Tani Cohen-Fraade is Pardes’s Director of Alumni Engagement and Activation, supporting Pardes alumni in their continued learning and in spreading Pardes Torah to communities across North America. He studied at Pardes in 2012-2014 as part of the Pardes Educators Program. Hailing from New Haven, Connecticut, Tani taught and coached at Luria Academy of Brooklyn and later served as Head of School at Ezra Academy in Greater New Haven.
Passionate about integrating music into the teaching of tefillah and Jewish texts, Tani brings creativity and warmth to his educational approach. He lives in New Haven with his wife Abby and their two sons, and enjoys hiking, playing music, and cooking for family and friends.
Do you have to be a leader to make a difference? In this episode, Zvi Hirschfield and Tani Cohen-Fraade revisit the complicated character of Noach. Was he truly righteous, or did his silence in the face of destruction reveal his…
Tanakh, Torah, Bereishit (Genesis), Personalities, Biblical personalities, Midrash