The Bureau of Jewish Education of Greater Los Angeles recognized five local Jewish educators as outstanding teachers. Recipients of the Lainer Distinguished Jewish Educator Awards, presented at a religious school educators’ conference Jan. 18, received cash awards of $2,500. The recipients are: ... David Rosenblum, a teacher at Temple Adat Elohim’s religious school in Thousand Oaks, who was convinced by his wife, Marla — a teacher at Adat Elohim’s preschool and a past recipient of the Lainer Award — to share his strong background in and passion for Judaism at the school.

The BJE is proud to bring the RE-IMAGINE Project to Los Angeles, delivered in partnership with The Experiment in Congregational Education (ECE) of the Rhea Hirsch School of Education (RHSOE), HUC-JIR in Los Angeles. ECE has worked with congregations across the movements to foster synagogue and educational transformation with 41 congregations in New York, congregations in San Francisco, Kansas City, and nationwide.

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