| Outstanding teachers are the keystones of Shoresh's success. Shoresh teachers represent the range of Jewish practice and experience in the Washington Jewish community: |
| Saul Oresky is a veteran Shoresh teacher, technical editor and Reconstructionist rabbinical student. Mr. Oresky has been a teacher and Bar/Bat Mitzvah tutor for several supplementary schools in the Washington area for nearly 30 years. A student at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, he works for the Naval Research Laboratory as a technical writer/editor. He teaches Tanach, History and Rabbinics. |
| Maryana Harouni joined Shoresh after serving as Education Coordinator at Adas Israel’s Melvin Gelman Religious school. Born in Iran, Ms. Harouni immigrated to Israel, where she attended the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Ms. Harouni went on to serve as Personal Assistant to the Chairman of the Immigration and Absorption Department of the Jewish Agency and World Zionist Organization, and later as Assistant Director of Hayim Greenberg Hebrew College in Jerusalem. After coming to the United States, Ms. Harouni attended the University of Massachusetts and George Washington University while teaching in religious schools. Ms. Harouni teaches Tanach. |
| Before coming to Shoresh in 2007, Seth Wikas was a visiting fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and taught Tanach at Adas Israel Religious School. He is currently a financial analyst at the U.S. Treasury Department. Mr. Wikas holds an MA in Middle East and Islamic Studies from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a BA in Middle Eastern Studies from Princeton University. He speaks fluent Hebrew and Arabic. Mr. Wikas teaches History and Tanach. |
| Rachel Braun served on the Shoresh Board for several years before joining the faculty. A long-time Camp Ramah staffer, Mrs. Braun served as Judaics instructor and Rosh Beit Midrash at Ramah in Palmer, Massachusetts, and teaches high school mathematics in Washington, DC. Mrs. Braun is a Shabbat and High Holiday service leader at the Fabrangen havurah in Washington, DC, and is an exhibited Judaic embroidress. Mrs. Braun teaches Siddur. |

