Stefanie Adler is a Holistic Nutritionist, Women’s Health Expert, Birth Doula, Hormone Guru and Nourishing Experience Creator. She is a womanprenuer through and through.

She is an avid community builder, and she is constantly inspired by her community to create an open space for individuals to explore their connection to the Jewish world.

She is passionate about the intersection of physical and spiritual wellness, believing that nourishing the body and soul through whole foods, self-love, and community, and is essential to wellness. She absolutely loves making Jewish wisdom, applicable to everyone and digestible to those who are not as familiar with Jewish Learning. She believes that by breaking down texts and ideas collectively, and using engaging and creative modalities, the group gets to wrestle with the universe, history and our culture, in a meaningful and productive way!

She has been the educator or chef-educator at several retreats, among them: Judaism and Self Care, Techless Adulting, Return of the Wild Woman, Garden of Eden, while additionally having planned her own retreat, Ancient Wisdom: Modern Wellness. Cooking, yoga, educating, reading/book club, running and walking barefoot are her passions!

Ask me about meal planning to maximize your retreat experience, creative hosting, all things women’s health and how to make rituals your own and meaningful to your community!

Sophia is a passionate yogi who spends most of her time in Jewish spaces, as a Jewish teen educator and a resident at Moishe House! She graduated with a degree in Psychology from Macaulay Honor’s College at Queens College before heading into the Jewish Education field. She is heavily involved in her own Jewish community in Boston, including completing a fellowship with Serve the Moment Boston, volunteering in community engagement as a resident of Moishe House Cambridge, and chairing a committee of the Young Adult task force at Boston’s CJP Federation. She is passionate about mindfulness, sustainable living, good reads, and is a long-term beginner guitar player.

Liz Alpern is co-founder of The Gefilteria and co-author of The Gefilte Manifesto: New Recipes for Old World Jewish Foods. She is passionate about the ways in which food creates meaningful gatherings, builds identity and strengthens community. In 2017, she created the international party and fundraising series, Queer Soup Night. She is also a food systems consultant for national non-profit Fair Food Network. Liz has spent the pandemic leading dozens of virtual workshops and is shocked by the power of food to leap through the screen.

Guide training for Holocaust journeys to Poland, Federation of Israeli Youth Movements.
B.Ed, Informal Education, Beit Berl Academic College.

– National Service Corps – volunteer coordinator
– Community coordinator, Na’amat (The Movement for the Advancement of the Status of Women) – Regional director, NOAL (Working and Learning Youth) youth movement
–  Founder and director of “tzeva acher” – a cooperatively owned business for educational graffiti workshops.

Yonatan Arnon was ordained as a Rabbi by Hebrew Union College in May 2023.
Graduated with an MBA in social entrepreneurship and nonprofit management from the Morton Mandel Social Leadership Program at Ben Gurion University in 2018.
Yonatan graduated from working as a Chaplain Resident at Columbia New York Presbyterian Hospital  caring for aging and sick people as well as accompanying patients on their deathbed.

For the past ten years, Yonatan have served Jewish communities in New York and Israel, including Columbia/Barnard Hillel, Romemu, Lab/Shul, Navah Tehila, Beth Emeth Albany, JDC Entwine and Kehilat Zion with a focus on Jewish & Hebrew education, community building for young adults and alumni, program direction, facilitating rituals, prayer services, and more.

Yonatan is a trained dialogue facilitator, working for over 10 years with multicultural groups including Jews, Palestinians, Christians and Zen Buddhists.

In 2017, Yonatan founded his signature “MoveMeant – Embodying Sacred Texts” workshops integrating spiritual and movement practices. MoveMeant reimagines what is possible within ritual spaces regardless of spiritual affiliation. MoveMeant explores the intersection of sacred and ancestral texts, ritual, live music, mindfulness, breath, and vocal exercises as well as movement techniques.

Yonatan currently works as an online Jewish educator ( specialising in Israel studies, Jewish Mysticism, Jewish-Zen relationship ) a spiritual director through Institute of Jewish Spirituality and a business consultant to individuals and to nonprofits and lead MoveMeant workshops.

Yonatan was raised in Jerusalem, Israel, will be residing in the Fall at the Zen monastery of Plum Village in France

and will be back in the US in the spring of 2025.

For more information please contact Yonatan through

https://www.yonatan-arnon.com

https://www.embodymovemeant.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/yonatanarnon/

Spiritual Mentor integrating sound, BioAcoustics, NLP/HiTea to reclaim your power.
Artist, Radio Host

iLan is a certified Sound Therapist who embraces the divine power of words and Kabbalistic meditation in the healing process and certified in Reiki, Solution Focused Coaching and NLP and BioAcoustics.

Through heart guided Kabbalistic meditation, sacred names, musical instruments, Tibetan bowls, and HiTea™ custom tea mix, (www.facebook.com/hiteamix), you will be guided on a journey inwards, cultivating healing to your body, clearing energy blocks, releasing toxins.

