Faculty and Staff
Admin Team
Debra Abolafia
Head of School
Rebekah Weinberger
Director of Advancement
Susan Biedinger
Director of Business & HR
Steven Perlman
Administrative Assistant
Our Board
The N.E. Miles Jewish Day School (NEMJDS) Board of Directors is composed of members who embody the broad and diverse nature of Birmingham’s Jewish Community. According to the by-laws, the Board of Directors is comprised of at least nineteen and not more than thirty four members with representation from the three local synagogues, Chabad, the Levite Jewish Community Center, and constituents of the Birmingham Jewish Federation and Collat Jewish Family Services. The chairperson of the NEMJDS Endowment Advisory Committee, the president of the Parent-Teacher Association of the NEMJDS and the immediate Past President of the NEMJDS Board of Directors shall also be a Director. Additional seats on the board are filled by Day School alumni, parents, and community leaders.
Executive Committee 2020-2021
Co-President | Sam Friedman |
Co-President | Bruce Downs |
Administrative Vice President | Brooke Kaplan |
Vice President of Education and Personnel | Sheri Krell |
Vice President of PR and Recruitment | Carlie Sommerville |
Vice President of Ways and Means | Ilene Kosoff |
Treasurer | Jan Jaffe |
Secretary | Sarah Kunin |
Board Members 2020-2021
Barbara Brande | Jamie Odrezin | Josh Rutsky |
Steve Brickman | Lynn Raviv | Evan Salter |
Julie Cohen | Nadav Raviv | Sarah Schaeffer |
Jackie Feldman | Marc Rice | Andrea Shapiro |
Kendal Jaffe | David Romanoff | Asaf Stein |
Florina Newcomb | Danielle Rosenbaum | |
Jessica Nissenbaum | Robbie Rothenberg |
Ex Officio: Rabbi Stephen Slater, Rabbi Moshe Rube, Lauren Schwartz, Richard Friedman, Sally Friedman, Cantor Jessica Ruskin, Rabbi Yossi Posner, Rabbi Adam Wright