Chanan Ben Simon
Pre-K/K, 1st Grade, and 4th/5th Grade Teacher
B’nai Mitzvah Tutor

Chanan (he/him) is an educator and a music artist. He has been teaching music, art and Jewish text and themes in the past 10 years, encouraging students to ask, explore, be creative and be seen.

He holds a B.mus from the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance and an MFA in Performance and Interactive Media Arts (PIMA) from Brooklyn College.

As an artist, Chanan creates multimedia pieces and sound installations presented around the world, as well as performs contemporary art music written by other composers.

He is also the director of the Jewish text based artist fellowship LABA NY at the 14th Street Y.

Ran Livneh
3rd Grade (3-A) and Pre-Mitz Teacher
B’nai Mitzvah Tutor

Ran (he/him) is a musician and teacher, born and raised in Zichron Yaakov, Israel.

Since moving to Brooklyn in 2012 Ran has been teaching Hebrew, Judaism and music around the city and with Flatbush Jewish Center.

Ran brings to his students an open minded and personal approach together with mindfulness, music, movement and art.

Jael Scott
2nd Grade and 3rd Grade (3-B) Teacher

Jael is a Brooklyn-based artist and educator. She has taught Jewish studies at Flatbush Jewish Center and Kolot Chayeinu, as well as in South Florida. Jael envisions a learning space in which we can be curious together as we honor ourselves and the world. Outside of the classroom, she enjoys cooking and spending time at home with her partner and kitty.

Hye mee* Aharonah Moon
*pronounced: heh-mee
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Hye mee (she/they) is excited to be FJC’s Education Director. She holds an Ed.M in ESL Education from Rutgers University and a second master’s degree in Judaic Studies from HUC-JIR.

Hye mee has over a decade of experience in the field of education, working with children as well as adults. She’s taught at Kolot Chayeinu in Brooklyn; a K-8 yeshiva in New Jersey; an EFL program for adults at Rutgers University; and four elementary schools in Okayama, Japan.

Judaism is a centerpiece of Hye mee’s life. Her other areas of interest include writing, reading, adoption and adoptee rights, and LGBTQIA+ inclusivity. She lives in Brooklyn with her black cat named Asher.