Menuchah Schuman

Menuchah Schuman Hirschman is a garden educator at GrowTorah, where she develops creative lessons that intertwine Torah, environmental stewardship, and outdoor education to bring Jewish learning to life through hands-on experiences in nature. Menuchah also serves as a teacher at Zeman Religious School in South Orange, New Jersey. Before joining GrowTorah in 2022, she participated in the MafTEACH School Community Fellowship through the Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education at Yeshiva University. Menuchah earned her master’s degrees from Yeshiva University’s Graduate Program in Advanced Talmud/Tanach Studies and the Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education. She received her undergraduate degree in Jewish Studies and Education from Stern College for Women, where she was a Monique Katz Scholar and received the Rabbi Chaim Levine Memorial Award for Excellence in Jewish Studies.