E: mchernick@huc.edu

Dr. Zev Garber is Professor and Chair of Jewish Studies at Los Angeles Valley College, where he has taught Hebrew for many years. He is the Co-Editor of Shofar, a quarterly journal of Jewish studies. Formerly president of the National Association of Professors of Hebrew (NAPH), he has edited NAPH’s newsletter, Iggeret, and writes a column that offers perspectives and critiques on Hebraica and Judaica.

E: zevgarber@juno.com

E: joelowin@aol.com

Dr. Howard Marblestone received his Ph.D. from Brandeis University in Mediterranean Area Studies, an interdisciplinary program of Classics and Near Eastern Studies. A professor at Lafayette College, in Pennsylvania, he has taught Greek, Latin, and Hebrew languages and literature as well as ancient history. He has published articles in HADOAR on a variety of ancient and modern topics.

E: marblesh@mail.lafayette.edu

Dr. Gary A. Rendsburg is the Paul and Berthe Hendrix Memorial Professor of

E: gar4@cornell.edu

Dr. Bella Hass Weinberg, professor of Library and Information Science at St. John’s University. Dr. Weinberg teaches a course on Hebraica and Judaica cataloging, paying particular attention to the Library of Congress’ method of transliterating Hebrew into Roman characters.

E: avivbel@inter.net.il

Dr. Alan Mintz is Chairman of Hebrew at The Jewish Theological Seminary of America. He has written about responses to catastrophe in Hebrew literature, contemporary Israeli writers, and the crisis in traditional belief as reflected in Hebrew autobiographical literature at the turn of the last century. He is currently involved in researching the history of the Hebrew movement in America during the twentieth century.

E: almintz@jtsa.edu

Michael Terry, trained in Jewish Studies at the University of London. He is currently Director of the Jewish Division at the New York Public Library. Previously, he was a bibliographer at the Annenberg Research Institute (formerly Dropsie College for Jewish Studies) in Philadelphia and was Head Librarian at the Asher Library of the Spertus College of Jewish Studies in Chicago.

E: mterry@nypl.org

Marc Gozlan has held several positions in Jewish education dealing with curriculum in the Jewish school. As an importer of Israeli books and Judaica—particularly Hebrew educational material—Gozlan is often called on to advise schools (grade schools, high schools and colleges) on the availability and appropriateness of Hebrew teaching materials (textbooks, audios, videos).

E: marcgozlan336440@aol.com

Pazia Sela has taught Hebrew in the educational institutions of Aliyat Ha-noar, where she also served as madrikha and supervisor.Under the auspices of the Jewish Agency, Pazia Sela has been on several short-term shlihuyyot as a teacher/trainer/coach of Hebrew Language, instructing Hebrew teachers in various parts of the world. She is the author of several textbooks and much curricular material.

E: pazias@jazo.org.il

Nili Adler is Director of Hebrew Studies at the Cleveland College of

E: nadler@ccjs.edu

Shoshana Glatzer, a leading authority on curriculum and pedagogy, is founder and director of the Teacher Centers and the Academy for Jewish Educators of the Board of Jewish Education of Greater New York where she has designed and implemented many projects relating to the teaching of Hebrew. She holds a B.A. and M.A. in Education from the Jewish Theological Seminary of America.

E: shglatzer@aol.com

Bina Guerrieri is Education Consultant at the Bureau of Jewish Education of San Francisco.

E: eshel-guerrieri@worlnet.net.att

Shaula Gurari is the Hebrew consultant and a teacher of Hebrew at the Commission on Jewish Education of Columbus, Ohio.

E: shaulahg@cgdf.org

Dr. Leora Weinbach is the Assistant Director of the Hebrew Language Instruction Unit at Tel Aviv University. She has written several books on the teaching of Hebrew and has spent many years training and coaching teachers and administrators.

E: shulamib@jazo.org.il

Rafi Bannai has taught both Modern and Biblical Hebrew in various academic institutions in the United States and Israel and has supervised the teaching of Hebrew and Jewish Studies in the Israel Defense Forces. He has published a number of books and a variety of educational materials for teaching Hebrew and has created the "Hevenu Shalom Aleichem" series for video teaching. He is involved in Hebrew teacher training both in Israel and abroad.

E: rafib@jazo.org.il

Dr. Zipora Gur is Director of Advanced Education of the Jewish Education Institute of Pittsburgh.

E: tgur@maxburgh.net

Sima Haruv is the national inspector of Hebrew language curricula in the Israeli Ministry of Education and Culture. She has trained and coached Hebrew teachers and administrators throughout the world. Familiar with American Jewish education, she has served as shaliah on the West Coast of the U.S.

E: shulamib@jazo.org.il

Nira Lev is director of Hebrew Programs and of the Hebrew Learning Center at the Agency for Jewish Education in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Trained professionally at Hebrew and Tel-Aviv Universities, she has taught Hebrew, trained Hebrew teachers, developed Hebrew curricula, and presented workshops on the teaching of Hebrew. She was the editor of Ivriton, a Hebrew periodical, and wrote a Hebrew column, "Have Nedaber Ivrit," for the Detroit Jewish News.

E: lev@wwnet.net

E: dynalrn@aol.com

Mira Owen is in charge of writing curricula and teaching materials at Israel’s Center for Educational Technology (MaTaX), especially for grades K-2. She also trains and coaches teachers and administrators in these areas.

E: owenm@inter.net.il

E: ringvald@brandeis.edu

Avigail Shmueli has an MA in Hebrew Language and Bible. She has spent many years teaching these subjects at Israeli teachers colleges and in coaching teachers and trainers, as well as working with informal education teaching materials and methods.

E: paziasl@jazo.org.il