I grew up between the fields and orchards of a Kibbutz
Singing since I remember myself
Loving music and people of all flavors
Looking for experiences with supporting frameworks that are loose enough to step out of
Full of contradictions and harmony, loving to fill what is lacking
Creating musical garden gatherings in all seasons
Preferring a little darkness with gentle lighting
I feel most at home inside the complexity of Jerusalem
Intuitive exploration of the world of prayer
Active member of an innovative, bourgeois and egalitarian Jewish community
Producing cultural events, singing in ensembles
Shy Baal Tefillah with a yet developing voice
Student of movement, mountain runner and practicing Yogi
Israeli-Palestinian peace activist dreaming of shared land and life
Stares at cats with wonder and scatters solar street pianos around that world that bring happiness to people’s lives

Meir Berman, Baka, Jerusalem, Married with two daughters, a garden and two cats

Rena Branson (they/she) is a Jewish composer, ritual leader, and educator who uplifts personal and collective healing through song. They founded A Queer Nigun Project (aqueernigunproject.org), which organizes singing events for LGBTQIA+ folks and offers spiritual care to Jews in NYC jails. They previously served on the Cultural Organizing Team at Linke Fligl, a queer Jewish farm, and studied in the Mitsui Collective Kollel for Jewish somatics practitioners. An alum of the Rising Song Institute Residency, Rena writes music for prayer and action that accompanies people through vulnerable moments. They live on Cherokee land in Asheville, NC. You can check out their original album, “Love Is the Ground,” on all streaming platforms. Learn more at renabranson.com!

My highest values are connection & growth.

The workplace is rife with distraction, confusion, and destructive conflict. I help individuals and teams transform that into focus, clarity, and constructive conflict.

As a consultant, I apply evidence-based principles & practices to help values-driven organizations infuse growth, learning, & excellence into everything they do. Working on the individual, team, and organizational levels, I integrate system design with personal transformation.

As a coach, I help individuals shift back into clarity and connection so they can act the way they choose to, not just the way they’re used to. This “choicefulness” helps folks experience an immense sense of freedom and energy and align their lives with their values.

I have consulted, facilitated, and coached individuals and teams at both startups (e.g. Rippling, First Round, Blend Labs, Truework, Galvanize, Imperfect Produce) and established organizations (e.g. Microsoft, World Economic Forum, Johns Hopkins University).

As a young adult, Alison was desperate for guidance on how to navigate her tumultuous, overwhelmingly empathetic internal landscape, not to mention the world. Through attending Jewish and Buddhist meditation retreats, she realized that through intentional practice it was possible to develop a toolkit for lovingly riding the wild waves of being human. A former public high school teacher and mindfulness program director, Alison incorporates trauma-informed practices into her coaching, leadership, and racial justice work in school communities. She also mentors in Tara Brach and Jack Kornfield’s Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Training Program, and offers workshops and one-on-one sessions that focus on supporting the well-being of givers across fields. Alison has trained with the Jewish Meditation Center of Brooklyn, the UMass Center for Mindfulness, Mindful Schools, and Tara Brach and Jack Kornfield. A few years ago, she felt called to contribute more time and energy to Jewish communal contexts and now teaches at sixth & i, on Jewish retreats, and virtually. Alison loves any/all opportunities to integrate community-building, contemplative practice, transformative Jewish ritual, social justice, and joy.

Alison’s website: www.twowingsmindfulness.com

On the most recent Peer-Led Retreat Alison taught on, she facilitated:
– Self-care and Communal Care through a Jewish Lens
– Conscious, Compassionate Communication Infused with Jewish Wisdom
– Hitbodedut: An introduction to Jewish Meditation Practice in Nature
– Kabbalat Shabbat & Havdallah rituals

Andrew Davies is an improviser and facilitator based in South Philly where he lives with his wife Molly Wernick and tiny dog Ducky. Andrew received a B.A. in English Literature from Brandeis University, went on to study Improvisation at The Magnet Theater, and received a certificate of Facilitation from Georgetown University.

In 2011 Andrew Co-Founded The Bible Players, a comedy team which is Improv-ing Jewish Lives. The Bible Players have toured to 25 states, visiting hundreds of camps, schools, and synagogues teaching Jewish Values with a sense of humor. He walks softly and carries a big Shtick!

In 2016 Andrew Co-Founded the Non-profit CharacTours, an interactive theatrical walking experience where the past visits you. He is the Executive Director of both The Bible Players and CharacTours. Andrew can be reached at Andrew@TheBiblePlayers.com

Julie Dean specializes in Mussar learning and Soulful Facilitator Development. She is the Founder of Twin Cities Mussar, the largest citywide Mussar initiative in the country. twincitiesmussar.org She has over 30 years of experience as a group facilitator and combines her background in experiential education with a passion for Jewish spirituality. She provides a six month training course for people in advanced facilitation through her innovative course: Cultivating a Wise Heart. Julie’s workshops and retreats are dynamic, engaging and meaningful. She empowers people to connect with Jewish spirituality in ways that are relevant, uplifting and community building. LGBTQIA+ sensitive.

