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Deborah Aron is the Registrar at Gratz College. Ms. Aron’s career has combined her interests in Jewish communal service and Jewish education. Her undergraduate degree is from Brandeis University in Near Eastern and Judaic Studies. She received her Masters in Social Work from Wurzweiler School of Social Work of Yeshiva University with a specialization in group work, and was a Senior Educator Fellow at the Melton Institute of Hebrew University’s School of Education.
Her early clinical experience was in serving families experiencing chronic or terminal illness, and, in particular...
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Mindy Escourt Blechman is Interim Director of Enrollment Management at Gratz College. Her focus is on student recruitment, marketing, and student retention. In addition, she manages the Summer Institute on-campus intensive program in July and the biennial Tuzman Holocaust Teach-In. Mindy has worked at Gratz since 1999 and has also held the positions of Associate Director of Admissions, Coordinator of Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Director of Adult Jewish Studies, and Coordinator of Continuing Legal Education. Mindy earned her M.A. in Jewish Studies at Gratz College and holds a B.A. in...
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Rebecca received a B.A. in Interpersonal Communications from the University of Delaware, and an M.A. in School Counseling from Montclair State University. She holds a Certificate in College Counseling from UCLA Extension. Prior to coming to Gratz, Rebecca spent nearly a decade working as a college counselor and most recently served as the Director of College & Career Counseling at the American Hebrew Academy. Her professional interests up until this point have been undergraduate admissions, specifically in international education (Israel, UK, Canada, and Europe primarily) and in...
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Tom has nearly 20 years of experience in the fields of school business operations and human resources. His experience ranges from a private school setting to a for-profit copany performing Business Manager duties for intermediate units and charter schools throughout Pennsylvania. Tom has served on the boards of two Health Benefits Trusts, including one pooled claims Trust and segregated claims Trust. Tom also has experience in areas of school facilities, food service, and transportation. He holds a Bachelor of Science from King's College.
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Paul Finkelman received his B.A. in American Studies from Syracuse University in 1971 and his Ph.D. in history from the University of Chicago in 1976. He was later a Fellow in Law and Humanities at Harvard Law School. He has held a number of endowed chairs as a tenured professor or as a visitor, including the Ariel F. Sallows Chair in Human Rights Law at the University of Saskatchewan, the John Hope Franklin Chair in American Legal History at Duke Law School, and the President William McKinley Distinguished Professor at Albany Law School. In 2017 he held the Fulbright Chair in Human...
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Josey G. Fisher, Director of the Holocaust Oral History Archive and Instructor in Holocaust & Genocide Studies at Gratz College, has graduate degrees in both clinical social work and Jewish studies and has focused her interdisciplinary background on Holocaust research and education for over 30 years. She received her BA and MSW from the University of Pittsburgh and her Masters in Jewish Studies with a major in Modern European Jewish History from Gratz College. Her course offerings include “Teaching the Holocaust” and “Children of the Nazi Era”. In addition, she is an adjunct faculty...
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Donna comes to Gratz College with 10 years of experience in archives, special collections and academic libraries, pushing them toward open access and creating welcoming, flexible learning spaces. She holds degrees from Temple University and the University of Pittsburgh in Art History and Library and Information Science, respectively. Donna's professional interests include digital access and preservation, socio-technological trends and communication, and the role of libraries in building community partnerships with shared knowledge and the support of first-generation college students. Her...
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Naomi G. Housman, EdM, has worked in the education sector at the national and local levels for nearly twenty five years. Prior to her role at Gratz College, Naomi served as the director of institutional advancement at Philadelphia Futures, a nonprofit organization that support college access and retention programs for low-income, first-generation-to-college youth in Philadelphia. Naomi served as Deputy Chief with The School District of Philadelphia, overseeing school counseling services,...
Dina Maiben is the Assistant Director of Gratz Advance, the Director of the Jewish Community High School and JOLT: Jewish Online Learning for Teens, as well as an Adjunct Instructor and Hebrew Coordinator for Gratz College. Dina has worked extensively in the field of Jewish Education, in both formal and informal settings. She has served as a Hebrew School director, classroom teacher, youth director, camp counselor, program director, and consultant. She was the founding chair of Monmouth County’s Commission on Jewish Education. Dina has authored nineteen books and more than two dozen...
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Suzette Martinez-Quiles started as an IT Help Desk Intern at Gratz College on March 2007. She graduated from DeVry University June 2007 with a Bachelor of Science in Network and Communication Management. Gratz College hired Suzette as a Full-time Systems Support Specialist on September 2007. In June 2009, she graduated with high honors from Keller Graduate School of Management with a Master of Arts in Business Administration and a concentration in Security Management. On June 2010 Suzette was promoted to Manager of Information Technology.
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Erez C. Miller (Ph.D) served until recently as the Head of the undergraduate Education Dept. at Achva Academic College and is currently the Head of the Division of Education, Liberal Arts B.A. Dr. Miller obtained his PhD in Developmental and Educational Psychology from Boston College in Boston, MA, USA. He is an Advanced ToastMaster, and serves as a member of the board of the Israeli Debating Society. He teaches courses as well as publishes articles and conducts research projects in the fields of ADHD, motivations of minority groups to choose special education teacher training, and...
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Honour H. Moore, EdD, is the Interim Dean and Director of the Doctoral Program in Educational Leadership. She holds a B.A. in American Studies, from Rosemont College; an M.A in History, from Villanova University, and an EdD in Leadership, from Nova Southeastern University. She has over 30 years of experience in higher education administration, having served as Dean in three different institutions, where she was instrumental in developing and implementing accelerated undergraduate and graduate degree programs. Dr. Moore has also served as a consultant to more than a dozen institutions,...
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Andrew received a B.A. in Classics from Temple University and a Masters in Library and Information Science (M.L.I.S) from Drexel University.
His professional interests are investigating new technologies and services, including discovering, selecting, testing tech for educational use. He is also involved in creating historical maps and utilizing digital humanities tools and providing library reference, instruction, tech support, and research support.
Emily Aronoff Teck, Ed.D. is a progressive educator who seeks to increase and improve the ways that the Jewish community invites young children children and families to explore, discover, and celebrate joyful Judaism. Offering a unique combination of experience, knowledge, and creativity, her work includes the creation and facilitation of programs for young children and families as well as the provision of support to clergy and teacher education for leaders working with young children. She is the founding director of the world’s largest searchable database of Jewish educational resources...
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