July 2008

Dear Cohen Religious School Parents,

We hope you are all having a wonderful summer.

At this time we are happy to share with you that we have a new Director of the Cohen Religious School. Please join us in welcoming Karen Raizen to Beth El. Karen comes to us from McHenry County Jewish Congregation in Crystal Lake. She brings experience, passion and commitment to Jewish education and we are very excited to have her.

Karen is looking forward to meeting all of you and your children. She is currently working with the Religious School Committee to set this up. In the meantime, please feel free to contact Karen to set up a meeting or to stop in, say hello and introduce yourself. Karen can be reached by phone at the synagogue (847-432-8900, extension 227) and/or at kraizen@nssbethel.org .

We would like to thank the Cohen Religious School search committee, headed by Joyce Fox, for their dedicated work in bringing Karen to our congregation.

We hope you have a great rest of the summer and we look forward to an exciting year of learning at the Cohen Religious School.



Lynn Schrayer
President


Brenda Jackson
VP Education



Nancy Becker
VP Education



Leslie Apter
Co-Chair Religious School Committee



Gail Scully
Co-Chair Religious School Committee