Seekers Teaching Team

Born in South Korea (yes really!), raised in Hoboken until the age of 5 and then moved to Israel until a year ago, Shimon is excited to move to NYC with his wife Rebecca, daughter Lily and dog Lucy, and be part of the Romemu family.

After serving in the IDF as an officer he spent 2 years in Alabama working as a Jewish Agency Shaliach. He studied music at the Rimon School for Music and Jazz and holds a BA in Jewish Studies and History. Shimon is one of the leading Songleaders / Cantorial Soloists in Israel, he was Cantorial Soloist and head of the B’nai Mitzvah program at The Daniel Centers for Reform Judaism in Tel Aviv for 13 years. He was also the spiritual leader of Tlamim, the Israeli Reform movement’s young adult chapter, the Israeli Reform movement’s gap-year Mechina program and Youth Group.

He was co-music director of IMPJ (Israel Movement for Progressive Judaism) biennial, And the musical director for the Jewish Agency’s Summer Shlichim program for years.

He writes original Jewish music (look for him on music streaming platforms), and was featured in Transcontinental music publications and PJ Library.  He is also the host of “Best in Israeli Rock” on Jewish Rock Radio. For the past year, since their return to the States, Shimon was the Artist in Residence at Temple Emanuel in Westfield, NJ.

Shimon voice dubs characters in the Israeli versions of cartoon movies and tv shows. Some notable ones are Scar, Thanos, Hefty Smurf, and Peppa Pig’s Dad.

Noa Gendler has worked in children’s programming and education in a range of Jewish organisations, including at the New North London Synagogue, Noam and Ramah. She has studied as a year fellow at Hadar and the Conservative Yeshiva, and a past life she was a journalist (but luckily escaped). In her spare time she enjoys reading and being outraged by things on the internet.