Grade 9 - Teaching Staff

Dan Eisner (Grades 6 & 9) is a graduate of UCLA with a B.A. in History, and St. Mary's College of California with a California Teaching Credential.  He has taught in public schools and Hebrew School (at the congregation he has belonged to since the age of four) in Northern California for the past four years, and is now pursuing an M.A.Ed. from American Jewish University (formerly the University of Judaism.)  He is glad to be back in Los Angeles, and looks forward to introducing his wife to her new home.

Dov Gottesfeld (Kesher, Grade 4 & 9) is a graduate of Brandeis University with a M.F.A. in Theater Arts. He has been a teacher for over 30 years in California, in N.Y., in New Jersey and in Boston. He has taught Hebrew, Judaism, Bar-Mitzvah lessons, Film and Drama. Dov was also the educational director of the Jewish Partisan Educational Foundation. When he doesn't do all of the above, he devotes his time to expand his award-winning vegetarian food business "What's Cook'n?"