WE ARE EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THAT MRS. PAULINA SALEM WILL JOIN OUR EDUCATIONAL STAFF IN THE FALL OF 2022 AS THE NEW PRINCIPAL OF GESHER YEHUDA YESHIVA. MRS. SALEM COMES TO US AFTER 13 YEARS OF SERVICE WITHIN THE NEW YORK SEPHARDIC COMMUNITY.
She began her teaching career at Barkai Yeshiva. For the past 11 years she taught both second and fourth grade at Yeshivah of Flatbush and more recently held the position of Assistant Director of Campus Life and served on various educational committees there as well.
`Mrs. Salem holds a Bachelor of Arts from Barnard College in Political Science, where she also completed an education program and received her initial teaching license. She received her Masters in Special Education from Brooklyn College, and is a graduate of YOU Lead, Prizmah’s signature program for Jewish day school professionals and leaders.
Mrs. Salem is eager to begin working as Principal of Gesher Yehuda. “On my very first visit to Gesher Yehuda, I immediately fell in love with the warmth of the environment, the individualized yet rigorous curriculum, the dedicated staff, and of course the unbelievable children. Gesher Yehuda is an extremely important institution in our community, and I am excited and honored to continue the great work that has been done.”
According to the Chairman of the Board, Mr. Jack Setton, “We look forward to Mrs. Salem joining our yeshiva and are certain that she will enhance and further strengthen our programs. She combines knowledge of our community and years of service with impeccable educational credentials. We are confident that she will promote a rigorous professional environment among our teaching staff and will provide a nurturing and meaningful educational experience for all the children who come through our doors.”
We would also like to thank Mrs. Deborah Katz for her years of services both as the first principal of our high school and then as the esteemed principal of our elementary school. Mrs. Katz has worked tirelessly to make Gesher the premier institution that it is. We thank her and wish her great success in all her endeavors.
About Gesher Yehuda Yeshiva
In 1996, with the purchase of their own educational facility, Gesher Yehuda Yeshiva was established as a community school providing individualize instruction in a small class setting. Six students in its first year blossomed to thirty-six by the third, and reached as many as 80 in the 2000s. In 2008, seeking to extend its individualized methodology beyond the elementary school years, the original founders launched Yeshivah Preparatory High School. Now, more than 25 years after its inception, Gesher Yehuda Yeshiva is well prepared to continue to provide a premier education with state-of-the art resources to the Brooklyn Jewish community.
Gesher Yehuda Yeshiva is located at 49 Avenue T, Brooklyn, NY 11223. For more information please contact: Executive Director, Dr. Eugene Miller at 718-714-7400.
