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Mercedes-Benz Audi Truth in Engineering 5570 Monroe St. • Sylvania, Ohio • 419-885-5111 • vindevers.com 12 March 12 • 2015 Rick ner 419-82 514 rzerner@vin ers.com I. 1926030 abbi Eric Grossman, head of school at Frankel Jewish Academy in West Bloomfield, will leave his position in July to become head of school at the Ramaz School, a 1,150-student K-12 Jewish day school on Manhattan's Upper East Side. By the time he and his family move to New York, he will have served FJA for 14 years. Grossman began as a classroom teacher and Bible department head. He taught hundreds of students biblical Hebrew grammar. He would later become the second head of school since FJAS found- ing in 2000. This year, FJA has 225 students. In May, FJA will honor Grossman for his contributions to the school and its students. "I would like to thank Rabbi the FJA community for Grossman the outpouring of kind- ness and good wishes I received following the announcement of my new position at Ramaz" Grossman wrote in a letter to FJA students, parents and supporters. "Your words reminded me of everything I love about FJA, and I am deeply grateful to have been able to spend such a significant por- tion of my life at this school. "I am proud to share that FJA is in the strongest position it has ever been in since our founding 15 years ago" he wrote. "Educationally, philosophically, fiscally and operationally, we have never been in as solid a place as we are today. We know who we are, and we deliver an educational prod- uct recognized nationally for its excellence:' Ramaz is a coeducational Modern Orthodox day school founded in 1937. Like FJA, its curriculum integrates secu- lar and Jewish learning. Ramaz alumni include Isaac Herzog, Zionist Union alli- ance chairman and one of Prime Minister Netanyahu's most formidable challengers in the March 17 Israeli election. Judaic Studies Principal Rabbi Azaryah Cohen will become acting head of school on July 1. Cohen began at FJA as a class- room teacher, instructing students in Talmud. He is co-rabbi of Congregation Or Chadash in Oak Park with Rabbi Eliezer Finkelman. Other faculty changes: • Rabbi Elliot Pachter, current director of student services, will transition from senior rabbi to rabbi emeritus at Congregation B'nai Moshe in West Bloomfield to take on a larger leadership role at FJA. He has been with the school for 11 years. Soon he will work fully as part of the school's new administrative team. • Erin Holodnick, current head of the Educational Leadership Team, will become director of general studies, overseeing the math, history, science and English depart- ments. Holodnick has taught at FJA for nearly a decade and was head of the history department. • Beginning next academic year, Rabbi Reuven Margrett will become FJAs director of Jewish studies. He has served as minyan coordinator and chair of the rabbinics department. He is known for his work in incorporating educational technology into the Jewish studies classroom. "Along with the Executive Committee, I have formed a search committee to identify the best candidate for the head of school position" Jeff Brodsky, FJA president wrote in a letter to the FJA community. "The committee will be chaired by Bill Sider, currently vice president at FJA, and will begin its work shortly" ❑