Rabbi Paula Marcus

Rabbi Paula Marcus was ordained by the Academy for Jewish Religion in Los Angeles, a trans-denominational seminary. She has served Temple Beth El in Aptos, CA since 1979. Rabbi Marcus chairs the Ethics Committee of OHALAH-The Association of Rabbis for Jewish Renewal. Rabbi Marcus actively demonstrates her commitment to exploring spirituality and learning as a worship and ritual...
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Nora Feinstein

Nora Feinstein is a first year student at the Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion. Before starting rabbinical school, Nora served as a Program Associate at the Schusterman Family Foundation in DC. She holds bachelor’s degrees from Barnard College and the Jewish Theological Seminary, where she pursued a course of study in literature, history, and people watching. Nora...
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Morris Panitz

Morris Panitz grew up in Norfolk, Virginia and attended the University of Maryland, College Park where he earned a double degree in Philosophy and Jewish Studies. He worked within the field of Jewish, environmental education from 2009-2014, participating in the Adamah Fellowship, serving as a farm apprentice at Ocean Air Farms, and leading the educational...
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Ariel Root Wolpe

Ariel Root Wolpe is a third year rabbinical student at the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies at American Jewish University in Los Angeles. She originally hails from Philadelphia, PA, and received her B.A. in religion and music at Emory University, where she was active on the Inter-Faith Council and religious life. Ariel has produced three...
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Nathan Roller

Nathan Roller is a third year rabbinical student at the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies at The American Jewish University in Los Angeles. He is originally from Marin County, CA. He recieved his B.A. in Religion from Whitman College where he also served as co-president of the campus Hillel. Before going to rabbinical school, he...
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Sarah Fort Sholklapper

Sarah Fort Sholklapper is a rabbinical student at the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies at the American Jewish University. A native of the DC area, she graduated from George Mason University with a degree in Government and International Politics, concentrating in the Middle East and North Africa, with the intention of going into foreign service....
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Sarah Krinsky

Sarah Krinsky is a second year rabbinical student at the Jewish Theological Seminary. She grew up in Los Angeles, California and went to Yale University, where she graduated with a Bachelor’s of Arts in 2012. At Yale, she was very involved in the Slifka Center for Jewish Life (which houses Yale’s Hillel), serving as the...
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Rabbi Ali (Sagadencky) Lawton

Ali Sagadencky is a third year rabbinical student at the Academy for Jewish Religion, California. Ali was born and raised in Los Angeles, CA. She completed her undergraduate and graduate work at Pepperdine University, receiving her Bachelor’s Degree in Liberal Arts as well as a Master’s Degree in Education with an emphasis on Early Childhood...
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Rabbi Beni Wajnberg

Rabbi Beni Wajnberg graduated in 2015 from Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion in Los Angeles, where he also earned a Masters in Hebrew Letters. Beni was born and raised in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. As a T’ruah Fellow, Beni interned at Community Voices Heard’s Westchester office.
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