building menu... Administration Name Title Email Address Sheva Locke Head of School sheva@vbsds.org Nancy Herbst Director of General Studies nherbst@vbsds.org Tamar Raff Director of Judaic Studies traff@vbsds.org Georgette Benhaim Business Manager gbenhaim@vbsds.org Julie Sperling Director of Development and Marketing jsperling@vbsds.org Cindy Goodman Director of Admissions cgoodman@vbsds.org Louis “Coach Sam”  Schwerdtfeger Athletic Director/Dean of Students coachsam@vbsds.org Michele Lavin School Nurse mlavin@vbsds.org Office Staff Name Title Email Address Carol Anderson Development Coordinator canderson@vbsds.org Cirel Blitz Secretary cblitz@vbsds.org Diana German Graphic Designer dgerman@vbsds.org Tali Malka Bookkeeper tmalka@vbsds.org Virginia Thomas Receptionist vthomas@vbsds.org Synagogue Faculty Name     Rabbi Edward Feinstein Rabbi Rabbi Harold M. Schulweis Rabbi Rabbi Joshua Hoffman Rabbi Rabbi Noah Farkas Rabbi Rabbi Paul Steinberg Rabbi Faculty & Staff Name Title Email Address Cindy Aboody Music Teacher caboody@vbsds.org Beth Anson General Studies Teacher – 4B banson@vbsds.org Susan Arasteh General Studies Teacher – 1A sarasteh@vbsds.org Lina Aviani Hebrew Teacher – 5, 6 laviani@vbsds.org Barbara Avishay Director of Student Support Services bavishay@vbsds.org Betty Babliki Judaic Studies and Hebrew T.A. – 1A, 1B bbabliki@vbsds.org Michelle Baker Library T.A./Kids Place Coordinator mbaker@vbsds.org Cantor Phil Baron Prayer Instructor – 1st and 3rd Grades/Choir Director pbaron@vbsds.org Adina Bender Judaic Studies Teacher – 2A abinder@vbsds.org Jeffrey Blumkin Assistant P.E. Instructor jblumkin@vbsds.org Rebecca Bowen General Studies T.A. rbowen@vbsds.org Brett Brown Resource Specialist K – 3rd bbrown@vbsds.org Lisa Clumeck School Programs Coordinator lclumeck@vbsds.org Toni-Rae De Vera General Studies T.A. – 2B/Science tdevera@vbsds.org Ellen Dorfman General Studies T.A. – 4, 5 edorfman@vbsds.org Susan Dubin Librarian sdubin@vbsds.org Claudine Elkrief Judaic Studies T.A. - 2 celkrief@vbsds.org Etti Fertel Judaic Studies Teacher – 2B, 5, 6 efertel@vbsds.org Aliza First Judaic Studies Teacher – 5, 6/Student Council Advisor afirst@vbsds.org Derrel Friedman Drama Instructor dfriedman@vbsds.org Susan North Gilboa Folk Dance Instructor sgilboa@vbsds.org Katherine Goldman General Studies Teacher – 3A kgoldman@vbsds.org Amy Heppe Director of Academic Technology aheppe@vbsds.org Esther Lahav Judaic Studies and Hebrew Teacher – 1A and 1B elahav@vbsds.org Faith Levey General Studies Teacher – KA flevey@vbsds.org Vicky Machlis Hebrew Teacher – 3, 5 vmachlis@vbsds.org Helen Meyer General Studies T.A. – KB hmeyer@vbsds.org Nurit Milstein-Tzafrir Hebrew Teacher – 4, 6 nmilstein@vbsds.org Nora Moreno General Studies Teacher – 5B nmoreno@vbsds.org Dalia Navaro Judaic Studies and Hebrew T.A. – KA, KB dnavaro@vbsds.org Ariela Nehemne Judaic Studies and Hebrew Teacher – KA, KB anehemne@vbsds.org Melanie Pastor General Studies Teacher – 1B mpastor@vbsds.org Miri Peck General Studies Teacher – 5A mpeck@vbsds.org Yocheved Peeri Judaic Studies and Hebrew Teacher – 3A, 3B ypeeri@vbsds.org Andrew Pelter IT/Network Administrator apelter@vbsds.org Shauna Poutre General Studies Teacher – 6B spoutre@vbsds.org Mitra Rafael Judaic Studies T.A. – 2B mrafael@vbsds.org Sarah Ray General Studies Teacher – KB sray@vbsds.org Jeanette Rivera Resource Specialist 4th – 6th jrivera@sbcglobal.net Sheila Rosenberg General Studies T.A. – 3A srosenberg@vbsds.org Susan Rosner Library Administrator srosner@vbsds.org Tilly Rubinstein Hebrew Teacher – 3, 4 trubinstein@vbsds.org Ali Sagadencky Enrichment Teacher/ Cool Tools asagadencky@vbsds.org Bilha Schechter Judaic Studies and Hebrew Teacher – 3, 4 bschechter@vbsds.org Peri Schwartz Reading/Math Teacher pschwartz@vbsds.org Veronica Schweitzer General Studies Teacher – 4A vschweitzer@vbsds.org David Selski Math Specialist dselski@vbsds.org Lidia Shaddow Art Specialist lshaddow@vbsds.org Diane Steiner General Studies Teacher – 2A dsteiner@vbsds.org Shannon Stevens Science Specialist sstevens@vbsds.org Shane Stickley General Studies T.A. – 1A sstickley@vbsds.org Karen Vear General Studies Teacher – 2B kvear@vbsds.org Rachel Waltuch General Studies Teacher – 6A rwaltuch@vbsds.org Sharon Weingarten General Studies T.A. – 2A sweingarten@vbsds.org Jessica Wilner Kindergarten T.A. - KA jwilner@vbsds.org Jessica Winslow General Studies Teacher – 3B jwinslow@vbsds.org Orly Zvi Hebrew Language Support – 1, 2 ozvi@vbsds.org