Rabbi Aderet Drucker is an innovative spiritual leader, inspired educator, social entrepreneur, relationship-based community organizer, and serves as Executive Director of the Den Collective. Since her adolescence she has expressed a love of meeting new people as well as an interest and instinct for gathering people together in sacred community to learn, connect, celebrate, heal, and to create impactful change in our world.

After receiving her rabbinic ordination and a concentration in pastoral care from the Jewish Theological Seminary, Rabbi Aderet served as senior rabbi for a congregation in Northern California. She has also served as the Campus Rabbi for Hillel at the University of Maryland, where she was part of UMD’s Interfaith Campus Chaplaincy and a co-founder of UMD’s first Interfaith Student Fellowship.

Rabbi Aderet holds a certificate in Mindful Leadership in Higher Education from NYU’s Of Many Institute For Multifaith Leadership, is an AJWS Global Justice Fellow, and a fellow of RRC’s Campus Chaplaincy for a Multifaith World. She is an alumnus of the Gladstein Fellowship in Entrepreneurial Leadership, the Rabbis Without Borders Fellowship, and the Clergy Leadership Incubator. Rabbi Aderet loves traveling to different places, spending time by the water, cooking and coming up with new recipes, and having spontaneous dance parties with her husband, Brett, and two incredible daughters.

Rebekah Erev ha Kohenet is an artist, teacher, feminist, queer, dream worker, and healer living with disabilities. They are of Ashkenazi and Celtic Isles ancestry, living on the occupied lands of the Squaxin, Chehalis, and Nisqually people in Olympia, WA. In 2014 they self published the Moon Angels/ Malakh Halevanah Oracle Deck. They are joyfully working on Queer Mikveh Project – collaborating with the transformative power of water towards healing, liberation and justice from settler colonialism, assimilation and white supremacy and, The School of Letters – a class, oracle deck and book using the Hebrew letters and connections to plants, animals, the stars and hidden stories of diaspora. Their activist work includes leadership as a core member of SURJ (Showing Up for Racial Justice) and nationally they work with JVP (Jewish Voice for Peace). Learn more at: www.RebekahErevStudio.com

Kendra Fried is the founder of Neshamah Yoga & Wellness.™ She is a yoga therapist, educator, and facilitator of embodied Jewish devotion.

She is a board-certified holistic health counselor, and a graduate of the Yoga and Jewish Wisdom Teacher Training offered by Jewish Learning Works in San Francisco. In April 2025 Kendra will be a graduate of the Kol Dodi Spiritual Direction Program, offered by the Institute For Jewish Spirituality. She is honored to hold the role of spiritual companionship as you navigate life’s most meaningful questions, and explore your unique relationship to spirituality.

Kendra has been a specialist in the field of mind/body/spirit for 25 years. She leads Jewishly inspired classes and wellness retreats, independently and through organizations such as Moishe House, Camp Nai Nai Nai, and the Grief and Growing™ retreats offered by the Bay Area Jewish Healing Center. She has provided ECE courses for the Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco, to support self-regulation for teachers and their students. Kendra has also established a staff and clergy wellness initiative at Temple Isaiah in Lafayette, California, and has extended that to the Women’s Rabbinic Network.

Her soul’s passion and calling are to guide people inward on a journey toward healing, transformation, and a deeper connection to themselves and the Divine.

Tamar Goldberg is a talmud-toting tree hugger. Her work in trees in Toronto’s public and private sector and her years of experience leading canoe trips for Camp Ramah have led her to the inevitable conclusion that the best place to be is outside. Tamar has studied in many institutions of Jewish learning, including TanenbaumCHAT, Associated Hebrew Schools, Pardes, and Urban Adamah. She draws on her diverse experiences in the Jewish and natural world to help others to become students of the wilderness. As a founding resident of Moishe Pod Toronto, she is dedicated to creating and facilitating Jewish community gatherings focused on ritual, song, and nature connection, with the ultimate goal of building a just society.

Ophir Haberer is a Men’s Retreat Facilitator and MenschUp Facilitator/coordinator for the Jewish Center for Domestic Abuse. Ophir, along with his brother Dor, has facilitated over 7 retreats and numerous workshops focused on creating immersive experiences for men to intimately relate to one another, claim more authentic expressions of themselves, and position themselves as better allies. Ophir has facilitated and consulted with numerous Jewish organizations around masculinity, Earth-based Judaism, and Sephardi/Mizrahi culture.

He is also a permaculture, culinary, rites-of-passage, and wilderness enthusiast/educator, self-published poet, and Esalen Massage practitioner. He is teaching currently an online series on ReWilding Judaism.

