A former Hollywood actress, singer and dancer walks into a Bais Rivkah high school classroom. Sounds like the beginning of a good joke? This was the start of a unique career for a Berkley, CA girl. Find out more in the 12th issue of Bais Rivkah’s EmBRace Magazine.
“I had read about Chassidic Jews. I had seen movies about them. I had met a handful of them. I was inspired enough to go live with them and study their lifestyle for two years in Crown Heights. But I still felt like an outsider looking in. Until I took the job teaching eleventh-grade chemistry in Bais Rivkah.
“It happened slowly. I’ll never forget the way my heart raced the first time the principal walked into the class while I was teaching and all the girls stood at attention. I thought it was an earthquake (being from California) and panicked for my life.”
This is how Bracha (Goldschen) Leeds began teaching at Bais Rivkah High School. What impressed her most about the students of Bais Rivkah has become a passion project that she now shares with the world.
Learn more about Bracha in the winter edition of EmBRace.
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