Background
Nitzarim, Yoel David was born on August 29, 1949 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Maurice and Elaine Pearl Smith.
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Yoel David Nitzarim
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Bachelor, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, 1974. Master of Education, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, 1983.
Career
English as Second Language teacher Kibbutz Newe Eitan Regional High School, Israel, 1976—1977, Kibbutz Maoz Haim Elementary School, Israel, 1976—1977, Morton Junior College, Cicero, Illinois, 1988. English as Second Language teacher Soviet refugees Truman College/ The Jewish Vocational Service Temple Menorah, Chicago, 1989, 1991—1992. English as Second Language instructor Rogosin High School, Migdal Ha'Emeq, Israel, 1978—1979, Organization for Rehabilitation through Training Israel Vocational High School, Osefia, Israel, 1978—1979.
Adult English seminar teacher Cultural Center Kfar Tabor, Israel, 1978—1979. Preparatory seminar course biology Oranim College, Tivon, Israel, 1979. Hebrew and Jewish social studies teacher Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation, Evanston, Illinois, 1982—1983.
Jewish social studies teacher B'nai Tikvah, Deerfield, 1982—1983. English teacher Aquinas Catholic High School, Chicago, 1980—1982, St. Benedict High School, Chicago, 1984—1986, Austin Career Education Center, Chicago, 1989—1992. Writing teacher Columbia College, 1988.
Assistant professor English East-West University, 1999—2002. Instructor English Benedictine University, Lisle, 2002—2003. Instructor English composition College Lake County, Grayslake, since 2005, McHenry County College, Crystal Lake, 2006—2008.
Achievements
Membership
Founding member National Campaign for Tolerance, a project of the Southern Poverty Law Center, since 2005. Charter member United States Holocaust Memorial. Museum; founding sponsor Martin Luther King, Junior National Memorial, Washington.
Member of Yad Vashem Circuit of Friends, National Museum American Jewish Hitory (founding member since 2010), Illinois Holocaust Museum (Skokie), Association for Jewish Theater, English Teachers Association Israel, Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Museum (national associate), American Society Yad Vashem, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
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Married Esther Marsha Nitzarim. Children: Rachel Sarah, Gavriella Leebah.
