WATE/Westchester Innovators Network

Ivy Schreiber is the Managing Director, Professional Learning and Growth at The Jewish Education Project. Her current work focuses on supporting Jewish educators towards adopting new models that lead to thriving and are responsive to today’s learners and families. Prior to The Jewish Education Project, Ivy worked at B’nai Jeshurun (BJ) in NYC for a decade, where she served as the Education Director, and also has experience in Jewish camping and as a consultant to synagogues. Ivy holds an MA in Jewish Education from the Davidson School at JTS, is an alum of the Leadership Institute, and is a Wexner Field Fellow. Ivy lives in Westchester with her husband and three children.

Gina Fass is the Director of Education for the Kulanu Learning Program at Bet Torah in Mt. Kisco, NY. She holds dual Master's degrees in Jewish Education and Jewish Communal Service from Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion and is a graduate of the prestigious Wexner Graduate Fellowship. With over 25 years of experience in Jewish education, Gina served as a director of education at synagogues and Jewish camps in Minnesota, California and Connecticut.  She has also taught high school and middle school Jewish Studies at Day Schools in Houston and Stamford. She has directed youth programs, a community Hebrew High, and inclusion programs for Jewish teens with special needs. Gina has lived in 13 cities across the United States, France, and Israel.

Gina was selected for the first cohort of Pardes: Senior Educator Learning Fellowship (2021- 2022), studying Torah and pedagogy with dozens of peers in Jerusalem and on-going virtually. She currently serves as Co-Chair for WATE, a group of 40 congregational educators from Westchester and Fairfield, CT, who meet monthly for professional development. She is active in Schoke JFS, delivering Kosher Shabbat meals to home-bound seniors. She and her husband Jonathan live in Stamford and are the proud parents of Michal and Erez.

Rabbi Citrin served as Associate Rabbi of Temple Beth Or of Raleigh, NC, from 2015 to 2021, where she served regular pulpit and pastoral responsibilities, supervised the Religious School Director and Youth Director, enriched the Religious School’s curriculum and Judaic content for its 260 students with the introduction of new Hebrew and prayer studies. Working closely with lay leaders on the Religious School, Adult Education, PreSchool and TBO West Integration Committees, she spear-headed a congregation-wide listening campaign while developing a robust experiential family education program.

Prior to her ordination from HUC-JIR in 2015, Rabbi Citrin served student pulpits in Missouri, Indiana, Louisiana, and Israel, was the Music Specialist at Congregation Beth Adam, in Cincinnati, OH, and was the Rabbinic Intern/Fellow at Rockdale Temple in Cincinnati, OH. She participated in the iCenter’s Masters Concentration in Israel Education and completed two units of Clinical Pastoral Education, providing spiritual care to patients and family members of all faith backgrounds.

Among her professional fellowships were the SHIFT Fellowship in the Glean Network at CLAL, engaging with interfaith leaders; serving as faculty at URJ Six Points Sports Academy and Creative Arts Academy Camps; and participating in the URJ Sacred Partnerships in Education Active Learning Network and the URJ Youth Professional 101 Fellowship. As part of Scientists in Synagogues • Sinai and Synapses, she received a grant to develop a series of programs connecting memory in Judaism and neuroscience.

Among her leadership and volunteer activities, Rabbi Citrin currently serves on the HUC-JIR Board of Governors and Alumni Leadership Council, representing rabbis in the Rabbinical Alumni Association. She is a past chair of Jewish Women International’s Clergy Task Force, and served on the Peer Advisory Group for the Pastoral Care Department at Duke Raleigh Hospital.

Rabbi Citrin, her husband Rabbi Brian Nelson, their two children Eliana and Maya, and their rescue dogs Zimmy and Annie live in White Plains.