Morah Chaya This is Me

Education

 Web References

1. 1. Heska Amuna Education Director

   www.heskaamuna.org/edudir.html - [Cached]

   Published on: 7/4/2006   Last Visited: 12/1/2007

   "Morah Chaya" received a BA in Sociology in Family Studies from Brandeis University. She earned a Masters of Fine Arts from the Theatre Department at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and did doctoral work at the University of Wisconsin, Madison specializing in Drama Education.
   
   Chaya has worked professionally as a Jewish educator in many different capacities since 1975. Among other jobs she has held as a Jewish communal professional, she worked as a first aid assistant and childcare provider in Beit Shan, was Drama Specialist at Camp Judaea in North Carolina, helped create the Sunday Shalom program in Madison, WI, and was Program Director for the Jewish Federation of Tulsa, OK prior to coming with her family to Knoxville. Chaya still works as a synagogue classroom teacher and as a bar and bat mitzvah tutor. Chaya is actively involved with exploring new opportunities for spiritual enrichment in Conservative Jewish settings and is currently completing a two-year training program in Chant Leadership with Rabbi Shefa Gold at Elat Chayyim.
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   Morah Chaya is committed to helping every child become a life-long Jewish learner and to helping every family discover the joys and the connections possible by living meaningful, well informed Jewish lives.