Career Forum
Career Forum
Gary Waleik and Faigy Barth
Welcome to the Career Forum, the place to learn about frum careers and higher education. Here you'll meet guests you won't find anywhere else and get an "insiders" view of the most popular fields in the frum world today. This podcast is brought to you by Sara Schenirer Institute of Higher Education.
#14) Bringing Joy to Parent/Child Interactions with Shifra Garfunkel, MS SLP
Shifra Garfunkel is a speech therapist. But, as an early interventionist who works with children, she acts in many capacities, all of which are designed to spur their development and create enhanced interaction with their caregivers.
Jul 15, 2024
41 min
#13) Thinking Big: A Special Educator Opens His Own Successful Agency
Dovid Halon is a Special Educator who saw the need for a new agency that invests in what he calls his community’s most valuable asset … its children. And, as a rabbi, he’s uniquely qualified to see the parallels between treatment approaches and Chassidus. 
Jul 1, 2024
29 min
#12) The Surprising Ways School Psychologists Change Lives with Ellen Shaiman
From advocating “brave talk” through conversations with Shprintzy the Doll to teaching listening skills and positivity, Ellen Shaiman outlines the tools that every school psychologist should have in his or her tool kit. 
Jun 17, 2024
36 min
#11) Law and Order: All About Paralegal Law with Shlomo Haas, Esq.
Shlomo Haas is Chief Academic Officer of National Paralegal College at Crestpoint University. As a frum attorney, he’s uniquely qualified to run a new program in partnership with Sara Schenirer Institute for aspiring paralegals.  Shlomo gives the rundown on what a paralegal job looks like....from the inside!
May 30, 2024
42 min
#10) The Coach with a Business Plan with Steve Lover
Steve Lover’s successful career as a Business Development Coach began when he experienced, ironically, failure in a different business. But Lover parlayed his experiences and created his own  comprehensive coaching service that helps business people avoid impediments to success.  
May 20, 2024
47 min
#9) Where The Roles of Teacher and Adminstrator Meet with Aidella Avtzon
Aidella Avtzon has worn many hats; math teacher, SEIT, special educator and administrator. She says a Master’s in Education can be a path to a surprisingly multifaceted career, and that life as a SEIT is a frum woman’s dream. Find out about her surprising story to success!
May 6, 2024
48 min
#8) Balance Sheets For A Career … And For Life
Rachmiel Scharg is a CPA with more than a decade of experience in domestic and international taxation. He’s also an observant Jew who has some interesting insights on accounting and how that works to support his career and family goals.
Apr 11, 2024
22 min
#7) Who Says Accountants Can't Have Fun?
Chaya Halberg tells the story of how she created her own accounting niche by empowering companies to clean up their accounting messes, and how she had fun in the process. As we head into tax season, get to know what goes on behind the scenes in your accountant's office!
Mar 26, 2024
40 min
#6) Flying the Frum Skies with Captain Shraga Bernzweig
Shraga Bernzweig has not only figured out how to successfully juggle life as a commercial airline pilot with Jewish observance, he’s figured out how to turn his busy lifestyle into more Torah study, and even Purim celebrations on the East and West Coasts … in the same day.  
Mar 11, 2024
30 min
#5) A Therapist’s Passion for Helping People Heal
Rebecca Jerozolim, LCSW is a clinical social worker with a decade and a half of experience. Specializing in therapeutic modalities such as EMDR, CBT, ACT, sand therapy, and play therapy, Rebecca employs a holistic and innovative approach to address the diverse needs of her clients. Jerozolim believes her clients must heal emotionally, not through “fixing” them. 
Feb 26, 2024
57 min
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