Aviva Lauer

Aviva is the Chief Education and Educational Training Officer at Pardes, as well as the Gottesman Family Director of the Pardes Center for Jewish Educators. She majored in Jewish Studies at Yeshiva University’s Stern College for Women, and earned a Masters degree in Midrash at the Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies.

Aviva is a Jewish educator with 25 years of experience in curriculum development, classroom teaching, school administration and educational consulting. Upon making Aliyah in 1996, Aviva developed formal and informal educational materials for Melitz and at the Leo Baeck Education Center, where she also gained experience in teaching pluralistic Judaism. She then served as the head of the department of Jewish Studies at Immanuel College, London.

Working at the Pardes Center for Jewish Educators since 2009, Aviva took on the role of PCJE Director in 2017, and began serving as Chief Education and Educational Training Officer in 2023.

Online learning: Click here to view online learning material from Aviva on Elmad, online learning powered by Pardes.

Contact: aviva@pardes.org.il