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Linda Zimmerman, Director of The Amit Program

Linda Zimmerman is the Executive Director of The Amit Program, a central Jewish agency providing direct and in-direct educational services to families of children with special needs ages birth to twenty-one. She began working at Jewish Educational Services (JES) in September 1995 where she established the Special Needs Department. In this role Linda provided consultation services to synagogues, preschools and day schools to insure that children with learning differences have access to a quality Jewish education. She also arranged teacher workshops and community symposium on learning differences. This department grew into The Amit Program.

Linda is the Co-Chair of the Jewish Special Education International Consortium and a member of the Inclusion Committee of the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism She is the past president of the board, and a current member, of the Interfaith Disability Connection. She also participates in the Coordinated Network for Persons with Disabilities in the Atlanta Jewish community as the educational component.

Linda is a graduate of the University of Florida with a Masters Degree in Rehabilitation Counseling. She has completed additional course work in learning differences and is currently working towards a second Masters Degree in Educational Psychology at Georgia State University.

Staff

Debbie Berman
Early Intervention Specialist
dberman@amitatlanta.org

Karen Paz
Director of Programming
kpaz@amitatlanta.org

Andrea Scheinfeld
Administrator
ascheinfeld@amitatlanta.org

Krista Kugelman
Office Assistant
krista@amitatlanta.org
info@amitatlanta.org

Faculty

Esther Alfassi
Hebrew/Judaics Teacher
ealfassi@davisacademy.org

Ellen Balk
Consultant – Temima
iblnm@aol.com

Hannah Blau
Gar’inim Math Teacher
hblau@davisacademy.org

Julie Herman Cohen
Gar’inim LS Teacher 3, 4, 5
jcohen@davisacademy.org

Suzi DiPietro
Gar’inim Principal
sdipietro@davisacademy.org

Michelle Izenson
Parapro
amit@amitatlanta.org

Phyllis Klein
Gar’inim MS Teacher
pklein@davisacademy.org

Heidi Martin
Occupational Therapist
amit@amitatlanta.org

Emily Morgan
Parapro
amit@amitatlanta.org

Zipora Rainisch
Gar’inim MS Judaics
zrainisch@davisacademy.org

Jo Raphael
Gar’inim MS Counselor
jraphael@davisacademy.org

Ann Rosenberg
Gar’inim LS Teacher K, 1, 2
arosenberg@davisacademy.org

Elizabeth Schelhammer
Occupational Therapist
amit@amitatlanta.org

Bonnie Sobelson
Gar’inim LS Assistant Teacher K, 1, 2
bsobelson@davisacademy.org

Sharon Sokolik
Speech Therapist
sharonsokolik@gmail.com

 
 

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