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Yael Margalit Moses, Emeritus Assistant Professor of Hebrew, is an eighth generation native of Israel who earned her M.A. at the Baltimore Hebrew University in Judaic Studies, with a concentration in Hebrew Literature and her M.S. from Towson University in Instructional technology. Professor Moses taught Hebrew Language and Literature at The George Washington University from 1977 until 2007 and served as the Hebrew Program Coordinator until 1999. During her tenure as coordinator the program grew to include four years of Hebrew course offerings. She created and taught the Israeli Media course targeting special needs of students in the Elliott School of International Affairs, both under graduate and graduate. Her research and development area has been mainly in the realm of Instructional Technology. She has developed a multimedia-interactive software package to be used by students to master the writing of the Hebrew cursive alphabet. Her ongoing contributions to the Language Laboratory have included original instructional and enrichment materials focusing on the development of listening comprehension and writing skills.

mentor of the NEXT program at Gratz and retired. Grandfather of 4 beautiful children, 2 here in Phila and 22 in the Boston area. My wife and I are planning our ninth trip to Israel.

BA, University of Pennsylvania; BPhil, Oxford University; PhD, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Chancellor and President of the Faculties; Professor of Jewish Thought at The Jewish Theological Seminary, 2007 to the present. Biography

BA in Economics, 1973, from Pennsylvania State University. JD, 1976, from University of Pennsylvania Law School. Attorney. At this point, mostly retired. Currently a Senior Counsel at Morrison & Foerster LLP in Los Angeles, CA. I am a financial services regulatory attorney practicing in Los Angeles. I retired from the partnership at Morrison & Foerster in 2011 and am currently a part-time Senior Counsel with the firm. I spend a lot of my time reading, baking sourdough bread, brewing beer, exercising, traveling and meditating. I have been married since 1979 to Michele Gabai (nee Aron). She is a substitute teacher with the Beverly Hills Unified School District. We had a set of boy-girl twins in 1981. Daniel (Danny), a movie producer at Vice Media, lives in Los Angeles. He is married and has a son. Amanda, a tax attorney at Deutsche Bank, is married and lives in New York City.

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Dr. Wachs served as professor of Jewish Education at Gratz College for 42 years. Click here to read an article published in the PJVoice close to his retirement in 2017.

My daughter Shira just published her first novel. My daughter Deborah is producing Artistic director of Theatre Exile. My son David has won several awards for his latest documentary. My daughter Rachel will be visiting from Israel next week with her daughter Sharon. Her son Tal Benjamin is teaching at Gratz College High School.

National Institute of Dental & Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD. Retired, 2006 from Federal service and have served as a consultant since then to the NIH, the World Health Organization, various universities and professional associations.

Retired in Arizona.

Congregational Rabbi 1970 to 1986; Aliyah 1986; In Israel - researcher specializing in Holocaust, Eastern European history; has published articles on Philadelphia Jewish History.
Temple University - 1964 B.Sc. Secondary Education; Jewish Theological Seminary 1964-1970; M.H.L. JTS & Rabbinic Ordination
Married to Frances Goldberg (an Akiba graduate - 1961) for 51 years; Five children (4 daughters & 1 son) - all married, all in Israel, all served in IDF; 13 grandchildren