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Staff Directory
TIRS Teachers
MORAH MAYA POGER
ART (AMANUT)
Morah SIDNI WEGLARZ
DIRECTOR OF RELIGIOUS & HEBREW SCHOOL
314-432-8076 sweglarz@ti-stl.org
RABBI MICHAEL ALPER
B'NAI MITZVAH & CONFIRMATION
RABBI AMY FEDER
B'NAI MITZVAH & CONFIRMATION
MORAH ADELE LEWIS
HEBREW
Morah DEBBIE BECKER
1ST GRADE
MORAH DEBBIE SCHULTZ
3RD GRADE & HEBREW
314-330-9940 debbie_world@yahoo.com
MORAH DIANE FaDEM
COOKING (BISHUL) AND HEBREW
MORAH DONNA STONE
2ND GRADE & HEBREW
MOREH DONOVON MOORE
6TH GRADE
MORAH Emily Feit
4TH GRADE & HEBREW
MOREH HOWARD PRICE
5TH GRADE & HEBREW
MORAH JENNIFER PATCHIN
1ST GRADE
MORAH JILLIAN WOLFMAN
3RD GRADE
MORAH JULIA MADRAS
6TH GRADE
MOREH KEN SUSMAN
MUSIC (MUSIKAH)
MORAH LARisa kofman
HEBREW
MORAH MARY COTTON
INCLUSION SPECIALIST
MOREH MICHAEL TZINBERG
NATURE (TEVA), YOGA, GAMES
MOREH NEIL WOLFMAN
4th GRADE
MORAH Or Garti (SHINSHIN)
ISRAEL
MORAH RACHELI FARNESI-DUBIZH
4TH GRADE
MORAH Rae Ellen Frumson
1ST GRADE
MORAH ROBERTA STEIN
THEATRE
MORAH SUSIE EPSTEIN
KINDERGARTEN
MORAH SUSAN KEMPPAINEN
5TH GRADE
MORAH TZIVIA LEVIN KALMES
HEBREW
SHEMESH TEACHERS
Morah Lindsay Rich
MORAH Riley Deutsch
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.
We're here to help. Contact Sidni Weglarz, Religious School Director, at sweglarz@ti-stl.org or 314-432-8076 for more information.