Heela lives and works in Yaffo, Tel Aviv. Coming from an orthodox background in Jerusalem, Heela is a graphic designer (working at Eretz Nehederet tv show, among others), a cultural creator of colorful events around the city (notably, through collaborations with TEDER.FM and others), a member of Onya collective, the Florentine community garden, and a managing partner in CTLV urban tours, focusing on Tel-Aviv’s notorious central bus station and Neve Sha’anan neighborhood . Heela is an urban activist and community organiser, taking part in most of the significant community struggles of recent years against the municipality’s unbalanced development plans for south Tel Aviv. In the past few years she’s been studying local edible flora and botanicals and leads seasonal urban foraging tours.

BaMidbar takes a wellness lens on Judaism. We envision a Jewish community that actively supports its members in cultivating mental health and wellness, and work to ensure that Jewish youth and young adults have the confidence, skills, and community support to navigate life’s challenges and thrive in the face of adversity. BaMidbar offers clinical services and educational programming that integrates experiential learning, clinically-informed frameworks, and Jewish tradition and aims to strengthen well-being and foster resilience.

Emma Howitt is a Licensed Professional Counselor-Supervisor and a Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor. Originally from Houston, Emma earned her Bachelor’s in Psychology at Texas State University and her Master’s in Mental Health Counseling at Yeshiva University. Prior to working at Shalom Austin Jewish Family Service (JFS), Emma was a therapist at several non-profit behavioral health and substance abuse agencies in the Austin area. Emma brings more than ten years’ experience as a professional in non-profit organizations. Her counseling and therapeutic focus covers a range of needs, including individuals, couples and families dealing with issues such as depression, anxiety, self-esteem, substance abuse, relationships, and life transitions.

As a therapist and community educator with Shalom Austin JFS, Emma has facilitated many psychoeducation workshops and group therapy sessions that incorporate Judaism in mental health and substance abuse treatment. She has created programming specifically at the intersection of mental health and Judaism, including a community storytelling event which highlighted Austin Jews in recovery, an ongoing Mood and Mindfulness workshop, and Shalom Village, a supportive social group for new Jewish parents. Emma is also a Gottman Institute-trained facilitator for the renowned couples’ workshop, The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work.

https://shalomaustin.org/jfs-staff/#howitt

Yiddish teacher, song leader, diaspora culture proveyeur – all with a queer/trans and radical lens. Binya speaks 4 languages, is Sefardi and Ashkenazi and a student of her cultures. She can lead music workshops, Talmud learnings, Jewish holiday and spiritual experiences, political education and more.

Legally blind from Retinitis Pigmentosa, Charlie Kramer unites, magnetizes and
elevates those around him. Recently featured in USA Today, Charlie is a life coach for
the Disabled, helping his clients gain vital self advocacy skills, independence,
acceptance, and guides them in effectively accomplishing their relationship and career
goals.

An international touring speaker, performer and musical artist, Charlie has traveled
across North America, Israel and Australia sharing his talent and powerful message.
He utilizes his blindness as a tool to educate people on the importance of inclusion,
equality and radical self-acceptance.
To learn more about Charlie, his offerings and to work with him, visit
www.charliekramervision.com.

Arielle Krule is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, community organizer, and student in Yeshivat Maharat’s Core Semikha program. She is the founding director of Selah, a spiritual community of people in recovery and those who love them, grounded in Jewish tradition. Arielle also teaches and learns Mishnah at Luria Academy of Brooklyn in its middle school.

Previously, Arielle has served as Rabbinical Fellow at the Prospect Heights Shul, Scholar-In-Residence at At The Well, consultant for Hillel International’s Springboard Fellowship, and Fellowship Manager at Atra: The Center for Rabbinic Innovation. Arielle was the Director of the Jewish Learning Fellowship, the largest educational provider on college campuses in North America through the Office of Innovation, and the Director of the NYC CUNY Hillel Social Work Fellowship.

Arielle has her BSW, MSW, SIFI certification, and certificate in Spirituality and Social Work from NYU and a certificate in Experiential Education from M2: The Institute for Experiential Jewish Education. She is a Wexner Graduate Fellow and UJA-Federation of NY Fellow. She can be found in Brooklyn with her husband and dog inviting you over for Shabbat.

Nature is a tremendous well-spring of Jewish spirituality as well as a source of many of our Jewish traditions and Mitzvoth. Josh brings nature and Judaism alive on walks, hikes, canoe trips and multi-day adventures. Creation is at the Beginning of the Torah because nature and all its elements are the building blocks that Abraham, Sara, Miriam, Moses and all our ancestors used to experience God and spirituality. Nature connects us to our true inner neshamas, as well as our friends and community. Josh uses nature to build connections to our traditions, ancestors and descendants as well as create bridges to having a good time outdoors! From building forts, making one-match fires and general bushcraft activities, Creation comes alive in fun and meaningful ways for participants in Josh’s programs.

