Alumni in Action: Palm Beach

JTS Alumni Are Strengthening the Palm Beach Jewish Community

JTS Alumni Are Strengthening the Palm Beach Jewish Community

Message from JTS’s Linda Zisk: In Palm Beach County, dozens of JTS alumni create meaningful, inspired, and joyful Jewish life.

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Head of School Helena Levine Wants to Impact the Jewish Future

Head of School Helena Levine Wants to Impact the Jewish Future

As the leading community day school in Palm Beach County, Donna Klein Jewish Academy plays a pivotal role in the area, says Helena Levine, the head of school. “Families come here from all denominations and from around the world. For many families, the school is their primary connection to Jewish life.”

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Cantor Magda Fishman Says Relationships Are Her Priority

Cantor Magda Fishman Says Relationships Are Her Priority

After arriving at B’nai Torah Congregation at the start of the pandemic and experiencing her first two years of communal life almost entirely on Zoom, Cantor Magda Fishman now loves to greet people in person. “Welcome home!” she says in her warm, Israeli-accented voice.

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Rabbi Ed Bernstein Offers Spiritual Support

Rabbi Ed Bernstein Offers Spiritual Support

As a chaplain at Boca Raton Regional Hospital and at Vitas Healthcare hospice, Rabbi Ed Bernstein brings spiritual support to the diverse and growing Jewish community across Palm Beach County. In doing so, he continues to draw from the JTS educational experience that was core to his personal and professional development.  

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Rabbi Michael Resnick Joins His Congregants in the Search for Meaning

Rabbi Michael Resnick Joins His Congregants in the Search for Meaning

To Rabbi Michael Resnick, what most distinguishes Temple Emanu-El in Palm Beach is the community’s high level of education and the desire for “a Judaism that touches both the heart and the intellect.”

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