RELIGIOUS SCHOOL ACCREDITATIONS THE ASSOCIATION OF REFORM JEWISH EDUCATORS (formerly National Association of Temple Educators) 2016 Accreditation is awarded for a period of seven years. YEAR CONGREGATION EDUCATOR (at time of Accreditation) 1978 Temple Emanuel David T. Helberg, RJE * + Greensboro, NC 1979 The Congregation Emanu-El Cantor Joseph L. Portnoy * + San Francisco, CA 1980 Temple Emanu-El Fred W. Marcus, RJE-FTA * + San Jose, CA Temple Shaarey Shalom Elaine S. Sobel * + Springfield, NJ Temple Shalom Ruth Birnbaum, RJE * + Aberdeen, NJ Temple Emanuel-El Aimee Neibart, RJE * + Livingston, NJ Temple Emanu-El Rabbi Howard F. Sommer * Westfield, NJ 1981 Temple Israel Nachama S. Moskowitz, RJE * Tulsa, OK 1983 Temple Sinai Rabbi Charles S. Levi * Newport News, VA 1984 Cong. Emanu-El B'ne Jeshurun Michael K. Fefferman, RJE * Milwaukee, WI Temple B'nai Israel Cantor Asher Herman, RJE * + Oklahoma City, OK Temple Beth El Robin L. Eisenberg, RJE
1985 Temple Israel Barbara W. Mansberg Memphis, TN 1986 Congregation Am Shalom Sharon S. Morton, RJE ** Temple Israel Nachama S. Moskowitz, RJE * Tulsa, OK Congregation Beth El Phyllis Mintzer, RJE * + Berkeley, CA Temple Sinai Anita A. Fricklas, RJE * + Denver, CO 1987 Beth-El Congregation Ellen F. Mack, RJE * + Fort Worth, TX Indianapolis Hebrew Congregation Elaine Arffa * + Indianapolis, Indiana Temple Bnai Israel Clearwater, FL Zena W. Sulkes, RJE* 1988 ** Temple Emanu-El Barbara A. Bar-Nissim, RJE Livingston, NJ B'nai El Congregation Anne W. Stein * St. Louis, MO 1989 Temple David Dr. Ivan C. Frank * + Monroeville, PA Neil M. Cartiff * + ** Temple Beth El Robin L. Eisenberg, RJE ** Temple B'nai Israel Alexandria L. Shuval * Oklahoma City, OK 1990 Congregation Shaare Emeth Marsha B. Grazman, RJE St. Louis, MO Temple Israel Wendy L. Schwartz, RJE * Minneapolis, MN 1991 Bet Shalom Cynthia F. Reich, RJE * + Hopkins, MN Frank Feinberg * + ** Temple Sinai Lydia Shipman * Newport News, VA Temple Beth Am Dorothy C. Herman, RJE * Miami, FL 1992 ** Temple Shalom Ruth Birnbaum, RJE * + Aberdeen, NJ
Temple Beth-El Lisa J. Goldstein, RJE * Providence, RI Anita F. Steiman Isaac Mayer Wise Temple Melanie Cole Goldberg, RJE * Cincinnati, OH Congregation Beth Ahabah William R. Bronstein * Richmond, VA 1993 Temple Israel Shirley A. Schatz, RJE * + Dayton, OH Congregation Rodeph Shalom Dr. Zena W. Sulkes, RJE * Philadelphia, PA Lakeside Congregation for Reform Judaism Highland Park, IL Vanessa M. Ehrlich, RJE 1994 ** Indianapolis Hebrew Congregation Marcia L. Goldstein, RJE Indianapolis, IN Temple Solel Paradise Valley, AZ Bonnie S. Morris, RJE Temple Beth Orr Morris Ezry, RJE * Coral Springs, FL 1995 Shir Ami: Cantor Mark P. Elson, RJE Bucks County Jewish Congregation Newtown, PA North Shore Congregation Israel Lori B. Sagarin, RJE * 1996 The Temple Irvin L. Goldstein, RJE + Congregation Adath Israel-Brith Shalom Louisville, KY *** Temple Emanu-El Barbara Bar-Nissim, RJE Livingston, NJ 1997 Temple De Hirsch Sinai Irwin Chernik, RJE* Seattle, WA Congregation Kol Ami Renee Frank Holtz, RJE * White Plains, NY 1998 Temple B'nai Zion Rabbi Joseph H. Eiduson, RJE * Amherst, NY The Temple/Congregation Ohabei Sholom Nashville, TN Temple Chai Phoenix, AZ Lynda R. Gutcheon, RJE Ava Keenan*