Nechama Shaina is an expressive arts therapist that utilizes dance, visual arts and drama in her therapy practice with both groups and individuals. Nechama also has a strong background as a Jewish educator, inspired by mystical teachings and traditions. Nechama is an artist and Hebrew scribe. She is passionate about integrating spirituality and personal, trans personal and interpersonal growth. Nechama also has training in dream work, meditation, mindfulness and “Avodat haLev’ song/prayer leading.

She has worked with organizations as an educator such as Hazon the contemporary Jewish museum of San Francisco and local synagogues and schools.

Sholom Licht is a student at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School. A native of Queens, N.Y., Sholom studied at a number of Yeshivas in both the U.S. and Israel before attending Bar-Ilan University and Yeshiva University, where he received a B.A. and M.A. respectively, in Jewish studies. Sholom served as an editor and translator for the Koren English Talmud Bavli project, as a teacher, and as the Director of the Executive Office of the Orthodox Union, before pursuing a legal career. In his free time, Sholom greatly enjoys the outdoors; skiing in the winter, hiking and camping in the summer, and biking all year round.

Kiki Lipsett is a musician, educator, performer, and prayer leader. Her work meets at the intersection of social justice and music. She is a professionally trained vocalist, pianist, and guitar player and has a background in musical theater performance. Kiki uses her music and arts training to support youth experiencing homelessness to develop their unique voices and to elevate their songs and stories. She also regularly leads music for Shabbat and High Holiday services and is involved in musical projects for community-building and for individuals who are ill or grieving.

Kiki is known in the Bay Area for writing, directing, producing, and performing in “Irreverently Yours, The Shushan Queens,” an annual, politically satirical, feminist, musical comedy for Purim all in rhyme. She and her cast have performed to sold out Bay Area audiences each year for the past 3 years. While on a fellowship in Israel/Palestine, she created and performed an original one-woman show called, “The Land is Shaking,” exploring the relationship between land and identity.

Kiki is also a creative consultant and musical content creator. She works with individuals, organizations, and companies to create original or parody songs for events, marketing, or just for fun.

Cantor Abbe Lyons is dedicated to enhancing the spiritual and emotional power of music and Jewish learning in everyday life as well as in sacred spaces. She is the Assistant Program Director for the ALEPH Cantorial Program, where she received smicha as Hazzan (Cantor) in 2010, and on the faculty for the Davennen Leadership Training Institue. She is Jewish Chaplain at Ithaca College, where she received a B.Mus. in voice performance in 1987.

Cantor Lyons is an innovative liturgist and composer whose published work includes Jewish Liturgy: A Guide for Everyone, poetry, alternative social justice haftarot, and original music on the album Listen! with her multifaith band, Resonate, and solo album Household Chores. She is a dynamic SpeakChorus Torah group midrash facilitator, and offers Contemplative Torah groups and presentations/performances on Jewish Communities Around the World Through Music. Current projects include multigender and nonbinary liturgy and Torah translations.

Dr. C. Tova Markenson loves exploring the mystery of the present moment with individuals and groups.

Her work grows out of 10+ years of experience in the fields of collaboration, communication, and creativity. She aims to restore joyful connection to our inherent goodness through practices that are mindfulness-based and trauma informed.

Tova has designed and taught courses on mindfulness, storytelling and communication to non-profit professionals, spiritual leaders, young adults, and life-long learners.

She has guided teams of rising artists and professional creatives in co-creating performances that address urgent communal needs. She has published poems, essays, and peer-reviewed articles. Tova has received several awards for her work in the fields of Jewish studies, theatre studies, and sexuality studies.

PhD Northwestern University, BA Carleton College.

Manuel is an experienced educator with a long trajectory in both formal and non formal educational settings. He has wokred as Madrij for 8 years in Macabi and Masorti movements (tnuot), where he led and trained other educators for their roles. He has been a student at Atheret Tzvi Ieshiva since 2017 where he studied jewish texts such as Jumash, Tanaj and Talmud. He holds a degree in psychology, specialized in education and currently works in consulting as a training and educational experience and curriculum designer.

Jake Marmer is a poet, performer, and educator. He is the author of three poetry collections: Cosmic Diaspora (Station Hill Press, 2020), as well as The Neighbor Out of Sound (2018) and Jazz Talmud (2012), both from The Sheep Meadow Press. He also released two klez-jazz-poetry records: Purple Tentacles of Thought and Desire (2020, with Cosmic Diaspora Trio), and Hermeneutic Stomp (Blue Fringe Music, 2013). Jake is the poetry critic for Tablet Magazine. Born in the provincial steppes of Ukraine, in a city that was renamed four times in the past 100 years, Jake lives in Amherst, MA. For more information, see https://linktr.ee/jakemarmer

Rav Sarah serves as the Rabbi of Base LNCLN, opening her home and her heart to students and young adults in Lincoln Park, Chicago. She passionately believes that Torah matters and that Judaism can enrich human life and better society.

