Sara Rubinow Simon
Director Emerita, Special Needs Department
Sara Rubinow Simon earned a bachelor’s degree in zoology from Barnard College, a master’s degree in education from the American University, a master’s degree in special education from Fordham University, and she is a doctoral candidate in education administration at American University. Her Jewish education included private Hebrew lessons with her grandfather (a rabbi), attendance at a synagogue Hebrew school, at the Yeshiva of Central Queens, at Herzliah Hebrew School, at Camp Ramah, and at the Prozdor program at the Jewish Theological Seminary.
A specialist in Jewish special education, Sara was the Founding Chairperson of the CAJE Task Force on Special Needs, active in the founding of the Task Force on Jewish Individuals with Disabilities, Council of Jewish Federations, and Founding Co-Chairperson of the Consortium of Special Educators in Central Agencies for Jewish Education. She has given numerous presentations at general and Jewish community meetings and hearings, and has prepared workshops and professional in-service days, both locally and nationally.
Currently, Sara serves as Director of the Special Needs Department, Board of Jewish Education of Greater Washington. She has also worked, as Director of the Shema V’Ezer School for Special Education, and has been a secular and religious school teacher in Japan, California, and New York.
