Faculty

 Karen Herskowitz is the principal of Beth Am Temple Religious School and is also teaching the 3rd grade class.   Mrs. Herskowitz lives in West Nyack, NY with her two children, Jacob and Sara, and her husband Michael.

She has taught Sunday school at Beth Am Temple for more than 15 years, and has been teaching in the Clarkstown School District for 27 years.  Mrs. Herskowitz is looking forward to bringing her years of experience and uplifting positivity to another wonderfully rewarding school year at Beth Am Temple.

Welcome Principal Karen!

Ruth Pernick has taught virtually every grade at Beth Am Temple over the past 34 years. This year, she is teaching fifth and sixth grade Hebrew. 

Ruth is married to Rabbi Daniel Pernick and is the mother of four wonderful children, Sarah, 37, Ben, 36, Joshua, 34 and David, 31.

Sarah married Joel Dinin and is the mother of Meira and Mikey. They are about to move to Milwaukee, where Joel will have his own Modern Orthodox synagogue.

Ben is a music therapist at a Riverdale nursing home and Josh is entering his final year of Rabbinical studies at Chovevei Torah in Riverdale.

David is an academic tutor in the Los Angeles area.

Welcome Rebbitzin Ruth!

Rebecca Freimann is a special education teacher by day, and religious instructor by night. She has many years experience teaching Holocaust studies, as well as Judaica.

In addition to teaching in the classroom, she has published a book to teach others about real life Holocaust stories.

Welcome Rebecca!