Staff

Our wonderful staff is uniquely warm and dedicated to our children. With a student to teacher ratio of approximately 6 to 1, our excellent staff is able to provide a nurturing, individualized program to our students.

Administration

Moshe Vaknin, Head of School
BA, History, Montclair State
MA, Bible & Semitic Languages, Jewish Theological Seminary
Graduate of Day School Head Program, JTS
ext 3021 mvaknin@hamc.org
Dr. Cheryl Bahar, Dean of General Studies
BA, Psychology, York University, Toronto
BEd, Education, York University, Toronto
MEd, Curriculum & Instruction, University of Toronto
PhD, Special Education, UCLA, California State University LA
ext 3011 cbahar@hamc.org
Ricki Rubin, Director, Early Childhood Center
BA, Elementary Ed, Queens College
MS, Early Childhood Education, Queens College
ext 3017 rrubin@hamc.org
Jill Granik, Director of Operations
BA, English, California State University Northridge
MA, Curriculum & Instruction, University of San Francisco
ext 3010 jgranik@hamc.org
Naomi Bacharach, Director of Marketing and Development
BA, Communications, American University
ext 3015 nbacharach@hamc.org
Melissa Kasmin, Director of Guidance
BA, Psychology, Kenyon College, Ohio
MSW, University of Michigan
PhD Candidate, Social Work, Rutgers
ext 3016 mkasmin@hamc.org
Joyce Friedman, Director of Admissions
BA, Social Science, UC Berkeley
MA, Education of Exceptional Children, San Francisco State
ext 3023 jfriedman@hamc.org

Classroom Staff

NAME POSITION VM EMAIL
Mrs Wendy Albers Phys Ed & Health Teacher 3323 walbers@hamc.org
Mrs Edna Alberts Kindergarten Judaic Studies Teacher 3304 ealberts@hamc.org
Mrs Lillie Brandt ECC Teacher 3306 lbrandt@hamc.org
Mrs Ruth Cohen Music Teacher 3308 rcohen@hamc.org
Mrs Carol Crosby Middle School Science Teacher 3319 ccrosby@hamc.org
Mrs Nancy Delman Kindergarten General Studies Teacher 3309 ndelman@hamc.org
Ms Inesa Eynisman 1st Grade General Studies Teacher 3325 ieynisman@hamc.org
Mrs Gail Filiberto 4th Grade General Studies Teacher
Art Teacher
3310 gfiliberto@hamc.org
Mrs Luiza Finberg 4th Grade Judaic Studies Teacher
MS Hebrew Teacher
3312 lfinberg@hamc.org
Mrs Jill Frankel 1st Grade Assistant 3311 jfrankel@hamc.org
Mrs Marjorie Freiman ECC Assistant 3313 mfreiman@hamc.org
Mrs Rachel Gal 1st & 3rd Grade Judaic Studies Teacher 3317 rgal@hamc.org
Mrs Irene Gilbert Elementary Science Teacher 3315 igilbert@hamc.org
Mr Lawrence Glasser MS Math Teacher 3316 lglasser@hamc.org
Ms Sherry Glassman ECC Teacher 3330 sglassman@hamc.org
Mrs Emily Golomb ECC Assistant 3335 egolomb@hamc.org
Miss Caryn Goodman ECC Assistant 3331 cgoodman@hamc.org
Rabbi Gil Hami 4th Grade Judaic Studies Teacher
Midot & MS Dinim Teacher
3318 rhami@hamc.org
Mrs Marcia Kaputkin ECC Assistant 3314 mkaputkin@hamc.org
Mrs Dena Kevelson ECC Assistant 3326 dkevelson@hamc.org
Mrs Barbara Klein 2nd Grade General Studies Teacher 3301 bklein@hamc.org
Mrs Carole Koch Computer Teacher 3332 ckoch@hamc.org
Mrs Ivonne Krasnick 3rd Grade General Studies Teacher
MS Math & Spanish Teacher
3305 ikrasnick@hamc.org
Mrs Sari Leopold ECC Assistant 3307 sleopold@hamc.org
Mrs Nurit Lev 5th Grade Judaic Studies Teacher
MS Hebrew Teacher
3321 nlev@hamc.org
Mrs Suzanne Levat ECC Teacher 3322 slevat@hamc.org
Ms Rhonda Levine ECC Teacher 3324 rlevine@hamc.org
Ms Bella Levkovich 2nd Grade Judaic Studies Teacher 3327 blevkovich@hamc.org
Mrs Sarah Ludwig ECC Hebrew Teacher
Mechina Teacher
3328 sludwig@hamc.org
Mrs Barbara Marash 5th Grade General Studies Teacher
MS Soc Studies Teacher
3329 bmarash@hamc.org
Ms Nancy Peled Wolf Kindergarten Judaic Studies Assistant 3338 npeledwolf@hamc.org
Mrs Kate Rubenstein ECC Teacher 3334 krubenstein@hamc.org
Mrs Ilysa Shneibaum MS Language Arts & Soc Studies Teacher 3320 ishneibaum@hamc.org
Mrs Regina Shtirmer ECC Assistant 3303 rshtirmer@hamc.org
Miss Lori Seigerman Kindergarten General Studies Assistant 3337 lseigerman@hamc.org
Rabbi Stuart Warner Ms Chumash & Judaic Studies Teacher 3333 swarner@hamc.org

Support Staff

NAME

POSITION VM or Ext EMAIL
Ruth Barbut Administrative Assistant ext 3014 rbarbut@hamc.org
Christine Bulko Administrative Assistant ext 3019 cbulko@hamc.org
Anne Bushell Receptionist ext 3012 abushell@hamc.org
Patricia Coviello Bookkeeper ext 3013 pcoviello@hamc.org
Kathi Cullen Librarian ext 3020 kcullen@hamc.org
Mike Mora Maintenance vm 3302  
Phyllis Vida Nurse ext 3018 pvida@hamc.org
Valerie Wysocki State Comp Ed Teacher vm 3336 vwysocki@hamc.org