Bobbie Match, a 10-year veteran teacher at Temple Adat Elohim’s Early Childhood Center, received the GrinspoonSteinhardt Award for Excellence in Jewish Education presented by the Jewish Education Service of North America, Inc. on Nov. 16 in Toronto.

This award recognizes outstanding classroom-based teachers in formal Jewish educational settings.

The award includes a $1,500 grant for continued professional development.

Last year Match was the recipient of the Lainer Distinguished Early Childhood Educator Award given by the Bureau of Jewish Education of Greater Los Angeles (BJE).

Other recent BJE award winners from Temple Adat Elohim are Michelle Princenthal, winner of the 2005 Smotrich Family Education Award; Tara Farkash, winner of the 2003 Lainer Distinguished Early Childhood Educator Award; and Marcy Goldberg, winner of the 2004 Lainer Distinguished Educator Award.