Karen Goldstein

Karen B. Goldstein is the Director of Early Childhood Education at Anshe Emeth Memorial Temple and has served as the Director of Gan Yeladeem Learning Center since 2001 during which time she has written and implemented a developmentally appropriate and fully integrated Jewish curriculum for infants through Kindergarteners. Karen’s early childhood experience began as the founder and owner of Karen’s House Family Child Care where she educated and nurtured infants and toddlers exclusively for nearly 10 years.

Karen is proud to hold a position on the general board of the Early Childhood Educators of Reform Judaism, the national organization of early childhood educators associated with the URJ. She is also part of a newly formed inter-agency Infant/Toddler Task Force that is concentrating on the need for quality Infant and Toddler care in a Jewish setting. Karen has developed several professional development workshops which she has presented at national early childhood conferences for Infant and Toddler caregivers and for directors with centers that serve children under the age of three in order to promote quality care in a Jewish setting.

Karen holds a BA from Douglass College in Theatre Arts and has nearly completed a MA in ECE Administration from Kean University. At native of Highland Park, Karen has been a Temple member since 1972. She resides in East Brunswick with her four children, Rachel, Sarah, Miriam and Benjamin.

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