Our teachers are valued members of the community and experts in their fields. Every week, they dedicate their time to passing their knowledge on to our students in a friendly and caring classroom environment.
Anat Cohen
Anat currently teaches Hebrew at Heschel Day School and LA Hebrew High and enjoys every moment. Ironically, after being in the States over the past few years, Anat says she feels more connected to my Jewish and Israeli identity and to the Hebrew language and she views her mission as being to instill love and values in the next generation.
Iris Cohen
Iris immigrated to the U.S. in 2000 and has had the pleasure of working in Jewish Education ever since. She achieved the level of Hebrew Master teacher and served as the Head of the Hebrew department at de Toledo High School for over 15 years. She has also been a mentor teacher at the American Jewish University, as well as a clinical educator at Hebrew Union College.
Iris joined LA Hebrew High in October 2019 as a Hebrew instructor. Her goal in teaching Hebrew is to provide students with a meaningful and authentic communicative experience, along with love of Israel.
Dana Fridman
She previously taught English to third through sixth graders in Israeli public schools. Dana learned French and Spanish, served in the Israeli army and received an award of excellence from the IDF for her service. Dana pioneered a new pilot program with Rabbi Melissa Buyer, utilizing an experimental Distance Learning teaching model and was presented a BJE Lainer Award in 2011. She currently teaches Hebrew at Stephen S. wise elementary school and is the Hebrew coordinator and the I-LEARN teacher at the Religious school. Dana also works for Los Angeles Hebrew High school and AJU university
Dana believes that each student is an individual and has a unique gift to offer the world. She believes in teaching her students according to their path and it is important for her that her students are happy and learn to think outside of the box, become positive, empathetic, appreciative, creative and self-reflecting. It is also important for Dana to pass on her love and devotion to Judaism, Israel, and Hebrew to her students.
Dana loves music and is a proud mother of Ariel and Daniel.
Cecilia Hanono
Cecilia worked as Youth Director for USY and BBYO, as Cultural Arts & Dance Director for Camp Ramah in California, has been a Daber Fellow -a specialized program to teach Hebrew informally- funded by the Avi Chai Foundation, and has been teaching at Ohr Lanu -a Special Needs Family Camp. Cecilia participated in the March of the Living as a group coordinator, as she understands the importance of educating and transmitting our history as well as our folklore.
Sarit Radaei
Sarit earned her BA degree in Art and later acquired her AA in Early Childhood Studies here in Los Angeles.
12 years ago, Sarit had the opportunity to be a substitute teacher at her son’s school and it took her only one week to realize her destiny was to teach. For the past 10 years, she has been the head of the Hebrew Department for the Emek Early Childhood Center.
Sarit joined LA Hebrew High in 2019 as a Hebrew teacher. As a mom of three teenagers, she relates to the students and her goal is to instill in them a love of the Hebrew language and a love for Israel.
Sagi Refael
Sagi is a recent graduate in the DeLeT program for Excellence in Hebrew Teaching at the Hebrew Union College in Los Angeles, from which he will graduate in July. He is also an active member of JAI – Jewish Artists Initiative of Southern California.
We are thrilled to have him teaching modern Hebrew and an art elective “Omanut “at LA Hebrew High
Mike Waterman
Mike is currently a member of the California Bar Association and is president of Pegasus Investments, a real estate brokerage and syndication firm specializing in single-tenant, triple-net leased properties throughout the United States.
He brings a tremendous love of Judaism, paternal experience as a father of three, and practical experience in both the Jewish and secular worlds to share and inspire the students at Hebrew High as they prepare to grow into their own exciting adult lives – filled with Menschlichkeit and meaning.