Andrew Guckes | Staff Writer

Georgia Gobora is a graduate of the Abrams Hebrew Academy, a lifelong Philadelphian and a teacher by trade, but she didn’t plan on ending up as a staff member at her alma mater when she decided to check in with her old head of school, Rabbi Ira Budow, one day earlier this year.

Gobora was in the market for a new job, and while she didn’t see one posted for Abrams, she figured it was worth asking and catching up either way.

“It was really random. I was like, ‘Let’s see what’s going on at Abrams,’ and I emailed Rabbi Budow, and he said, ‘We’re actually making a special education program brand new this year,’” Gobora said. “I was like, ‘Oh, that’s perfect; that’s exactly what I do.’”

For Gobora, the move made sense on many levels. For one, she has a lot of pri

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