A national advisory committee of specialists in Jewish and Women's Studies, Jewish Education, and Developmental Psychology helped refine the program curriculum..
Members of the committee include:
Penina Adelman, author of
Miriam’s Well: Rituals for Jewish Women Around the Year
Arlene Agus, author of the foundational article on Rosh Hodesh in
The Jewish Woman: New Perspectives
Susan Berrin, author of
Celebrating the New Moon: A Rosh Chodesh Anthology
Rabbi Nina Beth Cardin, author of
Tears of Sorrow, Seeds of Hope
Paula Mack Drill, M.S.W., rabbinical student at the Jewish Theological Seminary and consultant to the teen curriculum,
Making a Difference: Putting Jewish Spirituality into Action, One Mitzvah at a Time
Gila Gevirtz, Behrman House Executive Editor, whose books include
Partners with God and the teen curriculum,
Making a Difference: Putting Jewish Spirituality into Action, One Mitzvah at a Time
Blu Greenberg, author of
How to Run a Traditional Jewish Household and
King Solomon & the Queen of Sheba
Peggy Orenstein, author of
Schoolgirls: Young Women, Self-Esteem, and the Confidence Gap
Michelle Reimer, visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology at Swarthmore College, whose private practice focuses on children and adolescents
Rabbi Mychal Rosenbaum, Assistant UCLA Hillel Director and one of those who conceived of
Rosh Hodesh: It’s a Girl Thing!
Susan Weidman Schneider, editor of
Lilith Magazine and author of
Jewish and Female: Choices and Changes in Our Lives Today
Debra Solomon, attorney and mother of three, helped spearhead the project in 1998
Dr. Catherine Steiner-Adair, of the Harvard Center for Eating Disorders and author of
Preventing Eating Disorders and
The Golden Cage: The Enigma of Anorexia Nervosa
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