RABBI NOSSON SCHUMAN

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Teachers need to be adaptive and creative. We must foster a caring bond between ourselves and the students. We must endeavor to make Torah teachings stimulating, relevant and meaningful.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE____________________________________________
Student Teacher, YNJ and MTA, 6th-12th grades, Fall 2011 to Spring 2012 o Substitute teaching, presented model lessons in Gemara, Navi and Halacha o Observed and met with veteran teachers to discuss best teaching practices Summer Kollel Director, Congregation Ohev Emeth, Highland Park, NJ, 2008 o Taught Talmud, Navi and Chumash for yeshiva high school students Youth Teacher, Congregation Bnai Torah, Indianapolis, IN, 2007-2008. o Created after school learning group for teenage, public school youth Talmud Torah Director, Congregation Children of Israel, Youngstown, OH, 2004-2007 o Created curricula for high school youth attending public schools o Taught Hebrew grammar, Tanach and Mishneh o Formed Jewish Youth Band for community Yom HaAtzmaut program Teacher, Akiva Academy, Youngstown, OH, 2004-2006 o Developed syllabus and taught fifth and sixth grade day school students: Jewish holidays, lifecycles, parsha and led school plays. Teacher, Harry Elkin Midrasha: Rhode Island Bureau of Jewish Education, 2001-2003 o Taught public high school teenagers a variety of classes on the Prophets, Hashkafa and Ethics. Teacher, New England Academy of Torah, Providence, RI, 2001-2002 o Fashioned curriculum to teach High School Girls Hebrew Grammar.

RABBINIC EXPERIENCE____________________________________________
Since 1998, I have served as the rabbi of small congregations across the country, specializing in Kiruv, Kashruth, Mikvaot, Eruvin and Adult Education. With the goals of bringing Torah Judaism to places where learning was not readily available, our home became the base to introduce the young and old to Torah learning, Shabbos and Jewish family life. I am currently the rabbi of Congregation Beth El in Rutherford, NJ (rutherfordjewish.org).

EDUCATION_______________________________________________________
2011-2012 Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education and Administration, Masters of Science in Jewish Education, August 2012. Recipient of Jim Joseph Foundation Scholarship for Accelerated Masters Program. Yeshivas Rabbeinu Chaim Berlin and Kollel Gur Aryeh, Brooklyn, NY Rabbinic Ordination, January 1998, Bachelors Talmudic Law, June 1995.

1990-1998

SPECIAL SKILLS __________________________________________________

Smartboard technology, online educational resources, play guitar and sing, can lead Carlebach davening, and well-read in modern day Halacha and spirituality. http://nossonschumanportfolio.weebly.com/