Faculty

Noa Bourke                              
Hebrew School Director

Noa is a New England native who has spent decades living in Boston and the surrounding towns.  In addition to loving Jewish education, Noa is a professionally trained nurse and has worked in hospice, pediatrics and solid organ transplant practice.  Noa has been deeply involved in Jewish education for more than 25 years and has taught students in all the major Jewish denominations and has been the Director of Education at three synagogues. He has been a member of CAA since 2012, and enjoys attending services and community events. You may have seen him on shabbat chanting haftarah or with the kids downstairs as a substitute.  Noa is avid outdoor walker and black belt chocoholic. He tries to do more of the former and less of the latter.   Noa can be reached via email.

Beverly Shapiro                          
Hebrew School Teacher

Beverly Shapiro, also known as Morah Ganessa, has returned from a long hiatus to Florida.  As a former teacher at Congregation Ahavas Achim, she was known to be involved with the Hebrew School, working with students through Kitah Gimmel (3rd grade).  She also was involved with adult education sponsored by the Lappin Foundation, claiming "I work with students from diapers to Depends".  Morah Ganessa will be returning to CAA to work with our Kitah Gan to Kitah Bet (K-2nd grade) students.

Ganessa is widowed with five adult children, nine grandchildren and one great-grand child.  She is recently retired from St. Lucie Public Schools, Port St. Lucie, Florida after working as a substitute teacher for grades K-8, specializing in the ESE and Autism units for fourteen years