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RELIGIOUS
SCHOOL SEVENTH GRADE TEACHERS
858-535-1144, ext. 3131 - Hebrew Program Coordinator
Nomi has taught at Beth Israel for nine years and has lived in San Diego for
20 years. She attended Jewish Day School from kindergarten through 12th grade and spent a year at Israel's Hebrew Institute. She has a masters degree in Education with an emphasis in Planning and Evaluation. She belongs to the Association of Jewish Libraries and World Zionist Jewish Educators.
858-535-1111, ext. 3305 - Israel
This year Helene is celebrating her 48th year in Jewish education, with
38 of these years at CBl, where she is the Director
of Education Emeritus. Helene teaches fifth and seventh grades and High School at our Religious
School.
Helene is a Phi Beta Kappa, magna cum laude graduate in Intellectual History
with minors in Hebrew, Bible and education. Helene is nationally known for her innovative programming.
The Religious School, under her direction, was featured in the Council for Initiatives
in Jewish Education’s Lead Communities: Best Practices Project. Her ground-breaking
Madrichim program for teens is in its 35th year, and serves as a role model for
programs throughout the country. Helene has received many awards for her weekend
camp programming and the prestigious Telly Award for the rock music video that
she produced with Cara Freedman.
The highly successful Bill and Sid Rubin Preschool
and the former Beth Israel Day School were both developed under the
tutelage of Mrs. Schlafman. She also began Camp Beth Israel,
BIBS (Beth Israel Babies), and developed and produced the award winning children’s
theater company, SHOW BIS, with Music Director, Cara Freedman.
One of the most rewarding aspects of her years at Beth Israel is that she remains
connected to so many of her students and now has the privilege of teaching Torah
to their children and to her own grandchildren. She is affectionately known as "Eemah." Helene is currently serving as Vice President of the National Reform Day Schools
- PARDES.
Shelley Bleiweiss - Holocaust Studies
A native of Houston, Texas, Shelley has been a member of CBI for over 20 years, and is a past president of the Men's Club.
Shelly is a child of Holocaust survivors and Education Chair of The Generation After, a local group of children of Holocaust survivors. He participated in the 2002 March of the Living, and in 2004 was one of 25 international Jewish educators chosen to participate on a two week seminar at Yad Vashem on Teaching the Holocaust.
A Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Shelly works for the County of San Diego in the Special Education Mental Health Services division of Children's Mental Health. Shelly previously taught at the AJE High School of Jewish Studies, and also teaches a course on the Holocaust and Human Behavior for the Aleinu Committee of Beth Israel.
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