RPRY - Key Persons

Benjamin Klein comes with 10 years of experience in major auditing firms including Loeb & Troper and Grant Thornton. His most recent position was as an Advisory Manager at Grant Thornton within the Strategy and Risk (NFP) department. There he managed multiple teams working on advisory engagements around risk evaluation and strategic solutions for a wide array of not-for-profit institutions, performed internal audits and consultations around new product launches, and developed multi-year financial plans and projected financial statements.

Mrs. Chana Luchins

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Principal of Elementary School and Learning
Principal of General Studies

Mrs. Chana Luchins is the principal of General Studies at Rabbi Pesach Raymon Yeshiva. She is a New York and New Jersey certified teacher and a New Jersey certified supervisor who holds a Master's Degree in Special Education from the Graduate School of Education at Touro College and a Supervisory Certificate from the Rutgers Graduate School of Education. Mrs. Luchins has also completed the Hidden Sparks and YouLead leadership programs.

Mrs. Elana Kurtz

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Early Childhood Coordinator

Mrs. Ilana Bohm

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Director of Guidance

Mrs. Ilana Bohm has a masters degree in social work from YU Wurzweiler School of Social Work and is currently working toward a PhD in Social Welfare. Before joining the staff at RPRY, Mrs. Bohm was the guidance counselor at Solomon Schechter Day School for 5 years. She has also taught Beit Midrash at the Pre Collegiate Learning Center, coordinated the JTeam teen philanthropy program at Jewish Federation, & was a program facilitator for JFCS teen leadership program. Mrs. Bohm has been the guidance counselor at RPRY since 2013, where she meets with students individually and in groups to support their social emotional growth. Mrs. Bohm facilitates weekly Second Step lessons in grades K-4 and social skills groups in 2nd & 3rd grade. She also liaises between outside therapists and the school. Additionally, Mrs. Bohm is the advisor for the 8th grade yearbook and coordinates Shabbatonim and relationship building programs throughout the year.

Mrs. Sara Fischer

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Director of Admissions and Development

Mrs. Yael Chait

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Think Tank Coordinator

Naomi Fisch

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PreN Assistant Teacher

Naomi Shlian

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Business Administrator

Nitza Adler

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4th Grade and Middle School Judaic Studies Teacher

Orit Goldstein

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Office Administrator

Penina Shmuel

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First Grade General Studies Teacher

Peri Horowitz

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Member of the Executive Committee

Rabbi Bryan Kinzbrunner

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Rabbi
Guidance Counselor and 3rd Grade Teacher

Rabbi Eliyahu Akerman

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Rabbi
UE Judaics Studies Teacher

Rabbi Meir Lipschitz

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Rabbi
Middle School Judaic Studies Teacher & Director of Special Initiatives

Rabbi Michael Ribalt

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Head of School
Rabbi

Rabbi Ribalt is a graduate of Yeshiva University. He pursued advanced rabbinical studies at YU for three years and then earned semicha Yoreh Yoreh from Yeshiva Madreigas HaAdam under Rabbi Faskowitz. He has an M.S. in Jewish education from the Azrieli Graduate School, a certificate in leadership and administration from YU, and a certificate in the art of leadership from Harvard University's Principal Center.

Rabbi Moshe Chait

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Rabbi
Middle School Judaic Studies Teacher

Rabbi Nachman Lapa

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Rabbi
Middle School Judaic Studies Teacher and Boys' Torah Bowl Coach

Rabbi Ronald Schwarzberg

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Chairman of the Education Committee
Member of the Executive Committee

Rabbi Yaacov Feit

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Rabbi
Middle School Assistant Principal

Rabbi Feit is a well-respected and distinguished educator with decades of teaching and administrative experience. He joins us after 14 years at the Joseph Kushner Hebrew Academy, as a dedicated Middle School and High School Rebbe. For the past nine years he served as the Director of Judaic Studies and Director of Judaic Studies Enrichment. In those roles, students benefited from improved/increased academic initiatives, student engagement, culture, and student registration. His responsibilities also included promoting school policies and procedures related to student discipline.