Rachel (Braun) Rubenstein

Rachel Braun is a first year rabbinical student at the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies at American Jewish University. Rachel grew up in the suburbs of Chicago and attended Chicagoland Jewish High School. She then got her BA at Washington University in St. Louis in International Studies with a focus on the Middle East and...
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Meggie O’Dell

Meggie O’Dell is a second-year rabbinical student at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, where she is also pursuing a master’s degree in Jewish sacred music through the H.L. Miller Cantorial School. Before coming to New York, Meggie lived in Chicago, where she completed one year at Northwestern University School of Law and later worked...
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Rabbi Jason Fenster

Jason Fenster is a second year rabbinical student at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. Before coming to rabbinical school, Jason served as an Eisendrath Legislative Assistant at the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism where he focused on issues of gun control, LGBT equality, criminal justice, disability rights, and voting rights. After his fellowship,...
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Sandra Lawson

Sandra Lawson is a second year rabbinical student at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College. Prior to moving to Philadelphia she worked as a personal trainer, an Adjunct Professor, and served as the Investigative Researcher for the Anti-Defamation League’s Southeast Region, becoming the go-to person when Law Enforcement in the South needed information on hate groups. As...
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Rabbi Raysh Weiss, PhD

Rabbi Raysh Weiss holds a PhD in Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature from the University of Minnesota. She was ordained by the Jewish Theological Seminary in 2016. During her summer with T’ruah, she interned at CAAAV. Raysh also served as a student member of T’ruah’s board from 2014-2016.
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Ben Goldberg

Ben Goldberg is a rabbinical student at the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York, where he is also earning an MA in Midrash, and will be ordained in 2018. During the 2016-7 school year, Ben was Rabbinic Intern at Rutgers University Hillel and also at Congregation Beth Israel in Scotch Plains, NJ. During previous rabbinical...
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Daniel Atwood

Daniel is a student at Yeshivat Chovevei Torah Rabbinical School, expecting to be ordained in 2019, and a resident of the vibrant community in Washington Heights, Manhattan. He graduated Summa Cum Laude from the Honors Program at Yeshiva University, with majors in Psychology and Medieval Jewish Studies, where he also served as Managing Editor and Senior...
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Atara Cohen

Atara Cohen is a student at Yeshivat Maharat, expecting to be ordained in 2020, who hopes to inspire her future congregants to connect Torah with social justice work. She graduated from Princeton University with a BA in Religion and a Certificate in Judaic Studies. Through her undergraduate studies, she focused on the impact of text on...
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Sarah Berman

Sarah Berman is a rabbinical student at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in New York, expecting to graduate in 2020. She comes to rabbinical studies after a career in the arts. For more than a decade, Sarah researched the broad permanent collections of the Seattle Art Museum, specializing in provenance (the history of ownership...
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Nora Woods

Nora is a rabbinical student at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, expecting to graduate in 2020. She received her B.A., as a religion major, from Earlham College in Richmond, Indiana. Before rabbinical school, Nora was an Americorps member with City Year, managed a farm in Newtown, PA, was an Adamah Fellow at Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center,...
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