Bill Berk
Senior Tour Educator at Keshet Israel - Educational Tourism in Israel- Claim this Profile
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Experience
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Keshet Educational Journeys
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Israel
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Travel Arrangements
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1 - 100 Employee
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Senior Tour Educator
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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.
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Director
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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.
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Senior Rabbi
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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.
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Congregation Beth Am
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Religious Institutions
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1 - 100 Employee
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Assistant Rabbi and Director of Education
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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.
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Education
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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