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About Us
The Tartak Learning Center is an educational resource center designed to support the Jewish educator. We offer lesson-planning ideas and curricular materials to Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion students, alumni, and Jewish professionals. The Tartak Learning Center, located in the Mercaz on the ground floor of the Los Angeles campus, was established through a generous and on-going gift by the Tartak Family and is maintained by the Rhea Hirsch School of Education (RHSOE).
First opened by the RHSOE in the late-1970s, the Tartak Learning Center served as a resource center where HUC-JIR students compiled lesson plans and materials for religious schools and informal education settings (e.g. camps). Throughout its years the Tartak Learning Center has expanded into a resource center for all students at HUC-JIR, principals and teachers in religious schools and day schools, adult educators, camp directors and counselors, communal service professionals, rabbis, and cantors. Today the Tartak Learning Center houses a collection of nearly 5,000 items, including books, curricula (published and student-written,) videos, music, and computer software. Tartak Learning Center Historical Highlights Current Staff Director: Lynn D. Flanzbaum 
Lynn is a 2005 graduate of the Rhea Hirsch School of Education at HUC-JIR Los Angeles, where she earned a Master of Arts degree in Jewish Education. As the director of the Tartak Learning Center she consults with students, alumni, and Jewish professionals on lesson planning, classroom management, program design and content, and curriculum development and implementation. Her responsibilities also include leading interactive programs on a variety of Jewish education topics and working to enhance this website.
As a lay leader at Temple Beth-El in Providence, RI, Lynn was an active teacher and learner within their Adult Enrichment program. She attended the URJ Summer Kallah nine times, where she got a preliminary taste of studying with HUC faculty members. The experience was instrumental in her eventual decision to pursue a career in Jewish education. In 1980, Lynn received her bachelor's degree in Near Eastern Judaic Studies from Brandeis University. In 1987, Lynn earned a Master's degree in Business Administration from Northeastern University. She served as a Trust Operations Manager at a large New England bank for 10 years before her position was eliminated in 2000 after the bank was acquired. Lynn returned to school and began the Year in Israel program at HUC-JIR Jerusalem in 2002. During her two years as a student at HUC-JIR Los Angeles, Lynn served as education intern at Temple Israel of Hollywood, and as family education and Hebrew tutoring coordinator at Temple Beth Sholom in Santa Ana. Upon her graduation from HUC-JIR, she received the Shirley M. Stahl Prize in Jewish Education. Student Intern: A new intern will join us once the 2008-2009 school year begins |