Our People
Our Board
President: David Selig
Immediate Past President: Michael Jassy
Vice President: Daniel Waine
Hon. Spiritual Advisors: Rabbi Jeremy Lawrence, Rabbi Levi Wolff, Rabbi Mendel Kastel
Hon. Treasurer and Secretary: Ron Belz
Board Members: Joel Edelman, Billie Glass, Phillip Joel, Frank Levy AM, Helene Rome.
Our Staff
Principal and Co- CEO: Rachele Schonberger Dip Teach, B Ed, M Ed, Cert IV, rschonberger@bje.nsw.edu.au
Director, Finance & Administration and Co-CEO: Robert Greenfield B.Comm. CA. CPA FAICD, rgreenfield@bje.nsw.edu.au
Education Coordinator: Hilit Werzberger BA Educational Organisation & Management and Hebrew Literature, Dip Teach., Dip. Software Engineering, Post Grad. Diploma E-learning, Professional Development Certificate in Teaching Community Languages, hwerzberger@bje.nsw.edu.au
Resource Officer: Rachelle Lever BA Dip Ed Dip Lib, resource.centre@bje.nsw.edu.au
Outreach Coordinator: Shula Jaffe-Krimhand BA, sjaffekrimhand@bje.nsw.edu.au
Website Coordinator: Karen Smith BA LLB Dip Lang St (Hons), Dip Arts, Dip Ed, ksmith@bje.nsw.edu.au
Jewish Student Network: Lisa Inberg BA M Teach, linberg@bje.nsw.edu.au
Projects Coordinator: Stephanie Lenga BSW, slenga@bje.nsw.edu.au
IT Consultant: Phillip Segall BSc ElecEng, psegall@bje.nsw.edu.au
Accounts/Payroll: Kati Fodor B Ec (Hons), kfodor@bje.nsw.edu.au
Currently we have 17 supplementary education teachers; 14 full and part-time Hebrew teachers; and 47 SRE teachers.
Directors of Education/Principals
The foundations for Academy BJE’s future were laid by the generosity of many benefactors and the dedication of many educators.
1928 Rabbi Francis Lyon Cohen
1935 Rabbi E M Levy MA
1940 Rabbi Dr Israel Porush OBE PhD
1957 Rabbi T Rafalowicz MA
1964 Rabbi Dr Israel Porush OBE PhD
1970 Lionel Link MA DipEd MACE
1976 Rabbi Raymond Apple AM RFD BA LLB Mlitt
1979 Harold Nagley BA (Hons) Dip Ed MA (Syd) MIL MACE
1987 Max Wahlhaus BA Dip Ed
1997 Lilly Maltz BA Dip Ed - Principal
2008 Rachele Schonberger B Ed, M Ed, Cert IV - Principal
