Faculty and Staff

Block Yeshiva High School has an exceptionally well-qualified and highly experienced faculty and administration. Over two-thirds of the faculty have advanced degrees, and three of those hold doctorates. Six of the nine members of the Judaic Studies faculty are rabbis.

The faculty is also remarkably stable. The average length of service at BYHS is nearly six years, and nine faculty members have taught at the school for ten years or more.

The administration consists of the principal, who is a rabbi and the chief executive officer of the school; an associate principal who is also a rabbi; separate activity directors for the girls' and boys' divisions; and an executive director who serves as both athletic director and director of development.

Name Teaching Area Highest
Degree
At BYHS
Since
Rabbi Aharon Baruch Judaic Studies BA 1995
Dr. Gary Benedict Psychology EdD 1995
Rabbi Jeffery Bienenfeld Judaic Studies MA 1981
Mrs. Yocheved Bienenfeld Judaic Studies MA 1981
Mrs. Rita Bruns Mathematics MA 1980
Mr. Wayne Dugge Biological Sciences MA 1987
Mrs. Lori Gerson Judaic Studies BA 1995
Rabbi Yonason Goldson Judaic Studies BA 1996
Mrs. Ronit Gudnicki Judaic Studies BA 1997
Mr. William Heyde English MA 1995
Mrs. Valerie Houpis Physical Education MA 1997
Mr. Thomas Hunt Art MFA 1997
Mr. Boris Khodosov Physical Education MS 1995
Mrs. Donna Jones Office Manager 1993
Mrs. Susan Lemann Social Studies MA 1996
Mr. Donald Makovsky Executive Director MA 1978
Mr. Joseph Master English MA 1984
Mrs. Phyllis Mendlowitz Librarian MLS 1988
Dr. Ted W. Mittler Consultant PhD 1986
Mr. Donald Mori Mathematics BS 1995
Rabbi Gabriel Munk Principal MA 1996
Mrs. Naomi Munk Ivrit BA 1996
Rabbi Gideon Nitsun Judaic Studies BA 1996
Rabbi Amiel Rosenbloom Associate Principal MSW 1987
Mr. Jules Savan Mathematics MA 1980
Mr. Charles Sheperd Physical Sciences BA 1997
Dr. Jack Shapiro Mathematics PhD 1984
Mrs. Channie Spetner Bookkeeper BS 1996
Mrs. Dana St. John English BSE 1993
Mrs. Rita Cholet White French MA 1994