Sarah grew up in Murray, Utah, and is the descendant of Jewish pioneers, Congregationalist ministers, and at least two different signers of the Declaration of Independence. Having discovered a new relationship to her Yidishkeit in college and several times since, she is especially excited to support you as you figure out what your Jewishness means for you!

Sarah is also a nationally-regarded adult education teacher. Particular areas of interest are reading Jewish legal texts as a source of wisdom, feminist and gendered perspectives on Judaism, and exploring questions of economic justice. She is also a serious Shabbat stan.

Sarah most recently led the Created Equal Project at the Shalom Hartman Institute, and is committed to building a Jewish community which upholds the human dignity of people of all genders and uses its power ethically. Previously, Sarah has worked as a Rabbi and Jewish Educator in a variety of settings, including pulpits, social justice organizations, mikvaot, hospitals, and in formal and experiential education. Sarah has been involved in the leadership of several independent minyanim and is a lover of singing inflected traditional-liturgy davening.

Sarah was ordained by the Rabbinical School of Hebrew College and received private rabbinic ordination from Rabbi Daniel Landes. She also earned a Masters in Jewish Education from Hebrew College. She is an alumna of Brandeis University, Yeshivat Hadar, Pardes Institute, Drisha Institute, Beit Midrash Har El, the Wexner Graduate Fellowship, and the David Hartman Center Fellowship.

Sarah has been learning Torah and building Jewish community with Rabbi William Friedman for 15 years, and happily they also got married and became the parents of two amazing kiddos, Liana and Shimon. Sarah can be reached at sarahemulhern@gmail.com

“Who is wise? One who learns from all”, these are the words that ring truest to Danniell. Through her work with the disability community, interfaith dialogue, and adult and family programming, Danniell excels at establishing connections and building relationships. Danniell is committed to cultivating mindful immersive opportunities for individuals to explore their Jewish identity and build community. Born and raised in Metro-Detroit, Danniell has also lived in Seattle where she helped individuals delve into their heritage through education and experiences, as the Jewish Life and Learning Professional at the SJCC, and currently lives in Atlanta serving as the Senior Director of Jewish Journeys, Places, and Welcoming and the Jewish Federation. Danniell loves bold flavors, deep conversations, and anything with peanut butter and chocolate.

Tiferet is a Jewish environmental educator and community builder. She holds a Masters in Education and a B.A. in Diaspora and Transnational Studies with a focus on relationships between diasporic and indigenous communities. Tiferet completed the Wild Deer wilderness skills training, and is a recipient of the David Suzuki Award for environmental educators. She has worked with the TDSB, the Toronto Parks Forestry and Recreation Department, the University of Toronto’s Multifaith Centre and is founding resident of Moishe Pod Toronto. Tiferet’s current role is the Co-Director of Shoresh, a Jewish nature connection organization in Southern Ontario.

Rabbah Dr. Mira Neshama Weil helps people find connection to their Jewish Soul through meaningful encounters with texts, rituals and meditative practices from the Jewish tradition.

A certified Jewish Experiential Educator (Pardes), Certified Jewish Mindfulness Teacher (IJS), Mindfulness Instructor (MTI) and Yoga Teacher (Sira RYT 200), Mira’s work focuses on helping people build and sustain Jewish fluency, spiritual practice (through Hasidic Torah Learning and Indigenous Jewish Meditation) and Ethical discipline (Musar), through retreats, courses and workshops.

The cofounder with her husband Matan Weil of Neshima.co, the first Jewish Meditation mobile App, she lives in Israel from where she teaches in person and online internationally since 2013. She also writes and speaks on Jewish Wisdom, and Paint illustrations for French Jewish media (Tenou’a, L’Eclaireur, Akadem, Shofar).
Mira received her Ph.D in Sociology of Religion at the EHESS in Paris and her Orthodox Rabbinic Smikha from Prof. Rabbi Daniel Sperber at Beit Midrash Har’El in Jerusalem.
When she isn’t teaching, writing or painting, Mira can be found in her favorite yoga studio in Tel Aviv, baking challah, or looking at God through the leaves of the trees.

A firm believer that making the world a better place starts with each of us, she thrives to embody what she teaches every day: living ethically, opening the heart.

Avery Robinson is a culinary historian who has written over 100 pages on kugel, baked challah for 300+ on an open fire, and worked in bakeries in Tel Aviv and NYC. He led camping trips with Ramah Canada for a decade and has also guided trips for Moishe House and others. Avery is a co-founder of Rye Revival, a nonprofit promoting rye as a climate change mitigation strategy, and co-owner of Black Rooster Food, which makes 100% rye sourdough bread. He works in Jewish philanthropy and is the board chair of Hekdesh, a volunteer-run giving circle.

