Dr. Bruce Powell

Beginning in 1970, Bruce has dedicated his professional life to Jewish education. He has helped to found and lead three Jewish high schools in Los Angeles, including Yeshiva University of Los Angeles High School, Milken Community High School, and most recently, de Toledo High School.  He has consulted on the founding of 23 more Jewish high schools throughout North America. In addition, he has provided consulting services to over 80 Jewish day schools through his work as President of Jewish School Management (JSM). For many summers, Bruce served as the director of Camp Alonim, and of the Brandeis Collegiate Institute (BCI) located on the Brandeis-Bardin campus of the American Jewish University. He has won the Covenant Award, the Milken Jewish Educator Award, and Marvin I. Schotland Leadership Award for his major contributions to Jewish education throughout North America. Bruce also served for six years as a founding faculty member and mentor for the Day School Leadership Training Institute at the JewishTheological Seminary in New York, and served as a coach for the Head of School Professional Excellence Project at Prizmah. Bruce directed the Institute for Day School Excellence and Sustainability (IDEAS) servicing Jewish day schools across America. Bruce is also a distinguished lecturer in Jewish education serving on the faculty of the American Jewish University since 1998. In July 2023, Bruce was appointed as Dean of the School for Jewish Education and Leadership at AJU.