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Staff Directory


TIRS Teachers

MORAH MAYA POGER

7TH GRADE


SIDNI WEGLARZ

DIRECTOR OF RELIGIOUS & HEBREW SCHOOL

 314-432-8076      sweglarz@ti-stl.org


RABBI MICHAEL ALPER

7TH & 8TH GRADE/CONFIRMATION


RABBI AMY FEDER

8TH GRADE/CONFIRMATION


MORAH ADELE LEWIS

8TH GRADE & HEBREW


MORAH AMANDA STEIN

4TH GRADE


MORAH CHARLENE EHLL

3RD GRADE


DEBBIE BECKER

TEACHER


MORAH DEBBIE SCHULTZ

3RD GRADE & HEBREW

 314-330-9940      debbie_world@yahoo.com


MORAH DIANE PACKMAN

COOKING (BISHUL) AND HEBREW


MORAH DONNA STONE

2ND GRADE


MORE’AH EZRA LUECK

6TH GRADE


GUY DOBRIN

SHINSHIN


MOREH HOWARD PRICE

5TH GRADE & HEBREW


MORAH JENNIFER PATCHIN

1ST GRADE


MORAH JODI LEISE

ART (AMANUT)


MOREH KEN SUSMAN

MUSIC (MUSIKAH)


MORAH LINDSAY RICH

2ND GRADE


MORAH MAIA ELKANA

9TH GRADE


MORAH MARY COTTON

INCLUSION SPECIALIST


MOREH MICHAEL TZINBERG

NATURE (TEVA), YOGA, GAMES


MORAH SARAH LEVINSON

KINDERGARDEN


MORAH SUSIE EPSTEIN

KINDERGARTEN


MORAH SUSAN KEMPPAINEN

5TH GRADE


MOREH TANNER SMITH

6TH GRADE


MORAH TZIVIA LEVIN KALMES

HEBREW


 

TEMPLE ISRAEL YOUTH LEADERSHIP (TIYUL) Teachers

David ALPER

Moreh David is an artist, creator, builder, and inventor. He blends decades of precision glass flameworking with a variety of other mediums to create visually stunning, cultural statements, like the one in our school building entryway. 


RABBI MICHAEL ALPER

Rabbi Michael is a lifelong Jewish learner who dabbles in comic collecting (amongst other hobbies) and loves to share his passions for history and the arts. 


MARY COTTON

Morah Mary is an educator who also happens to be a homesteader, living in a former stop on the Underground Railroad while raising goats, chickens, and a couple of awesome kids. 


MAIA ELKANA

Morah Maia's professional world at Wash U focuses on advocacy, increasing access to high-quality education, and generally propagating good in the world, and at TI, she brings a wealth of personal knowledge about Jewish history, culture, and wisdom. She also has been known to wear a unicorn onesie unironically.


Sarah Falkoff

Morah Sarah has been a chemistry teacher at Clayton High School for 20 years and is famous for letting her students set her on fire on the first day of school every year. Really. She is also TI’s only female Ba’alat Tekiah (shofar blower). 


DIANE PACKMAN

Morah Diane has been teaching cooking at TI since her children were little (all three are now married!) and is an absolute highlight of every student’s education. She is also a Hebrew tutor and grandma to three very lucky grandbabies.


Elisa HeIligman Recht

Morah Elisa is a Jewish community leader and educator with extensive experience in Jewish youth programming, camping, and teaching. Elisa spearheads the educational programming of the Songleader Boot Camp National Conference and is the founder of Soul Sparkler Jewelry.  


Rebekah Scallet

Morah Rebekah is a stage director, educator, and arts leader, and is the Artistic Director for the New Jewish Theater. She believes in a theater that is imaginative, interactive, and accessible for all. 


Madison turner

Morah Madison is a budding entrepreneur, perpetual student, professional baker, and singer whose amazing voice the TI rabbis still remember from her Bat Mitzvah 13 years ago. 


Evan Weiss

Moreh Evan’s day job is in the health care industry, but his background is in Middle East Affairs, with degrees from Wash U, Brown, and the London School of Economics. He also speaks Arabic and plays a mean shofar. 


 

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