Faculty Advisors
Neil S. Rubin is chair of the Department of Jewish History at Beth Tfiloh Dahan High School. He has been scholar-in-residence and guest lecturer for various synagogues and organizations. He previously taught the course Tzion (the history of Zionism & Jewish nationalism) for the Baltimore Hebrew Institute at Towson University as well as undergraduate courses at UMBC and the former Baltimore Hebrew University. Prior to embarking on a full-time teaching career, he served as editor of the Atlanta Jewish Times for seven years and then as Senior Editor of the Baltimore Jewish Times for 14 years.
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Kol BT Co-Faculty Advisor Phil Jacobs is in his seventh year as a Jewish History and Breaking News teacher at Beth Tfiloh Dahan Community Day School.
Mr. Jacobs was a career Jewish journalist, spending over 30 years with Alter Communications, the former parent company of the Baltimore Jewish Times, where he served as Executive Editor.
He is a multi-time winner of the prestigious American Jewish Press Association Rockower Awards for investigative reporting, commentary and feature writing.