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August 16 • 2007

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Stephanie
Hoffman

• Stephanie Hoffman
is a Jewish studies instructor and
the Jewish student life director for
the 2007-2008 academic year. The
Richmond, Va., native holds a bachelor
of arts degree in English literature
from Columbia University and a B.A.
in Talmud from List College at the
Jewish Theological Seminary in New
York.
She moved to Israel to begin stud-
ies in the Pardes Educators Program
in Jerusalem, with a focus on Talmud
and other rabbinic literature.
In June, she received a master's
degree in Jewish education from
the Hebrew College in Boston and
a Certificate of Advanced Jewish
Studies from the Pardes Institute in
Jerusalem.
"As part of a people of both intellect
and action:' she said, "Jewish youth
must learn to use their heads, hearts
and hands in order to participate in
and contribute to Jewish life.
"I am excited to join the Frankel
Jewish Academy community in this
endeavor to educate future Jewish
leaders:'

•Dina Pittel Adelsky will work
with recruitment in the Admissions
Department and teach Jewish Studies.
She earned her bachelor of arts and
masters of arts degreees in Judaic
Studies at the University of Michigan.
She worked as a research assistant
for U-M Professor Zvi Gitelman
and interned at the Partnership for
Excellence in Jewish Education in
Boston.
Adeisky was awarded the Stanley
Frankel Summer Fellowship for
Research and Study for two consecu-
tive summers.
The first summer, she assisted
Professor Esther Eshel in her research
on the Dead Sea Scrolls. The next

Dina Pittel
Adeisky

Mika
Ahuvia

summer, she conducted her own
research on the impact of Jewish edu-
cation in Riga, Latvia.
Adeisky was born in St. Petersburg,
Russia; her parents were refusniks for
nine years. She felt a special appre-
ciation for having the opportunity to
receive a Jewish education from an
early age, something her parents were
deprived of under the Soviet regime.
By joining the Frankel Jewish
Academy, she hopes to impart her love
and appreciation of learning Jewish
texts to her students.

• Mika Ahuvia will teach Jewish
History. Born at Kibbutz Beit Hashita,
she lived in Israel and the United
States as a child.
The many archaeological sites of
the Holy Land inspired her to pursue
a bachelor of arts degree in classical
studies at Rollins College, a liberal
arts college in central Florida.
Later, she worked as an assistant
copy editor on the book The Sculptural
Environment of the Roman Near East.
Working with specialists in the Roman
archaeology of the Israel, she excavat-
ed sites in England and a Roman fort
in the southern Arava desert.
She plans to pursue a Ph.D. in clas-
sical art and archaeology with an
emphasis on the late Byzantine and
early Islamic period in Syro-Palestine.
She's pursuing a master's degree
in Judaic Studies at the University of
Michigan, where she recently received
the Jean and Samuel Frankel Chair
Award for academic excellence in the
study of ancient Judaism.
"I am thrilled to have these excep-
tional young scholars on our staff. Not
only are they experts in their field, but
personable and engaging as well:' said
Rabbi Aaron Bergman, Judaic studies
director. II