Working at MTV is not typical training for a Jewish day school teacher. But Oren Kaunfer is no ordinary Jewish teacher.

The New England native had a successful career in television before deciding he wanted a more meaningful job. Kaunfer, the son of a prominent Conservative rabbi from Providence, Rhode Island, enjoyed the creativity of the entertainment business. But working on animation for shows like “Celebrity Death Match” just wasn’t checking his fulfillment box.

Friends suggested Kaunfer consider working at the Jewish Community Day School in Boston’s suburbs, where his daughter was about to enter kindergarten.

He attended a retreat for the pluralistic Jewish community school, warmed up to the idea and in 2012 applied for a job as madriach ruchani, or spiritual educator. School admi

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