Temple Sholom has announced Susie Weiner and Mason Voit as the synagogue’s new education leaders.
New Education Directors at Temple Sholom, Susie Weiner and Mason Voit. Contributed photo
Weiner will serve as Director of Early Childhood at the Temple Sholom Selma Maisel Nursery School, and Voit will serve as Director of the Temple Sholom Learning Center (religious school).
“Susie and Mason are experienced professionals with deep passion and commitment to Jewish learning,” said Lori Baden. “We are excited to welcome them to our staff, and continue building on our schools’ strengths to position them for continued growth and excellence. We are also deeply grateful to David Cohen for his leadership over the past decade and for helping shape our educational programs into the joyful and nurturing communities that they are today.”
Susie Weiner
Susie Weiner is a seasoned early childhood education leader with more than 30 years of knowledge as an educator, administrator, and community builder within synagogue-based and progressive school settings. Most recently, she served as the Director of the Early Childhood Center at Temple Beth El in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, where she has led the school for nearly a decade.
Under Weiner’s leadership, her school experienced remarkable growth — increasing enrollment, expanding to include an infant program, and enhancing classroom environments to support deeper experiential, child-led learning. A graduate of Bank Street College of Education, she brings a progressive, child-centered approach that integrates play-based learning, inquiry, creativity, and strong Jewish identity development.
Weiner raised her family in Connecticut, and is looking forward to returning to this community which holds special meaning.
Mason Voit
Mason Voit brings more than 25 years of experience, as well as a rich educational background with focus on innovative, relationship-centered Jewish learning. From 2003 until 2025, he served as the Director of Education and Jewish Family Life at the Conservative Synagogue Adath Israel of Riverdale, NY. Additionally, he served as a manheh in the JTS Davidson School Pedagogic Skills program (2011–2018), as a curriculum developer and trainer with Moving Traditions, and as a mentor in the Qushiyot Israel Education Fellowship.
He is a graduate of the first cohort of the Leadership Institute of Congregational School Educators; a post-graduate fellow of the Melton Senior Educators Program of Hebrew University; and a graduate of the Mandel Educational Leadership Program and Pardes SELF Fellowship.
Originally from Alabama, Voit lives with his family in the Riverdale section of the Bronx.
Temple Sholom is located at 300 East Putnam Avenue in Greenwich, CT 06830.
To learn more about Temple Sholom’s nursery school or religious school enrollment for the fall, please visit www.templesholom.com.