CJL Jewish Educator of the Year Award

An awareness that our community is blessed with superb Jewish educators and a desire to elevate the status of Jewish educators in our community has compelled the Coalition for Jewish Learning to recognize some of these dedicated and imaginative educators, as has been the case in the past. Bestowing this Award enables everyone who cares about Jewish education to show gratitude for all the time, effort and care our best educators give to their students.

 

Recipients

 

1982         Ateret Cohn                                             1995         Harriet Bocksenbaum

1983         Miriam Ben Shemuel                              1996         Devorah Shmotkin

1984         Elaine Sanderson                                   1997         Adina Altshull

1985         Merzy Eisenberg                                     1998         Tamar Loewenberg

1986         Rabbi Nachman Levine                          1999         Dr. Larry Hurwitz

1987         Michael Fefferman                                  2000         Rabbi Shabse Werther

1988         Stisha Steigman                                     2001         Rabbi Raphael Wachsman

1989         Eve Joan Zucker                                     2002         George Strick

1990         Laura Greene                                          2003         Cindy Cooper

1991         Bess Mendelsohn                                   2004         Marge Eiseman

1992         Cantor Karen Berman                            2005-06   Leah Robbins

1993         Michael Morgan                                      2006-07   Aimee Bachar

1994         Simon Kops                                             2007-08   Sharon Cohen

                                                                                    2008-09   Wendy Cohen

 

Grinspoon-Steinhardt Award for Excellence in Jewish Education

This Award is designed to honor and support outstanding formal Jewish educators. These unique individuals touch the lives and minds of today’s students daily. The Award seeks to raise the status of Jewish education by meaningfully recognizing the achievements of our educators on both a local and national level.

 

Recipients

Geri Berg, Congregation Shalom – 2007

Yael Gal, Milwaukee Jewish Day School – 2008

 

Gill Incentive For Teachers (GIFT) Award

The Gill Incentive For Teachers (GIFT) is an award designed to stimulate and encourage teachers to translate their unique educational ideas and initiatives into effective classroom projects. This award is for a project completed during the current school year in one of these areas:          

•     school/classroom environment

•     teaching/learning materials       

•     enrichment activities, including special one-time class/school projects

 

Recipients

Monica Cohen& Deb Hacker, Congregation Emanu-El of Waukesha, Project:  Mishpachot Mitzvot AND Henri Zvi Deutsch, Congregation Congregation Anshai Lebowitz – 1991

Laura Greene & Bonnie Shafrin, Congregation Shalom, Project: Tanach Sheli AND Simon Kops, Congregation Emanu-El B’ne Jeshurun, Project: Copper Enamelling-Jewelry – 1992

Sheryl Selby, Jewish Community Center Early Childhood Department,Project: If Dr. Seuss Wrote the Megillah; Nadine Siegman, Congregation Shalom, Project: Kibbutz Simulation; AND Rivkie Spalter, Hillel Academy, Project: Mishkan and Bigday Kehunah – 1994

Laura Greene, Congregation Shalom, Project: Mystery of the Hebrew Letters Starring Sherlock Hebrew and Dr. English AND Nina Taus, Milwaukee Jewish Day School, Project: Jewish Library Banners – 1995

Rabbi Yacob Gil, Hillel Academy, Project: Old City of Jerusalem; Carol Ross, Congregation Shalom, Project: Tzedakah and Gemulit Chasadim Family Education Workshop; AND Liza Wiemer, Congregation Beth Israel – 1996

Roger Carp, Congregation Shalom, Project: Crating a Newspaper from the Era of Judges – 1997

Terri Beauleau, Harriet Bocksenbaum & Judith Ross, Jewish Family Services Child Development Center, Project: Star Gazette Newspaper AND Nadine Siegman, Congregation Shalom, Project: In the Footsteps of Our Fathers – 1998

Kate Mann, Congregation Sina, Project: Chanukah in Motion, Song and Art – 1997

Cindy Cooper, Congregation Sinai – 1999

Liza Wiemer, Congregation Beth Israel, Project: It’s a Mitzvah (First Place) AND Yoel Turgeman, Hillel Academy, Project: Chanukah Project (Second Place)  – 2000

Therese Dorfman, Congregation Emanu-El of Waukesha, Project: “Who Knows One” Wall Hanging – 2001

Roger Carp, Congregation Shalom – 2002

Tziporah Altman-Shafer, Milwaukee Jewish Day School, Project: Parshat Kedoshim Curriculum, a Reflection of Torah, Personal and Family Values AND Chavah Kintis, Congregation Shalom, Project: My Dalet Year: A Keepsake Poster – 2003

Nadine Siegman, Congregation Shalom, Project: The People vs. G-d AND Judy Slyper, Hillel Academy, Project: David & Goliath – 2004

Robin Boroda - Hillel Academy and Mary Beaumont-Wishne - Yeshiva Elementary School  – 2005-06

Beth Goldstein – Congregation Sinai and Martin Gutnik – Hillel Academy – 2006-07

Beth Goldstein – Congregation Sinai (First Place) AND Jennifer Saber (Second Place) – JCC Parenting Center – 2007-08

Dr. Sherry Blumberg, Congregation Sinai & Nadine Siegman – Congregation Sinai & Congregation Emanu-El B’ne Jeshurun AND Jennifer Saber– Coalition for Jewish Learning, Congregations Shalom & Sinai – 2008-09

 

 

Rabbi Emanuel and Deborah Lifschutz Mitzvah Award Recipients

This award recognizes acts/projects of Gemilut Chesed and should exemplify mitzvot bein adam l’chavero (between people). The projects may be within a class or school-wide, and they can be one-time or extended through the school year.

 

Recipients

Congregation Beth Israel: Dr. Reuven Robbins, Project: Yad B’Yad – Hand in Hand – 1992

Diane Hahn, Congregation Emanu-El B’ne Jeshurun, Project: 9th Grade Community Service Project –1993

Nadine Siegman, Congregation Shalom, Project: Kibbutz Simulation – 1994

David Wolfson, Congregation Shalom, Project: Agape Community Center Meals Project – 1995

Milwaukee Jewish Day School: Stisha Steigman, Project: Befriending Joseph – 1996

Jewish Community Center Early Childhood Department: Marcia Schulman, Director, Project: Teddy Bear Shabbat – 1997

Congregation Shalom: Nadine Siegman, Teacher, Project: Yad B’Yad – Hand in Hand – 1998

Congregation Sinai: Cindy Cooper & Marge Eiseman, Teachers; Birgit Anderson, Educator – 1999

Max Beckert, Congregation Shalom, (First Place) Reaching Out to Ethopian Jews – 2000

Jeffrey Hansher, Beth El Ner Tamid Synagogue; Aliza Pekier/Sora Rauch, Torah Academy of Milwaukee, Project: Community Fellowship; Ilana Alezra, Torah Academy of Milwaukee, Project: all Jews Should Care For One Another – 2001

Nadine Siegman – Congregation Beth Israel, Project: Pillow Cases for Children – 2006