About Teach CA
Leadership Circle
Board Members
Leadership Circle
- Yoel Gabay
- Lauren and Ezra Kest
- Helen and Moshe Sassover
- Frank Menlo
- Barbara and Alan Gindi
- Leon Zekaria
- Jeffrey Liebesman
Board Members
- Moshe Sassover, Chair
- Lauren Kest
- Reuven Unger
- Frank Menlo
- Howard Levkowitz
- David Nagel
- Reuven Gradon
All children in California deserve equal access to equitable funding. Teach CA advances and strengthens Jewish day schools and communities by advocating in Sacramento and in local communities, facilitating grassroots activism in support of Jewish schools across the state and mobilizing nonpartisan voter outreach.
Join us as we fight for our yeshivas and Jewish day schools.
Teach CA is committed to championing groundbreaking new initiatives, including special education services and security programs in California’s city and state nonpublic schools to ensure that safety is a priority in our communities.
Accomplishments
$200M in annual funding to our community
First-in-nation STEM and Art & Music programs
Latest Updates
All Teach CA UpdatesOctober 28, 2024
3-0 Ruling Finds That California is Discriminating Against Religious Parents and Schools By Denying Access to Special Education Funding
July 14, 2023
Jewish parents & schools head to court to protect children with disabilities
October 11, 2019
Teach CA Lauds California Gov. Newsom for Signing Historic Bill Providing Critical Funding for At-Risk Nonprofit Institutions
April 30, 2019
ORTHODOX UNION LAUDS CALIFORNIA GOV. NEWSOM ANNOUNCEMENT ALLOCATING $15 MILLION FOR THE STATE NONPROFIT SECURITY GRANT PROGRAM
Featured Loffman News Articles
5/21/2024
TEACH COALITION AIMS TO OVERTURN A DISCRIMINATORY CALIFORNIA LAW THAT STATES THAT FUNDING FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES CANNOT GO TOWARDS RELIGIOUS PRIVATE SCHOOLS
KVI
5/16/2024
ORTHODOX JEWISH FAMILIES FIGHT FOR EQUAL TREATMENT IN CALIFORNIA SCHOOLS
Jewish Journal
5/14/2024
MY SPECIAL NEEDS SON COULDN’T RECEIVE SERVICES DUE TO DISCRIMINATORY CALIFORNIA LAW
OC Register
5/10/2024
CALIFORNIA’S ANTI-JEWISH EDUCATION LAW NEEDS TO BE THROWN OUT
The Hill
5/10/2024
MY SPECIAL NEEDS SON COULDN’T RECEIVE SERVICES DUE TO DISCRIMINATORY CALIFORNIA LAW
OC Register
5/7/2024
BECKET: SACRAMENTO ‘SLAMMING DOOR’ ON RELIGIOUS CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES
JNS
5/7/2024
WE ARE SUING CALIFORNIA FOR PENALIZING OUR RELIGIOUS BELIEFS
Real Clear Policy
Our Team
Miriam Mark
Grassroots Director, Teach CA
Miriam Mark
Miriam Mark is a revenue growth leader and go-to market specialist who serves in an advisory and fractional capacity for leading technology and nonprofit companies. She has grown up alongside the tech ecosystem, running sales at multiple startups. Miriam served as global head of Account Management and Growth Enablement at WeWork, and was instrumental in building their global sales organization from acquisition to retention and growth. Earlier in her career, she led sales at Farmigo, an online farmers market, with the mission to transform and accelerate global adoption of an alternative food system. She began her career at Shopping.com, an online comparison-shopping company acquired by eBay. Miriam is passionate about creating equal educational opportunities for all children regardless of ability, inspired by her oldest child with special needs. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and four children ages 9-19.