Rabbi Laura Novak Winer, Ed.D.

Rabbi Dr. Laura Novak Winer, RJE, is the Director of the Master of Educational Leadership program at the Hebrew Union College Rhea Hirsch School of Education in Los Angeles, CA. Laura has worked in and with a variety of afternoon school settings and her current research foci are Israel education and the supplementary school. Laura has been published in a variety of academic and online journals, is a regular contributor to Moment Magazine’s “Ask the Rabbis” column, and was the editor of several curricula, including Sacred Choices: Adolescent Relationships and Sexual Ethics (2005 and 2007). She is a past president of the Association of Reform Jewish Educators. Laura earned her B.A. degree from the University of California, Santa Barbara; a Master of Arts in Jewish Education from the Rhea Hirsch School of Education and rabbinic ordination at Hebrew Union College; and a doctorate in Education from the Jewish Theological Seminary Davidson School of Graduate Education. She lives in Fresno, CA with her husband Rabbi Rick Winer.