Doug Brook


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about my career



I've been an instructor, primarily in Jewish education, since college.

I'm currently a synagogue instructor in Silicon Valley, and have taught at

various synagogues as well as JCC and Ramah instructor roles.


In 2020, I received a graduate degree in Jewish Education from the

Davidson School at the Jewish Theological Seminary,

and was awarded the Rabbi Carl and Barbara Friedman Award for

academic excellence in Jewish education.


Over the years, I've primarily taught b'nai mitzvah students and

upper elementary classes and led family services (for youth but also adults).

I've also taught adult and high school courses on many varied Judaic subjects.​



TeACHing Gallery



Look for links to video, eventually.



APJCC Jewbilee 2018





Annual day of learning


TBD

Congregation Sinai





Teaching Torah without a comb


Teaching Website

Instructor



At various Jewish institutions, large and small, I've instructed students from under eight to over eighty,
from sea to shining sea.



B'nai Mitzvah Instructor
Trope/Tefila Instructor
Family Services Leader





2009 to present

B'nai Mitzvah Instructor 2009-present

Trope,Tefila Instructor (5th, 6th) 2012-present

Family Services Leader 2015-present

Created, led Youth Service 2009-2010

Sixth Grade Instructor 2009-2010



B'nai Mitzvah Instructor





2023

Palo Alto School of Jewish Education



Sessions Instructor





2021 sessions:


Tefilah & Trope Teaching: A Hybrid Approach


Shylock and Opportunities for Timely Learning Drawn from the Arts



Passover Faculty Instructor





2015 & 2018


2018 sessions:

Trope 101

Torah Takes the Stage


2015 sessions:

Laugh & Learn

Torah: Live

A Taste of Jewish Theatre



Co-Founder, Artistic Director – Theatre Chevruta
Jewbilee Instructor
Post-Melton Instructor





Theatre Chevruta 2015-2019


Jewbilee instructor 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018

Comedy & Torah-Dy

Rear Pew Mirror

Forbidden Yiddish Theatre meets the 21st Century

Not Your Father’s Torah Shpiel – Chafetz class preview

Not Your Father’s Talmud – The Lost Tractate, Bava Gump


Post-Melton 2012-2013

Tales From the Talmud

Rabbi Moshe Chafetz: Post-‐Renaissance Torah and Temple



Adult Program Instructor
Hebrew High Instructor
B'nai Mitzvah Instructor
Youth Services Leader





2015-2017

Bibliodrama sessions

Part of Netivot HaNeshama, 2015 Solomon Shechter Award for Innovation and Impact


2010-2012

Adult Education Instructor (Humor)


1996-1999

Hebrew High, B'nai Mitzvah Instructor


1995-1998

Youth Services Leader



B'nei Mitzvah Instructor
Ba'al Kriyah





1993-1995

Congregation B'nai Israel z''l



School Head, Teacher
Bar Mitzvah Instructor





1992-1993








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