Our teachers bring a passion for Judaism to the classroom and a desire to inspire mesorah, Jewish values, and a love of being Jewish in the next generation.
Teachers
Danielle Alhassid
Pre-K/K, 1st Grade, and 4th Grade Teacher
Danielle Alhassid (she/her) is a Brooklyn based artist and educator. She works with stop-motion animation, printmaking and performance, exploring themes of language, memory, and cultural transmission.
She received her MFA from Hunter College in New York and her BFA from Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam. Her work has been exhibited internationally at institutions including the Brooklyn Museum, 14Y Theater in New York, the Amsterdam Museum and Liebling Haus in Tel Aviv.
Alongside her artistic practice, Danielle is an educator who develops creative learning experiences that encourage curiosity, experimentation, and self-expression. She has taught art and Hebrew for more than a decade at institutions including Kehila Hebrew School in Amsterdam and ProjectArt NYC. She has also been invited as a guest speaker by Jewish studies and cultural programs at City College of New York, the University of Graz, Casa Adret in Barcelona, and others.
Ran Livneh
3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 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, 3rd Grade, & 5th Grade 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.
Lia Seltzer … Assistant Teacher
Ben Garfinkel … Assistant Teacher
Education Director
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.
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