DEBORAH EISENBACH-BUDNER
has been facilitating people's exploration of Judaism for 18 years; teaching adults and children, creating family education and informal education programs, and directing synagogue education programs. Her education includes graduate degrees in Jewish Studies and in Jewish Education from Brandeis University, as well as studies at Pardes Institute (Jerusalem) and Oberlin College. She is currently Havurah Shalom's Education Director. This is her sixth year on the Melton faculty.

SYLVIA FRANKEL
received her undergraduate degree from Bar-Ilan University, Israel and her doctoral degree from the University of Oregon. She served for 12 years as Executive Director of the Oregon Holocaust Resource Center and has taught at Lewis & Clark and other local colleges for the past ten years. She has been on the Melton faculty since its inception in 1999.

ERICA GOLDMAN
teaches music and directs the t'llah (prayer) program at the Portland Jewish Academy. Erica is one of the founders of the Portland Women's T'llah Group and coordinates its monthly services. She holds a Doctorate in Music Theory and History from the University of Oregon, an M.M. from the New England Conservatory of Music, and a B.A. from Stanford University. This is her eighth year teaching for the Melton Mini-School

AMY KATZ
has a Masters degree in Jewish Education from Hebrew College in Boston. She has been a Jewish Day school Hebrew teacher, Jewish Studies Coordinator, and Family Educator. She served for two years as the first Director of Congregational Learning at Congregation Shir Tikvah. Amy has spent several years living in Israel. She is currently creating an intensive Hebrew track curriculum for Congregation Neveh Shalom's Religious School, and is working on writing a guide to discussing the weekly Torah portion for families

LINDA MAIZELS
was born and raised in Portland. She is finishing her Doctorate at the Avraham Harman Institute of Contemporary Jewry at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She has a bachelor's degree from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University and a master's degree in history from Portland State University. She has also studied at the Pardes Institute for Jewish Studies in Jerusalem. She is currently teaching in the Judaic Studies department at Portland State University.

JAN RABINOWITCH
Before coming to Portland in 1987 to serve as Director of Education for Congregation Beth Israel, Jan Rabinowitch received a Master of Theological Studies from Harvard Divinity School and taught in Conservative and Reform synagogue and community day schools, wrote curricula for publication and national distribution, led teacher-training programs, and developed and facilitated interfaith dialogues for the Naitonal Conference of Christians and Jews. She served as the Spiritual Leader of Congregation Kol Ami in Vancouver, and is the founder of Binah, an interfaith education resource which offers offers lectures and workshops on Judaism and Judaica for interfaith and non-Jewish groups. She also serves as an education consultant and teacher and, when she finds the time to get to her art studio, works in fused and cast glass. She has been on Melton faculty in Portland since its first year.

DEVORAH SPILMAN
studied Hebrew and Judaism in Israel at World Union of Jewish Students, Machon Ora Torah Institute for Women, and Machon Shuva Torah Institute for Israeli Women, Nishmat: The Jerusalem Center for Advanced Jewish Study for Women and at Haifa University. She has led Torah study groups in Portland and Los Angeles and tutors adults one on one. Devorah is also a solo performance artist specializing in Jewish subject matter. Her repertoire includes original and classic Jewish narratives. She also trains adults in using storytelling techniques in the workplace.

RABBI JOSHUA STAMPFER
was born in Jerusalem. He received his M.S. from the University of Akron, his M.H.L. from the Jewish Theological Seminary, and his D.H.L. from the University of Judaism. He served as Rabbi at Congregation Neveh Shalom from 1953 to 1993. Rabbi Stampfer is board member of the National Peace Now Organization, an appointee to the Oregon Government Ethics Commission, an Adjunct Associate Professor at PSU, and founder and Executive Director of the Institute of Judaic Studies. This is his sixth year on the Melton faculty.

RABBI ARIEL STONE
has served congregations in Miami, Florida; Kiev, Ukraine; and Portland, Oregon, and has taught at the University of Central Florida and the Atlanta Solomon Schechter Day School. She recently completed a two year research fellowship with the Jerusalem based Mandel School for Educational Leadership and is a doctoral candidate at the Spertus Institute for Jewish Studies in Chicago. Rabbi Stone is currently the spiritual leader of Congregation Shir Tikvah. This is her fifth year on the Melton faculty.