Rabbi Scott Aaron, PhD, is the Senior Associate Vice President for JUF Education of the Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago where he is leading the federation’s new communal investments in congregational education, early childhood education, Israel education and educational research and evaluation. Having overseen IsraelNow Chicago for a number of years, Scott now serves as IsraelNow Educational Foundation’s educational consultant. Scott has his PhD in Cultural and Educational Policy Studies from Loyola University Chicago and his rabbinic ordination from the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. Scott is married to Rabbi Donni Aaron and has three adult children who are all fluent in modern Hebrew.