Luisa Moss (photo by Amy Matathias)
A Jewish educator with work experiences at synagogues in the Washington area and California has been named director of education and youth programming at Tikvat Israel.
Luisa C. Moss, a resident of Washington, D.C., joined the synagogue staff in September. In her role, she will lead the religious school for the synagogue’s school-age youth and coordinate youth group programs.
Since 2014, she has filled an array of posts relating to Jewish learning. She assisted in the religious school office at Temple Sinai in Washington and conducted private Hebrew and Judaic tutoring at Ohr Kodesh in Chevy Chase. She also taught an afterschool program with Hebrew learning at MoEd DC and taught children at Gan Hayeled at Congregation Adas Israel.
Previously, Moss was the education director at Congregation Adat Reyim in Springfield, Va., from 2011-14.
In California, she worked as a Jewish educator with B’nai Brith Youth Organization and Wilshire Boulevard Temple in Los Angeles; Temple Adat Elohim in Thousand Oaks; and Temple Menorah in Redondo Beach.
A native of Cleveland, Ohio, Moss earned a joint masters in Jewish education and non-profit Jewish management at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Los Angeles and a B.A. in Judaic studies at Ohio State University.
In her free time, she loves cooking, reading, being a part of Jewish life in D.C., volunteering at cultural events at Sixth and I Historic Synagogue and touring sites in the city.
