Rabbi Ira Budow

Director

Rabbi Ira Budow has been the director of Abrams Hebrew Academy for the past 42 years. He began his tenure at Abrams when the school first moved from Trenton, NJ to Yardley, PA. Rabbi Budow has devoted his entire career to Abrams and has assumed multiple roles at the school at various times. In addition to his substantial administrative duties, he teaches, has also coached the girls’ basketball team, and continues to supervise the 8th-grade trip to Israel each year. Rabbi Budow is a well-respected leader in Jewish education and is an active participant in the Jewish community.

Rabbi Joshua Ottensoser

Associate Principal of Judaic Studies

Rabbi Joshua Ottensoser is originally from Baltimore, Maryland. He studied in Yeshivot in Baltimore, Scranton, and Jerusalem. He received his Judaic Studies teacher’s training and principal’s certificate through Torah Umesorah.He is a certified Holocaust educator. Rabbi Ottensoser has received Semicha from Beth Medresh Gavoha in Lakewood, NJ. He has been teaching at Abrams since 1996. He currently resides in Lakewood, NJ with his wife and five children.

Mrs. Leslie Kornsgold

Associate Principal of Secular Studies

Leslie Kornsgold has been teaching at Abrams Hebrew Academy since 2005. She is known for her passionate love of social studies and her ability to pass on that enthusiasm (as well as organizational skills) to her students. Mrs. Kornsgold was born and raised in Wichita, Kansas and is a graduate of Columbia College. She lives in New Jersey with her husband, Rabbi Jay Kornsgold, and their three children, all Abrams Hebrew Academy graduates. Mrs. Kornsgold is an ardent Zionist and rabid supporter of the Philadelphia Phillies.

James Dorvil
Business Manager

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Debra Goldfarb
Director of Development

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Carol Wallace
Office Manager

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 Shelley Wigler
School Nurse

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School Office

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