Temple B’nai Jacob of Wellington has named Rabbi Janie Grackin as its new religious school director.
Grackin is working with Temple B’nai Jacob’s leadership to redesign and update its religious school, combining traditional knowledge and love of Judaism in a new curriculum infused with art, music, technology and drama. The school will re-launch this fall as the “New School at B’nai Jacob.”
Grackin has traveled the world creating programs for intergenerational populations in synagogues and schools in the United States, Europe and Israel. She has been honored with awards, including the Solomon Schechter Gold Award for Family Education, the Coalition for Advancements in Jewish Education (CAJE) National Award for specialty programming and the Commission for Jewish Education Torah Award for Jewish Education. She has been an invited presenter at Limmud London, an international Jewish learning conference, for several years.
Grackin is a graduate of the Whizin Institute for Family Education at the University of Judaism in Los Angeles.
Temple B’nai Jacob member Andrea Cohan, who previously served as the religious school director, will continue to serve as chair of the Education Committee.
For more information about Grackin, visit www.janiegrackin.com.
The New School at B’nai Jacob serves children from kindergarten to seventh grade with classes twice a week. The school year begins Sunday, Sept. 9. Contact the temple office at (561) 793-4347 to find out how to enroll for classes this fall.
Temple B’nai Jacob of Wellington is a Conservative, egalitarian synagogue that seeks to inspire members to become more deeply connected to Judaism. Visit www.templebnaijacob.com for info.
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