Get to know and welcome our new education director, Jonathan Emanuel, and meet Studio parents and teachers. Snacks provided.

Jonathan Emanuel has been an educator and program provider for over two decades, working in both formal and informal settings, Jewish and secular. He has served as a camp director and program director and has created a number of leadership programs for teens and young Jewish leaders. He has served as the Director of Teen Services for the Jewish Federation of the Greater East Bay, supervising programming and educational resources for over 1000 Jewish teens. He has also served as the Director of Youth and Family Education at Congregation Kol Shofar in Tiburon, CA, and has been a Jewish Studies teacher to the middle school at Brandeis Marin Day School in San Rafael, CA.  Jonathan has a BA in sociology from UC Santa Cruz, spent time studying text and mysticism at Yeshivat Shalom Rav in Tsfat, Israel, and holds a master’s degree in Jewish education from Gratz College in Philadelphia, PA.  Jonathan lives in San Anselmo with his wife, Cara, and son, Judah.