Bill Berk

Senior Tour Educator at Keshet Israel - Educational Tourism in Israel
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(386) 825-5501
Location
Jerusalem District, Israel, IL

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Experience

    • Israel
    • Travel Arrangements
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Senior Tour Educator
      • 2010 - Present

      ► Director of Keshet’s Bar/Bat Mitzvah Trip programs. ► Member of Keshet’s Think-tank, working to re-imagine Israel travel. ► Create and implement outreach programs to North American congregations. ► Serve as senior tour educator. ► Director of Keshet’s Bar/Bat Mitzvah Trip programs. ► Member of Keshet’s Think-tank, working to re-imagine Israel travel. ► Create and implement outreach programs to North American congregations. ► Serve as senior tour educator.

    • Director
      • 2005 - 2010

      ► Developed and implemented all the educational programs for rabbis for the Hartman Institute. ► Recruited rabbis for the Rabbinic Leadership Initiative and the annual summer Rabbinic Torah Seminar. ► Co-directed the Christian Leadership Initiative. ► Co-directed the Hartman Institute’s Rabbinic Student Seminar. ► Developed and implemented all the educational programs for rabbis for the Hartman Institute. ► Recruited rabbis for the Rabbinic Leadership Initiative and the annual summer Rabbinic Torah Seminar. ► Co-directed the Christian Leadership Initiative. ► Co-directed the Hartman Institute’s Rabbinic Student Seminar.

    • Senior Rabbi
      • 1983 - 2005

      ► Managed staff and faculty of over one hundred employees. ► Collaborated with the Board of Directors to re-imagine the contemporary synagogue community, directing efforts to recover prayer, bring the community closer to Israel, and respond to Jews with Special Needs. ► Directed Temple Chai’s Beit Midrash, supervising those directing schools, youth programs, retreats, and Shalom Center for Healing. ► Provided instruction of the Torah to adults and children. ► Managed staff and faculty of over one hundred employees. ► Collaborated with the Board of Directors to re-imagine the contemporary synagogue community, directing efforts to recover prayer, bring the community closer to Israel, and respond to Jews with Special Needs. ► Directed Temple Chai’s Beit Midrash, supervising those directing schools, youth programs, retreats, and Shalom Center for Healing. ► Provided instruction of the Torah to adults and children.

    • Religious Institutions
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Assistant Rabbi and Director of Education
      • 1981 - 1983

      ► Directed the Hebrew School, headed the Religious School, supervised the Youth Program, and provided instruction. ► Directed the Hebrew School, headed the Religious School, supervised the Youth Program, and provided instruction.

Education

  • Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion-New York
    Doctor of Divinity
  • Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion-New York
    Master of Arts (M.A.), Hebrew Letters
  • University of California, Berkeley
    Bachelor's Degree
  • Cal State Hayward
    Life-time California Teaching Credential

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