Ora Academy Faculty

Limudei Kodesh - Judaic Studies

Mrs. Tali Brea

Ksuvim, Yahadus
MSW: University of Maryland, School of Social Work
B.A.: Thomas Edison State College

Rabbi Reuven Feinberg

Headmaster

Chumash B’Iyun , Machshava
Rabbinical Ordination: Rabbinical Seminary of America

Mrs. Shira Hochheimer

Chumash, Conversational Hebrew
M.A.: Yeshiva University, Azrieli Graduate School
B.A.: Yeshiva University, Stern College for Women

Mr. David Merzel

Parshat Hashavuah
M.A.: Yeshiva University, Feurkauf Graduate School
B.A.: Yeshiva University

Mrs. Dalia Regev

Hebrew Language and Literature
Seminar Hakibutzim College for Teachers, Tel Aviv, Israel

Rabbi Dovid Roness

Halacha

M.S.: Adelphi University

B.A.: Talmudical Institute of Upstate New York

Mrs. Kara Wurtzel

Student Council Advisor

K’suvim

Teaching Certificate: B’nos Chava Seminary

Limudei Chol - Secular Studies

Mrs. Judith Deyo

Global Studies, AP US History, Government, Economics
M.S.: State University of New York (Brockport)
A.B.: University of California, Berkeley

Mrs. Maureen Dinero

Director of Secular Studies

M.Ed.: University of Rochester
B.A.: University of Rochester

Mrs. Conni Goonan

French, Music
M. Ed: State University of New York (Brockport)
B.A.: Nazareth College of Rochester

Mrs. Wendy Howitt

Art
B.F.A.: Syracuse University

Mrs. Johanne Hoyt

Math
B.A.: University of Rhode Island

Advanced Certificate: Roberts Wesleyan College

Mrs. Naomi Schlagman

English, AP English, AP Psychology
Ph.D. Candidate: University of Rochester

M.A.: University of Rochester
M.A.: Jewish Theological Seminary of America
B.A.: Cornell University

Dr. Leslie Schwartz

Chemistry

Ph.D.: Cornell University

B.A.: University of Rochester

Mrs. Jan Winchell

Mathematics

B.A.: Slippery Rock University

Mrs. Christy Shaffer

Physical Education

Certified Group Fitness Instructor