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The National Association of Temple
Educators has announced that
Rhonda Mlodinoff, Director of Education
at Beth Emet in Evanston, Illinois,
is the winner of the 2006 Behrman
House Award—a scholarship of
$1,000. Candidates for the
Award must have at least
two years experience in
Jewish education, be a
NATE member, contribute
to the advancement of
NATE and the field of Reform
Jewish Education, and
pursue graduate work in
education or Judaic studies.
We recently spoke to Rhonda to find out her reaction to winning the award. Rhonda, how did you come to work in Jewish education? Primarily because of my Zionist connections. After high school I studied at Hebrew University,
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the first of
three year-long stays in Israel, including
my most recent stint as a Melton
Senior Educator in 2004–2005. Thirty
years ago I started as an early childhood
director
and since then
I have worked
in early childhood
and religious
school
settings. I
also sat on the
editorial board
of the Chicago
early childhood
newsletter,
Ganenet,
trained
Jewish early childhood educators, and
helped plan several early childhood
tracks at CAJE conferences.
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What are some of your goals as
an educator? Ultimately my goal as an educator is to raise young Jewish children to grow into adults who will identify with, and celebrate and love their Judaism.
How did you react when you
learned you were the recipient
of the award? To learn more about the Behrman House Award or to apply, please contact Rabbi Stanley Schickler in the NATE office at (212) 452-6510 or nateoff@aol.com. |
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