Rabbi Yehudah Potok
Head of School
Rabbi Yehudah Potok joined Oakland Hebrew Day School as Head of School
in the summer of 2009. He was attracted by the warmth and commitment
of the entire OHDS community.
A major priority for Rabbi Potok will be furthering the Modern
Orthodox mission of the school while embracing the diversity of our
parents, students, and faculty. He additionally looks forward to
building on the school's commitment to excellence in General and
Judaic Studies and continuing to strengthen the school's emphasis on
the love of Israel. Rabbi Potok came to OHDS from the Boston area
where he was the Director of Academics and Dean of Faculty at the
Prozdor Hebrew High School of Hebrew College, a school of over 750
students. He was also the Associate Director of Ha'Merkaz, The Center
for Jewish Education for Teens and taught at the Shoolman Graduate
School of Education at Hebrew College. Rabbi Potok had also been the
Assistant Director of Camp Yavneh where he spent 13 summers. He
completed his Masters degree in Education and Administration at the
Azrieli School at Yeshiva University. He received his Rabbinic
Ordination from Yeshivat Hamivtar in Israel and from Rabbi Zalman
Nechemia Goldberg. He holds a BA in Sociology of Health and Medicine
from the University of Pennsylvania. Rabbi Potok, his wife, and two
and a half year old son look forward to hiking the trails in Northern
California.
