About me
Dr. Susie Tanchel is Vice-President of Hebrew College in Newton, MA. Since joining Hebrew College in 2020, Susie established MaTaRoT – Hebrew College’s Center for Jewish Professional Learning and Leadership and designed the new Master of Jewish Education Program. Prior to this, she served as the head of school at JCDS, Boston’s Jewish Community Day School for nine years and before that as the Associate Head of School at Gann Academy – The New Jewish High School of Greater Boston for 7 years and had taught Tanakh there for 14 years. Susie earned her doctorate from Brandeis University’s Near Eastern and Judaic Studies Department focusing on the development of ancient Israelite religious thought and the teaching of biblical texts in pluralistic Jewish high schools.
Susie has been an instructor in a number of pre-service education program including the Day School Leadership Through Teaching program at the Mandel Center for Studies in Jewish Education and the Masters of Teaching Program in Secondary Education at Brandeis University. She was on the writing team of the JTS and the Avi Chai Foundation’s Standards and Benchmark project for the teaching of Tanakh. She has also taught in a variety of adult education settings including CJP’s Genesis Program and for the Day School Leadership Training Institute (DSLTI). Currently, Susie teaches adult education classes at Hebrew College and in the Wexner Foundation’s Heritage Program and coaches educators in the Mandel Foundation’s Educational Leadership Fellowship and Jewish Day School professional and lay leaders across North America. Over the course of Susie’s career, her teaching, scholarship, and leadership have been recognized by a variety of fellowships and award, including receiving the 2017 Hachmat Lev Award from Keshet and the 2018 Covenant Award for Jewish Educators.
