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The faculty members at KJ are known for their engaging and inspiring classes. No matter your background or interest, our educators are here to facilitate your learning. We encourage you to take advantage of our extensive opportunities for study.  

RABBI JEREMY WIEDER, PHD is Yeshiva University’s Joseph and Gwendolyn Straus Professor of Talmud in the Mazer Yeshiva Program, a rosh yeshiva at the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary and an adjunct professor of Bible at Yeshiva College. A summa cum laude graduate of Yeshiva College, he was ordained at RIETS, received MS in American Jewish history from the Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies, and he holds a PhD in Judaic studies from New York University. Rabbi Wieder is a prolific scholar on issues of Torah’s relationship with modernity, with more than 900 lectures on Judaism captured on audio and video and available online.​

RACHEL KRAUS, completed her B.S. from Stern College with a major in Marketing and a minor in Music including extensive study at The Juilliard School, and completed her MBA at NYU with a concentration in finance, media, entertainment and technology. She works full time as the Group Director of Global Brand Ventures for the Westfield Corporation where she leads strategy and brand partnerships for the retail development of the World Trade Center, as well as being on the leadership team for global expansion.  Rachel has been involved in teaching and informal education for the past 15 years across the globe, including programs in the US, Australia, Belarus & Israel and has been teaching the mother-daughter Matan Bat Mitzvah Program at KJ for the past 10 years.  Rachel & Rabbi Daniel are the proud parents of three young children. 

DR. SHERA ARANOFF TUCHMAN has been teaching a weekly class in Biblical commentary at KJ for the past 18 years.  Notes from this class culminated in the publication of two books, Passions of the Matriarchs and Moses’ Women, commentaries on the women in Genesis and Exodus respectively.  Shera recently   translated and edited over 35 diaries written by her grandmother, Safta’s Diaries—Intimate Diaries of a Religious Zionist Woman.  These diaries depict American Jewish life post World War Two and include private and personal family happenings, as well as political and historical writings.  The book, just published by KTAV, has been reviewed as a “modern day Gluckel of Hamlen.”  Dr. Aranoff also practices Dermatology in Manhattan.​

SHILO KRAMER is the chazan for the KJ Beginners program. He is a physician specializing in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and is currently completing a fellowship in Cancer Rehabilitation at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Shilo received his M.S. degree from the Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education at Yeshiva University and is a popular Jewish studies and Bar Mitzvah tutor for the community’s children.

SARA ROSEN has been with the KJ Beginners program for over a decade. Born in Jerusalem, she studied education at Beit Berl Teacher’s College and at Columbia University. Among her many skills and teaching methodologies, Sara has developed Phonetic Hebrew Decoding (PHD), an innovative approach to learning Hebrew reading, that simplifies the process and makes it more accessible. In addition to teaching Hebrew at KJ, Sara oversees the Hebrew program at Rodeph Sholom Religious School and teaches Hebrew in their adult education program.

RABBI YOSSI WEISER received his ordination from the Mirrer Yeshiva in Brooklyn. He also has Masters degrees in Jewish History and Guidance Counseling. He is currently a member of the Judaic Studies faculty of the Ramaz Upper School, and is a noted adult educator in Jewish history, philosophy, political science and Bible.

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