The Merkos Chinuch Office announced the makeup of the Vaad HaKinus of 5783. The 16 member Vaad includes mechanchim from across the US, from Chabad mosdos, from day schools to chadorim of every shade. The Vaad is charged with creating a strong program to address the challenges that chinuch mosdos and mechanchim face today.
The members of the Vaad are Rabbi Yaakov Garfinkel, LEC N. Miami Beach, Florida, Rabbi M.M. Greenbaum, Los Angeles, CA, Rabbi Levi Kaplan, Monsey, NY, Rabbi Mendel Klyne, Detroit, MI, Rabbi Yehoshua Lustig, Oholei Torah, Crown Heights, Rabbi Yitzchok Newman, Huntington Beach, CA, Rabbi Boruch Kaplan, Orange CT, Rabbi Yaakov Scheinberger, Margate, FL, Rabbi Yossi Wolff, Lubavitcher Yeshiva, Crown Street, Rabbi Mendy Yusewitz, Ohr Menachem, Crown Heights, Rabbi Yoel Vogel, Lubavitcher Yeshiva, Crown Street, Rabbi Shur, Lubavitcher Yeshiva, Crown Street, Rabbi Yakov Sebag, Yeshiva Schools, Pittsburgh, and Rabbi Menachem Kirschenbaum, Brooklyn, New York.
The Kinus HaMechanchim program features concurrent professional presentations, workshops and interest group sessions to engage the hundreds of primary educators, and elementary school melamdim in attendance. Regardless of what level a mechanech is involved with, he will find substantive, practical chinuch guidance and advice devoted to his interests and needs.
Teachers and principals are encouraged to explore ideas and their application and write to papers for presentation. Some teachers work hard to prepare a presentation about something special they are doing, others come and pose a dilemma or problem for their colleagues to discuss, regardless both come away enriched. The presenter will learn from his colleagues’ critique what he might do better and the listeners are inspired by a new idea.
Rabbi Nochem Kaplan, Director of the Merkos Chinuch Office said, “Mechanchim cherish the professionalism and the camaraderie; they are enamored of the fact that for 48 hours they are totally immersed in a world that is totally dedicated to education along with so many of their colleagues.”
The Kinus will be held on Monday and Tuesday 27th and 28th Menachem Av, August 14th and 15th at the Armon Hotel in Stanford CT. Just an hour from NY, the beautiful facility is uniquely situated to accommodate travelers because of its proximity to the airports and trains.
Kudos to Rabbi Kaplan and the Vaad.
With such a varied and talented group of educators, our children will surely benefit!
Wishing much hatzlocha.
boruch hashem
finally lubavitch has stepped up to the plate and beginning to get many more top rated educators , to make retreats to help each other in this awesome task teaching, which was so lacking in the past generations albeit we had great educators far and few inbetween still producing quality shluchim , but internal systems needed much much more help especially here in america to teach the now generation to become a fully armed chassidishe soldier ,
an old soldier