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2023 Education Summit

May 7, 2023
The Palace, Brooklyn, NY

PLANNING YOUR
FUTURE PARNASSAH

  • Seminars
  • Mentors
  • Coaches
  • Vocational Schools
  • Higher Education
  • SB Mentorship
  • Career Coaching
  • Resume Writing
  • Financial Aid
  • 30 Speakers
  • Networking

Speakers

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Shea Rubenstein

CO Founder, JCON conferences

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Dr. Robert Goldschmidt

Vice president for planning and Dean of students, Touro University

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Elly D. Lasson, Ph.D

Psychologist -
Lasson Talent Solutions

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Jacob Engel

Founder & CEO of Yeda LLC

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Shaina Keren

Career Consultant

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Chaim Shapiro M.Ed

Director of the Office for Student Success at Touro University

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Rabbi David Goldwasser

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Faculty at Touro University

Danny
Gavin

Founder CEO of Optidge

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Chavi
Goldberg

Director of the Office for Student Success at Touro University

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Rivka Ariel

Co-Founder | Work At It

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Danielle Wozniak,
MSW, PhD

Vice President for Global Strategy
and Business Development for Yeshiva University

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CHANIE BITTON, BS, RDMS

Campus Director at Center for Allied Health Education (CAHE)

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Rabbi Yaakov Mintz

Educational Advocate: Work At It

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Ira
Zlotowitz

CEO GParency

SPONSORS

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The logo of the Board of the Orthodox Jewish Community, featuring a blue circle with Hebrew text around the edge and stylized figures of two people with a smaller figure between them in the center.
EEC Degrees Educational Enrichment Center logo with a red graduation cap.
The Tribeworks Hub logo with bold black text, 'THE TRIBEWORKS HUB'.
Logo for The Jewish Entrepreneur with stylized letters T, J, and E in blue and white
Logo for Professional Career Services (PCS) featuring a globe with blue, black, and gray stripes, and text indicating services such as placement, counseling, and training.
Macher logo with a shopping cart icon integrated into the letter 'M' in blue and orange colors.
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MET Council logo with a snowflake design, text reading 'MET COUNCIL Feeding the hungry. Serving the poor. Changing lives.'
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COL Live logo with white text on a red background

Mentors

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Ben Wolf

Founder & CEO Wolf’s Edge Integrators

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Karen Behfar

Broker - The Behfar Team

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Chaya Roth

Coach - TJE Robert Safren

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Esti Reizes Lowenbein

Realtor, Investor and Capital Connector 

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Leah Burger

Quick Books Insights

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Chaya Fischman

President of BrandRight Marketing Group

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Marc Bodner

Principal at L&R

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Shmuel Shayowitz

President and Chief Lending Officer of Approved Funding

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Leorah Schick

Amazon seller for 10+ years.

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Yermi Kurkus

Co-founder of the Yermi Kurkus Consulting (YKC) Group

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David Schatzkamer

Director of Start Up Advisor

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Sam Schertz

Shuckman Realty Inc

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Kenneth Schuckman

Schuckman Realty
Inc

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Eli Itzkowitz

Professional EOS Implementer

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Esther Adamson

Founder and CEO of Expirit

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Joseph Hertz

Transworld Business Advisors

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Robert Safren

TJE

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Meir Kahanov

CHYE

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Meny Hoffman

PTEX Group

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Tobi Goldfeder

Clinical Social Worker & Psychology Professor

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Nachmi Braver

Professional resume writer and job interview coach

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Sol (Shlomo) Friedman

Kensington Resources Group

Partners

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Kalman Yeger

NYC Councilman

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Yechiel Binet

Executive Director - Institute for Career Advancement (ICA)

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Rabbi
Yehoshua Werde

CHYE

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Kim Kaplan

Deputy Director of the Hebrew Free Loan Society (HLFS)

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Zisha
Novoseller

EPI

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Duvi
Honig

OJC - PARNA$$HA NETWORK