Ellen Rank

Ellen J. Rank (née Simson) is an American Jewish educational consultant, author and editor.

Education

Rank has an MA in classical Hebrew literature from the University of Pennsylvania and a MS in Jewish Education from the Jewish Theological Seminary.[1]

Career

Rank served as an educational consultant for the Jewish Education Association of the MetroWest,[2] and as a member of the editorial committees of Scott E. Blumenthal's The Explorer's Bible: Volume 2: From Sinai to the Nation of Israel, alongside Martin S. Cohen, Dina Maiben, and Sunny Yudkoff.[3] She facilitated the Jewish Education Project's virtual "Innovation in Jewish Education" network.[4] Rank previously taught at the Solomon Schechter Middle School of Nassau County, the two lower school campuses of the Solomon Schechter Day School of Essex and Union (since renamed the Golda Och Academy), and the religious school of Merrick Jewish Center.[5] Rank has served as an educational consultant for the Plainview Jewish Center, Midway Jewish Center, and Temple Beth Israel (Port Washington, NY).[6]

Rank is the author of the educational guide of the Yiddish production of Fiddler on the Roof.

Personal life

Rank is married to Rabbi Perry Rank and is the mother of three, including Jonah Rank.

Selected publications
  • Shalom Ivrit Volume 3: Teacher's Edition (Springfield, NJ: Behrman House, 2005)
  • Teacher's Guide for Let's Talk! Modern Hebrew for Teens (Springfield, NJ: Behrman House, 2006)
  • History of the Jewish People Vol. 2 Teaching Guide (Springfield, NJ: Behrman House, 2007)
  • The Explorer's Bible Volume 2 Teacher's Guide (Springfield, NJ: Behrman House, 2007)
  • Kol Yisrael 1: Teacher's Edition (Springfield, NJ: Behrman House, 2009)
  • The Jewish Holiday Treasure Trail: Teacher's Guide (Springfield, NJ: Behrman House, 2009)
  • The Prophets, Teacher's Lesson Plan Manual : Speaking Out for Justice: Teacher's Lersson Plan Manual (Springfield, NJ: Behrman House, 2009)
  • Kol Yisrael 2: Teacher's Edition (Springfield, NJ: Behrman House, 2010)
  • Kol Yisrael 3: Teacher's Edition (Springfield, NJ: Behrman House, 2011)
  • Big Ideas for Jewish Learning: A Guide from Behrman House (with Lesley Litman) (Springfield, NJ: Behrman House, 2014)
  • Shalom Hebrew Primer (Springfield, NJ: Behrman House, 2015)
  • Hineni Express: The Fast Track to Hebrew and Prayer (Springfield, NJ: Behrman House, 2016)
  • The Teacher Planner: Calendars, Tools, and Templates for the Purposeful Jewish Educator (Springfield, NJ: Behrman House, 2017)
  • "Helping Educators Thrive: An Online Experiment in Cross-Network Learning and Collaboration" (with Mindy Gold) on eJewish Philanthropy
  • Fiddler on the Roof (Yiddish) Education Booklet (New York, NY: Folksbiene Yiddish Theater, 2020)[7]

References
  1. (PDF) https://www.jewisheducators.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/JEA-LI-Conference-Program-1-22-20.pdf. Retrieved 3 June 2020. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. Weiss, Michelle (July 10, 1992). "Winning design: JEA picks student's art for book plate". MetroWest Jewish News. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  3. Blumenthal, Scott E. (2007). The Explorer's Bible: Volume 2: From Sinai to the Nation of Israel. Springfield, NJ: Behrman House.
  4. https://www.jewishedproject.org/networks/innovation-in-jewish-education. Retrieved 3 June 2020. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. Greenberg, Galya; Miller, Deborah; Shizgal Cohen, Elaine; Goodman, Gabrielle. ""MaToK: Bible Curriculum for Day Schools: The Story of the First 15 Years," p. 11 of 14". Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  6. http://docplayer.me/172308750-If-i-am-not-for-myself-who-will-be-for-me.html. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. http://fiddlernyc.com/fiy/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/190510_FIY_Education_BL.pdf. Missing or empty |title= (help); External link in |website= (help); Missing or empty |url= (help); |access-date= requires |url= (help)


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