Gil Graff has served as Executive Director of BJE in Los Angeles since 1993.  Gil, who earned graduate degrees in history, education and Jewish studies, holds a J.D. and Ph.D. from UCLA.  Prior to joining BJE, Dr. Graff was a teacher and administrator at day and complementary schools, as well as Director of Camp Ramah in New England.  He is the author of numerous articles and two books in the fields of Jewish history and education.  His most recent work, "And You Shall Teach Them Diligently": A Concise History of Jewish Education in the United States, 1776-2000, was published by JTS in September 2008.  Gil has been a Woodrow Wilson Fellow, a Lady Davis Fellow, Jerusalem Fellow and Visiting Scholar at the Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies, and has served as an adjunct faculty member at American Jewish University, HUC-JIR, Spertus College, Touro College and AJR, CA. Dr. Graff is currently a board member at JESNA.