit

Rhythms
Rabbi Gerald Fox Purposes
Dr. Liz Weinberg Rhythms

 

 

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