Educator, former MH staff, project director for RSJ-programs of Nadav Foundation. In the past overseed Jewish educational programs for teens and young adults, had huge experience in developing programs and creating edutainment formats. Over the past three years Leonid has spent extensive time working on the topic of modern Jewish identity, a topic which he is extremely passionate about.

Sonya Sanford is a writer, chef, and co-host of the popular food podcast: Food Friends – Home Cooking Made Easy. Born in Seattle to Ukrainian-immigrant parents, Sonya spent her early professional life working in the film industry in Los Angeles before pivoting to a career as a chef and moving back to the Pacific Northwest to open her Jewish restaurant, Beetroot Market & Deli. Specializing in Ukrainian and Soviet food, Jewish diasporic food, and Pacific Northwest seasonal cooking, her writing has been featured in Eater, the Nosher, and

Tablet Magazine and her recipes have been nationally syndicated in Jewish media outlets. She recently published her debut cookbook: “Braids: Recipes From My Pacific Northwest Jewish Kitchen,” and you can find more of her work at www.sonyasanford.com and follow her on Instagram @sonyamichellesanford

Sonya’s main categories are culinary/diasporic Jewish food/Jewish food history/Ukrainian and Soviet food.

Alejandro Schonfeld (1986) es guionista y docente. Estudió Historia en la Universidad de Buenos Aires y Artes Audiovisuales en la Universidad Nacional de Artes. También curso estudios judaicos en diversas instituciones judías de Argentina y en el Majón LeMadrijim Jutz La’Aretz en Israel (2005). Como guionista escribió series documentales sobre temas varios para Canal Encuentro y la productora Nudo Colectivo Audiovisual.

Alejandro Schonfeld (1986) is a screenwriter and teacher. He studied History at the University of Buenos Aires and Audiovisual Arts at the National University of Arts. He also studied Judaic studies in various Jewish institutions in Argentina and at the Machon LeMadrichim Chutz La’Aretz in Israel (2005). As a screenwriter, he wrote documentary series on various topics for Canal Encuentro and the production company Nudo Colectivo Audiovisual.

Caryn Shebowich is a social worker, a youth worker, a Jewish ritual song leader, an organizer, and a former Teva educator. They are currently doing work around the carceral state and Shabbat rest as a radical practice. They love creating individualized Jewish ritual, will talk your ear off about the difference between anti zionism and anti semitism, and they are a total geek about mikvehs, facilitation, swing dancing, and cheese.

Alyssa Silva is the Programming Manager for the Office of Open Learning at American Jewish University whose passion is to reimagine and implement what Jewish community looks like by bringing a unique perspective on what is engaging and inspiring Jewish communities today. Prior to arriving at AJU, she was the Assistant Executive Director of Houston Hillel, the Programming and Operations Associate at Maryland Hillel, and is a proud Moishe House DC alumni. Alyssa has a Master’s Degree in Jewish Nonprofit Management from The Zelikow School, a BA in Religious Studies from The University of Arizona, and a certificate in Jewish Experiential Education from The Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies.

Anise Simon is a reproductive health advocate and non-profit professional. She is an alumnus of the Brandeis Collegiate Institute program through AJU and a co-founder of the Triangle Moishe House (Chapel Hill, NC). As a racial and reproductive justice facilitator, she enjoys weaving Jewish themes to help “wrestle” with Jewish text and connect our values with our religious and cultural tradition. Anise grew up in Jewish communities in both the US and the Caribbean and currently lives between South Florida and Northern California with her partner and two dogs. Currently, Anise works as the Member Systems Manager at the National Network of Abortion Funds and renovates vacation rental properties near the beach. Anise enjoys community organizing, vegetable gardens, and live music. You can find her online @Aniseyy.

Consultant, University Lecturer, Cross Culturalist, Mediator, Urbanist and Entrepreneur. Ilyll has over a decade of experience in leading, training and guiding diverse groups and individuals in cross-cultural fields in English, Hebrew, French and Spanish. Ilyll has lived and worked in the USA, France, Spain and Argentina while researching cultures and initiating and leading entrepreneurial projects. Through international encounters she has gained knowledge and hands-on experience of how cultures shape business interactions and organizational norms. In one-on-one sessions, group trainings and workshops, Ilyll’s mediator skills allow her to bridge the challenging cultural gaps and transform them into strengths. Over the years she has developed elaborate models and tools for implementing the impact of cultures on the ways in which people think, feel and act. Ilyll holds an MA in Mediation & Conflict Resolution from Tel Aviv University.

Former Moishe House resident and Senior Director of House Programs, now a therapist with a specialism in holistic approaches, Joel is an accredited 5Rhythms® dance and movement meditation teacher, with additional background in mindfulness, facilitation, theater, and creative methods of Jewish education. He has taught at multiple Limmud conferences, Moishe House programs, and various retreats, and co-led the first Retreatology.

