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They are: Rabbi Julia Andelman, The Rabbinical School (2006); Sarah
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Sarah Chandler, 29Synagogue educator by day, blogger by night
For the past year and a half, Sarah Chandler has been serving aseducation director at the Upper West Side's West End Synagogue,where she organizes Hebrew school courses and works with lay leaders
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Chandler proved that her seven years of part-time teaching experiencequalified her for the position.
"I had never run a school, but I had a lot of specific ideas ofwhat I wanted to do," she said."I have a lot of creativeenergy and passion."
This past February, Chandler led a group of teenagers on a volunteermission in rural Jamaica under the auspices of the Sid Jacobson JCC inPlainview, L.I.She enjoys empowering students and mentoring teachers,she says.
Chandler also volunteers as the director of programming atZeek-A Jewish Journal of Thought and Culture, where she heads astaff of interns and organizes six to eight events per year in NewYork City and Boston.Since 2002, she has been blogging forJewschool.com, where she currently serves as a senior editor.
"Once you get into it, it's kind of like acompulsion," Chandler says of blogging."It's in myblood."By immersing herself in "New Jewish Media," Chandler hopes
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Chandler choreographed the play "ShalomBirdie" while studying at the Jewish Theological Seminary in2005. Location, location, location: Since she was a graduate student,Chandler has periodically lead services at a small synagogue on the