| Palo
Alto, California
Welcome
to the information page of the Palo Alto, California Florence
Melton Adult Mini-School
Director
Jane-Rachel Schonbrun
Director, Palo Alto Melton Mini-School
Oshman Family JCC
3921 Fabian Way
Palo Alto, CA 94303
Contact
Tel: 650-223-8602
E-mail: paloalto@fmams.org.il
About
the Director
Jane-Rachel Schonbrun was born & raised in Baltimore, MD. She earned her B.A. in Jewish Studies from the University of Maryland, supplemented by two years of study at universities in Israel. As a recipient of the Wexner Graduate Fellowship, Jane-Rachel completed a dual masters program at the Graduate School of JTS and at the Columbia University School of Social Work. Additionally, she spent a year studying at New York’s Drisha Institute for Jewish Education.
Jane-Rachel has worked in a diverse range of formal and informal Jewish educational settings for over fifteen years. Since July 2007, Jane-Rachel has been working in the Adult Community Department of the Oshman Family Jewish Community Center in Palo Alto, and became director of the OFJCC-sponsored Palo Alto FMAMS in July 2008.
Jane-Rachel has been living in San Jose since 2004. She and her husband Aaron (a congregational rabbi in Saratoga, CA) are the proud parents of Aviva, Gavriel, and Leora.
Class
Schedule
| Subject |
Day |
Location |
| Year
l |
Tuesday PM
Oct 22-June 17
Thursday AM
Oct 20-June 15 |
OFJCC |
| Gandel Institute: Jewish Studies for Israelis (IN HEBREW) |
January-June |
OFJCC |
| Scholars – Shemot: From Slavery to Sinai |
Tuesdays
Oct 27-Jan 19 |
OFJCC |
| Scholars –
Shemot II:
Revelation and Revolution |
February-May (dates TBA) |
OFJCC |
| Scholars –
Israeli Literature As a Window to Israeli Society |
February-May (dates TBA) |
OFJCC |
Faculty
List
| Faculty |
Course |
| Rabbi Joey Felsen |
Scholars: Shemot II |
| Aviv Monarch |
Purposes |
| Ariella Radwin |
Rhythms |
| Rabbi Elisheva Salamo |
Rhythms |
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