Rabbi Micha received rabbinical ordination in 2017 and has since served various communities in Jerusalem and now in Jaffa. He is a community builder, who leads monthly Rosh Chodesh fires, learning groups and holiday events.

Charles “Chaz” Volk is a passionate and open minded leader that is absorbed by his Jewish journey. Having his 3rd trip in Israel with AishLIT, he came home wanting to not just be Jewish but also DO Jewish. Since then, he has created a podcast called Bad Jew, where he discusses the nuances of Jewish ritual and practice by asking blunt and confrontational questions. He is affiliated with Aish HaTorah, Chabad, NFTY, and Moishe House. Chaz specializes in open dialogue, prayer, meditation, and is always learning more.

Rabbi Miriam-Simma Walfish is a doctoral candidate in Rabbinics in the department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations. Her specific interests include rabbinic approaches to gender, parenting, and education. Her article, “Upending the Curse of Eve: Reframing Maternal Breastfeeding in BT Ketubot,” was published in the 2017 volume Mothers in the Jewish Cultural Imagination. Rabbi Walfish has taught Tanakh, Talmud, and Jewish Law in numerous settings including the Conservative Yeshiva, Hadar Institute, Harvard University, Hebrew College, and the National Havurah Committee’s summer institute. She revels in the process of learning Torah with and from her students.

Tanya holds a dual degree in Jewish Studies and Pedagogy, and she is also an alumna of Paideia – the Institute of Jewish Studies in Sweden. Additionally, she holds a Peer Support Specialist certificate in Adult Mental Health. Her work experience includes working with Hillel Russia, The Global Day of Jewish Learning, and serving as the RSJ Director of Jewish Education and community manager at Moishe House. She was also a co-founder of the Jewish educational project JewF.I.S.H., which aimed to make Jewish culture and text accessible and inspiring.

Currently, Tanya serves as the lead educator at the Multicultural Training Institute at LCSNW (Lutheran Community Services Northwest), where she assists diverse communities of immigrants and refugees in accessing education and support.

Her special interests lie in the Haggadah, connections between Jewish classical texts and modern life, promoting mental health and self-care, and Russian-Speaking Jewish culture and identity.

Tanya has been a lead educator on many Moishe House staff-led retreats in North America and the FSU.

She is passionate about opening learning opportunities for everyone and fostering understanding and connection within diverse communities.

Chloe Zelkha is a fifth-year rabbinical student at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, where she is a Wexner Graduate Fellow. She has spent the last ten years designing transformative programs for young people and adults. After graduating from Carleton College with a B.A. in Religion, she was trained as a community organizer through the JOIN for Justice Fellowship in Boston where she worked at The Food Project, a youth employment program that brings diverse cohorts of teens together to grow food and connect across difference. Looking to build immersive experiences like these in the Jewish community, she transitioned into a role as Fellowship Director at Urban Adamah, a Jewish farm in Berkeley, where she led semester-long deep dives for young adults into Jewish spirituality, farming, mindfulness, and social justice for nine seasons. After her dad died suddenly in 2017, she felt called to grief work and trained as a chaplain at UCSF Mission Bay Hospital, where she earned 3 units of CPE and offered spiritual care to those who were ill and dying, and facilitated “grief retreats” for young adults outside the hospital. She is the co-founder of the COVID Grief Network, a mutual aid organization—now a project of Reimagine—that offers free support and community to young adults who have lost someone to COVID-19. Chloe holds a Master’s in Education—focusing on transformative experiences—from Harvard University.

Logan Zinman Gerber (she/hers) is a community organizer and Jewish educator whose Judaism is rooted in social justice. As Director of Youth Strategy and Organizing at the Union for Reform Judaism, Logan oversees NFTY, teen fellowships, and youth leadership development for the Reform Movement.  

On the way to this role, Logan worked for seven years as the NFTY Chicago Director, partnering with student leaders to create programs and experiential learning for hundreds of high schoolers. As National Campaign Organizer for the Religious Action Center for four years, Logan taught high schoolers, college students, and young adults across the country how to be community organizers and use their skills and stories to mobilize their communities to make change. In her free time she volunteered as co-chair of the American Cancer Society’s National Volunteer Training Team, where she develops content used in training 600+ volunteers and staff each year, both virtually and in person. She also serves as a keynote speaker and facilitator for groups of society volunteers and staff on systematic inventive thinking, fundraising, thriving through change, volunteer recruitment and management, and event planning.

Logan loves learning almost as much as creating educational experiences for others. She holds a BA in Religious Studies and Sociology from the University of Wisconsin and a Masters in Social Administration and Social Work from the University of Chicago. 

You can find Logan running by the lake in Chicago with her dogs, searching for the perfect chocolate chip cookie recipe, and eating pizza for Shabbat with her partner, Ben, and her small humans, Judah and Pearl. She is humbled to get to wake up every day and support our youth leaders in the development of their youth movement and pursuit of justice.