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RABBI MICHAEL ALPER

B'NAI MITZVAH & CONFIRMATION

Morah DEBBIE BECKER

1ST GRADE

MORAH MARY COTTON

INCLUSION SPECIALIST
 

MORAH SUSIE EPSTEIN

KINDERGARTEN

MORAH DIANE FaDEM

COOKING (BISHUL)

MORAH RACHELI DUBIZH

4TH GRADE

RABBI AMY FEDER

B'NAI MITZVAH & CONFIRMATION

MORAH SUSAN KEMPPAINEN

5TH GRADE

MORAH LARisa kofman

HEBREW

MORAH ADELE LEWIS

HEBREW

MOREH DONOVON MOORE

6TH GRADE

MORAH Carolyn Orenstein

5TH GRADE & HEBREW

MORAH JENNIFER PATCHIN

1ST GRADE

MORAH MAYA POGER

ART (AMANUT)

MOREH HOWARD PRICE

SUBSTITUTE

MORAH Roni Shhory

ISRAEL (2024-25 SHINSHINIT)

MORAH DEBBIE SCHULTZ

3RD GRADE & HEBREW

 314-330-9940      debbie_world@yahoo.com

MORAH DONNA STONE

2ND GRADE

MOREH KEN SUSMAN

MUSIC (MUSIKAH) & T'FILLAH

MOREH JOSH Thomeczek

6TH GRADE

MOREH MICHAEL TZINBERG

NATURE (TEVA), YOGA, GAMES, T'FILLAH & HEBREW

Morah SIDNI WEGLARZ

DIRECTOR OF RELIGIOUS & HEBREW SCHOOL

 314-432-8076      sweglarz@ti-stl.org

MORAH JILLIAN WOLFMAN

2ND GRADE & T'FILLAH

MOREH NEIL WOLFMAN

2ND GRADE

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. 

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 Fadem

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 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. 

Michael tzinberg

Moreh Michael also teaches at Deutsch Early Childhood Center and is a Yoga instructor.

Jillain Wolfman

Moreh Jillian attended Temple Israel Religious School and currently works as a Kindergarten teacher in St. Charles County.