CHICAGO JEWISH DAY SCHOOL - Key Persons


Alex Bahena

Job Titles:
  • Titles: CJDS Building Manager

Alex Randhava

Job Titles:
  • Titles: Middle School Science / Departments: Middle School, Middle School Science / Email

Bari Ross

Job Titles:
  • Titles: Middle School Math and Science / Departments: Middle School, Middle School Science, Middle School Math / Email

Bryce Jones

Job Titles:
  • Titles: P.E. Coach / Departments: Lower School, Early Childhood, Middle School / Email

Carrie Weber-Greenberg

Job Titles:
  • Titles: Middle School Learning Specialist / Departments: Middle School, Middle School Math, Student Services / Email

Cortney Stark Cope

Job Titles:
  • Titles: Director of Admissions / Departments: Operational Leadership Team / Email

Efren DeLuna

Job Titles:
  • Titles: Facilities Staff

Ermelinda Carcamo

Job Titles:
  • Titles: Facilities Staff

Eve Segel

Job Titles:
  • Titles: Development Associate / Departments: Support Staff / Email

Jay Goodgold

Job Titles:
  • Endowment Chair

Jen Minkus

Job Titles:
  • Titles: Marketing and Communications Manager / Departments: Support Staff / Email

Jennie Robins

Job Titles:
  • Titles: Special Education Teacher and Inclusion Coordinator / Departments: Student Services / Email

Jill Schwartz

Job Titles:
  • Titles: Middle School Math, Middle School Performing Arts Director / Departments: Middle School Humanities, Middle School, Middle School Math / Email

Joel Magana

Job Titles:
  • Titles: Facilities Staff

Judy Finkelstein-Taff

Job Titles:
  • Head of School
  • Head of School at CJDS
Biography: Judy Finkelstein-Taff has been the Head of School at CJDS for 18 years. She earned her undergraduate degrees from the University of Judaism, Los Angeles and Arizona State University. Judy also holds a Masters Degree in Education and Human Development from George Washington University in Washington, D.C. Judy, known as Ms. J to the students and families of Chicago Jewish Day School, has devoted her career to Jewish Education and brought her experience working in all areas of the field to CJDS.

Kate Burstein

Job Titles:
  • Titles: Math Department Chair, Middle School Math / Departments: Middle School, Middle School Math / Email

Katie Dealy

Job Titles:
  • Strategic Planning Co - Chair / B.a. Government

Leah Shoshanah Cowen

Job Titles:
  • Titles: Jewish Music Specialist / Departments: Specialists / Email

Lee Gruen

Job Titles:
  • Titles: Athletic Director / Departments: Lower School, Middle School / Email

Leticia Barraza

Job Titles:
  • Titles: Facilities Staff

Liz Erlich

Job Titles:
  • Titles: Director of Business Operations / Departments: Operational Leadership Team / Email

Michael Gladstein

Job Titles:
  • Titles: School Psychologist / Departments: Student Services / Email

Michael M. Lorge

Michael is the Corporation Counsel for the Village of Skokie and directs a department with five attorneys. Michael is the founder and chair of the Greater Chicago Jewish Festival, the largest cultural event in the Chicago Jewish community.

Michal Lerner - Treasurer

Job Titles:
  • Treasurer

Nancy Kamin

Job Titles:
  • Titles: Learning Specialist / Departments: Specialists, Student Services / Email

Nina Harris

Job Titles:
  • Titles: Social Worker / Departments: Student Services / Email

Paulette Herbstman

Job Titles:
  • Titles: Executive Assistant to Head of School, Director of Middle School / Departments: Support Staff / Email

Pete Calderon

Job Titles:
  • Titles: Facilities Staff

Rabbi Art Hart

Job Titles:
  • Rabbi at Skokie Valley Agudath Jacob

Rabbi Lizzi Heydemann

Job Titles:
  • Rabbi
  • Founder and Senior Rabbi at Mishkan Chicago

Rabbi Michael Siegel

Job Titles:
  • Rabbi
  • Senior Rabbi at Anshe Emet Synagogue

Rabbi Reni Dickman

Job Titles:
  • Rabbi
  • Executive Vice President of the Chicago Board of Rabbis and Senior Jewish Educator at JUF
Executive Vice President of the Chicago Board of Rabbis and Senior Jewish Educator at JUF

Rabbi Shoshanah Conover

Job Titles:
  • Rabbi
  • Senior Rabbi at Temple Sholom of Chicago

Rabbi Steven Stark Lowenstein

Job Titles:
  • Rabbi
  • Senior Rabbi of Am Shalom

Rachel Sollinger

Job Titles:
  • Titles: High School Placement Counselor and Testing Coordinator / Departments: Student Services / Email

Rachel Treister

Job Titles:
  • Titles: Visual Arts Specialist / Departments: Specialists / Email

Rebecca Tessler

Job Titles:
  • Titles: Nurse / Departments: Nurses / Email

Sarah Sparber

Job Titles:
  • Titles: Director of Reach Support / Departments: Student Services / Email

Tamar Shapira

Job Titles:
  • Titles: Assistant to Director of Admissions, Art Specialist / Departments: General Studies, Lower School, Early Childhood, Specialists, Support Staff / Email

Wendy Platt Newberger

Job Titles:
  • Founding President ( 2001 - 2009 ), Capital Campaign Chair