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Together we will explore some ancient texts that ask of us to take care of all in our community - including those who are economically vulnerable. How do we understand this message for our time? What matters to us and why? What is this moment demanding from us?

Dr. Susie Tanchel is Vice-President of Hebrew College in Newton, MA. Since joining Hebrew College in 2020, Susie established MaTaRoT – Hebrew College’s Center for Jewish Professional Learning and Leadership and designed and implemented the new Master of Jewish Education Program. Prior to this, she served as the head of school at Boston’s Jewish Community Day School for nine years. During her tenure, Tanchel was an accomplished and deeply beloved leader, guiding the school to preeminence as a national model of excellence in pluralistic Jewish education, and creatively embodying its abiding commitments to community, centrality of Hebrew language, and teaching the whole child. Susie earned her doctorate from Brandeis University’s Near Eastern and Judaic Studies Department focusing on the development of ancient Israelite religious thought and the teaching of biblical texts in pluralistic Jewish high schools.

Susie has been an instructor in a number of pre-service education program including the Day School Leadership Through Teaching program at the Mandel Center for Studies in Jewish Education and the Master of Teaching Program in Secondary Education at Brandeis University. She was on the writing team of the JTS and the Avi Chai Foundation’s Standards and Benchmark project for the teaching of Tanakh. She has also taught in a variety of adult education settings including CJP’s Genesis Program, Me’ah at Hebrew College, the Wexner Foundation’s Heritage Program, and for the Day School Leadership Training Institute (DSLTI). Currently, Susie also mentors educators in the Mandel Foundation’s Educational Leadership Fellowship and coaches Jewish Day School professional and lay leaders across North America. Over the course of Susie’s career, her teaching, scholarship, and leadership have been recognized by a variety of fellowships and award, including receiving the 2017 Hachmat Lev Award from Keshet and the 2018 Covenant Award for Jewish Educators.

In partnership with Yad Chessed and Hebrew College