For decades, Congregation Shalom Cantor Karen Berman had her hand in education, from teaching music to coordinating and teaching the synagogue’s b’nai mitzvah tutorial program. For her work, Berman will receive the 2024 Salute to Jewish Educators Lifetime Impact Award. The award ceremony will be held at Harry & Rose Samson Family Jewish Community Center
A local organization focused on Torah studies is on a mission to expand its reach. Rabbi Michel Twerski, of Congregation Beth Jehudah, founded the Milwaukee Kollel in 1989. Based in the city’s Sherman Park neighborhood, the organization provides a place where young rabbinical students can continue their studies of the Torah after marriage. Under executive
Avner Tarica-Lechter, or Reb Avner as the students call him, never planned to become a teacher. He studied marketing in college. He says it was divine providence (hashgachat pratis) that led him to the field of education. Years ago in Crown Heights, he and his wife would go to people’s homes for Shabbat, and he
Zac Williams has always been drawn to education. Originally from the South suburbs of Chicago, Williams always found himself wanting to help other children, he said it “always came naturally.” He also loves the schedule, working during the school year and outside during the summer. He loves living in a city where he is never