1999 Temple Kol Emeth Susan Grossman * Marietta, GA *** Temple Beth El Robin Eisenberg, RJE ** Congregation Am Shalom Sharon Morton, RJE * 2000 ** Isaac M. Wise Irene Brot, RJE + Cincinnati, OH ** Temple Beth Am Deborah Niederman, RJE * Miami, FL 2001 *** Indianapolis Hebrew Congregation Marcia Goldstein, RJE Indianapolis, Indiana Har Shalom Warren, New Jersey Sharon Friedman Temple Beth Israel Alexandra Shuval-Weiner, RJE * Portland, Oregon Temple Judea Julie Lambert, RJE * Coral Gables, Florida ** Lakeside Congregation Vanessa Ehrlich, RJE for Reform Judaism Highland Park, Illinois 2002 Temple Brith Kodesh Rabbi Alison Kobey Rochester, New York Congregation Ahavath Chesed Rabbi Steven Rau * Jacksonville, FL ** Temple Beth Orr Steven Osher * Coral Springs, FL *** Temple Sinai Lisa Stern Newport News, VA. 2004 Touro Synagogue Eileen Hamilton New Orleans, LA Temple Beth El Aliso Viejo, CA Linda Kirsch 2005 ** North Shore Congregation Israel Rabbi Judy Spicehandler * Congregation Bnai Israel Dorothy Herman, RJE *.
2006 Reform Congregation Keneseth Rabbi Stacy Eskowitz Rigler, RJE Israel Elkins Park, PA ** The Temple Congregation Ohabai Lynda Gutcheon, RJE Shalom Temple Israel St. Louis, MO Deborah Morosohk, RJE **** Temple Beth El Robin Eisenberg, RJE 2007 Temple Dor Dorim Karen Rauscher Weston, FL 2008 **** Indianapolis Hebrew Congregation Marcia Goldstein, RJE Indianapolis, IN ** Har Shalom Sharon Friedman Warren, NJ Temple Sinai Sharon, MA Joshua Slovin 2009 The Temple Rabbi Steven Rau Atlanta, GA Temple Emanuel Rabbi Deborah Cohen * Cherry Hill, NJ Temple Beth Israel Portland, OR Temple Beth Israel Skokie, IL Ben Sandler Lori Sagarin, RJE ** Temple Brith Kodesh Rabbi Alison Kobey * Rochester, NY 2010 *** Lakeside Congregation Vanessa Ehrlich, RJE for Reform Judaism Highland Park, Illinois Shir Ha-Ma alot Irvine, California Marisa Kaiser, RJE 2011 Temple Judea Beth Young, RJE Coral Gables, Florida Congregation Dor Tamid Johns Creek, Georgia Jill Burns 2012 ** Touro Synagogue Eileen Hamilton New Orleans, Louisiana
Congregation Or Shalom Vernon Hills, Illinois Temple Jeremiah Northfield, Illinois Marcia Cohen Dr. Anne Lidsky RJE 2013 Congregation Beth Torah Rabbi Rebecca Reice Overland Park, Kansas Marsha Rittmaster ***** Temple Beth El Robin Eisenberg RJE Boca Raton, Florida Gavin Hirsch 2014 Temple Sinai Sue Huntting RJE Sarasota, Florida 2014 Congregation Etz Chaim Anne Stein of DuPage County Lombard, Illinois 2014 Congregation Or Chadash Rabbi Alison B. Kobey Damascus, Maryland 2015 Temple Emanu El Kate Milgrom Orange Village, Cleveland, Ohio 2015 North Shore Congregation Israel Dr. Roberta Louis Goodman RJE 2015 ** Reform Congregation Keneseth Rabbi Stacy Eskowitz Rigler, RJE Israel Elkins Park, PA 2016 Congregation Or Chadash Rina Liebeskind Tucson, AZ ***** FIFTH ACCREDITATION **** FOURTH ACCREDITATION *** THIRD ACCREDITATION ** SECOND ACCREDITATION * Not current Educator + Retired To date, those congregations who have been granted Accreditation beginning 2009 through 2016 are active accreditations. Any other accreditation from 1978 to 2008 are not current and the religious schools of these congregations would need to complete the accreditation process again to maintain accreditation status. January 2016