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for an ill teacher.

“I thought, ‘Well, gee, that worked out
nicely,’” he said.

It turned into a permanent teaching
position when the teacher never returned,
and 18-year-old Horwits was put in
charge of a class of 14-year-olds.

“Every year after that, it just contin-
ued,” he said. “I saw that I got a lot of
satisfaction out of it, and I just continued
and continued, and to this day, I’m still
doing it.”
“I saw that I got a lot
of satisfaction out of it,
and I just continued and
continued, and to this
day, I’m still doing it.”
STEVEN HORWITS
3594 Bristol Rd.

Bensalem, PA 19020
Offi ce: 215-355-9917
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His mother, who was a Hebrew school
coordinator at the synagogue, was espe-
cially pleased when he took up teaching,
and they worked together on organizing
events for the students.

He’s taught a wide range of ages
throughout his time at Or Ami, but has
spent the past 10 years working with
fourth, fifth and sixth graders. It’s a
part-time job on Sundays and Tuesdays,
and he worked full time at the Veterans
Administration, now known as the
Department of Veterans Affairs, for 35
years. He also now works part time in
sales at a retail store in Chestnut Hill.

Horwits found teaching extremely
rewarding, but it wasn’t always easy.

Some students showed no interest in their
classes, and some parents showed no
interest in their children’s classes beyond
bar and bat mitzvah preparation. The
latter could be especially frustrating,
since it left him trying to find a way to
boost students’ interest in the subject
matter without causing conflict within
the families.

His goal is to get kids to value their
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