Staff
Director
Kendra Lubalin has been working as a Jewish Educator for the last 18 years. This is her fourth year as the Director of Bay Area Midrasha. Prior to this position she ran the Hebrew High School at Congregation Kol Shofar in Marin. In addition to being an educator, she is the mom of two young children.
Office Administrator
Desmid Lyon has been the Assistant Director of Midrasha in Berkeley for 14 years, and the Office Administrator of Oakland Midrasha for 4 years. She is the proud parent of five, four of whom are Midrasha Graduates!
Tenth Grade Rabbinic Faculty
Rabbi Mark Bloom joined Temple Beth Abraham of Oakland, California in July 2001.
Rabbi Andrew Straus of Temple Sinai received his Rabbinic Ordination from Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Rabbi Jacqueline Mates-Muchin of Temple Sinai is a graduate of UC Santa Barbara with ordination from Hebrew Union College, New York.
Rabbi Manhoff of Temple Beth Sholom.
Eighth Grade
Sacha J. Kopin has been working in the Midrasha system, both as a teacher and a director, for 20 years. The tastiest thing she does is work with her husband, who owns Fa-La-La, a falafel restaurant.
Marshall Sachs, a graduate of U.C. Berkeley, is the youth director at Temple Sinai. This is his 4th year on the Midrasha staff.
Jennifer Levine is in her second year teaching at Oakland Midrasha. She also teaches at Temple Sinai and is the mother of two.
Suzie Rose is returning to Oakland Midrasha this year, after several years away.
Ninth Grade
Erica Fink is starting her first year at Oakland Midrasha. She also teaches at Congregation Beth El and at Midrasha in Berkeley.
Eyal Mazor is in his second year teaching at Oakland Midrasha. He also teaches at Temple Sinai.
Eleventh and Twelfth Grades
Ilan Persing is in his second year teaching at Oakland Midrasha. He also teaches at Congregation Beth El and at Midrasha in Berkeley.
Dana Sheanin is starting her first year at Oakland Midrasha. She has been working with with teens for many years as a regional director of NFTY.
