Phenomenal Faculty

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PHENOMENAL FACULTY

RABBI AVI HARARI

(ES ‘99, HS ‘03) received the Ezra Shabot A”H Teacher Appreciation Award. The award goes to a faculty member, selected by our graduating class, who exemplifies the Yeshivah’s mission to inspire, support and challenge our students. Rabbi Harari has been teaching Talmud and Tanakh at JBHS since 2013 and serves as our Rosh Beit Midrash.

RABBI JOSEPH BLUMENTHAL

(ES ‘99, HS ‘03) was the recipient of the 2020 Gruss Life Monument Award for his excellence in teaching Judaic Studies at JBHS. Rabbi Blumenthal is also the Chair of the Halakhah Department and has been teaching Talmud, Halakhah and Tanakh at YOF since 2010. He has participated in the YU Lead program, as well as The Legacy Heritage Teacher Institute in conjunction with the Rothberg International School at Hebrew University.

RABBI BENJAMIN KRAMER AND COACH MICHAEL GUROCK

Rabbi Kramer and Coach Gurock, both at JBHS, won the Wallach Award for Excellence in Education in 2020. In reflecting on the positive experience of being a Yeshivah of Flatbush faculty member over the last five years, Coach Gurock shared “it is in this special place that camaraderie is formed between the Talmud/Tech guy (Rabbi Kramer) and the Sports/SAFE guy (me).” Rabbi Kramer, JBHS Educational Technology Director as well as a Halakhah and Talmud teacher, added, “In the three decades that I have been privileged to work with so many talented and dedicated educators, I have learned so much about educating and influencing our amazing students. My colleagues are so creative and innovative that I am humbled to be chosen amongst all of them.”