Dave Yedid

Dave is a student at the Jewish Theological Seminary, pursuing rabbinic ordination as a Wexner Graduate Fellow and Davidson Scholar, expecting to graduate in 2022. Raised in Port Washington, New York, Dave graduated from Middlebury College with a BA in Geography. At Middlebury, he was a pioneer in the Jewish, LGBT, and dance communities. After...
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Chayva Lehrman

Chayva is a rabbinical student at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in New York, expecting to graduate in 2022. She feels very fortunate to be starting a career that incorporates her love of Jewish community, music, spirituality, social justice, and learning. Chayva grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area at Congregation Beth Am...
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Amanda Weiss

Amanda Katherine Weiss is a rabbinical student at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, expecting to graduate in 2023. Hailing from a small village in Rockland County, NY she has lived up and down the east coast for much of her life, excepting a four-year stint in Eugene, OR. A graduate of The George Washington...
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Danielle Kogan

Danielle graduated from the George Washington University in 2016 with a BA in Middle Eastern studies and a minor in Arabic, where she served as the J Street U GWU co-president and Southeast Regional co-chair. Before joining T’ruah, Danielle worked at the National U.S.-Arab Chamber of Commerce (NUSACC) in New York City. Danielle was born...
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Max Antman

Max Antman is a rabbinical student at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, expecting to graduate in 2024. Originally from Evanston, IL, Max attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and minors in English and Jewish Culture and Society. Max’s academic path sparked an...
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Tanya Farber

Tanya Farber (she/her/hers) is a rabbinical student at Yeshivat Maharat in Riverdale, NY, expecting to graduate in 2021. A school teacher for nearly fifteen years, Tanya is eager to expand her skills beyond the classroom and into the community. Over the course of her teaching career, Tanya has taught Judaic studies in yeshiva high schools...
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Jenna Shaw

Jenna Shaw (they/them/theirs) is a rabbinical student at Hebrew College in Newton, MA, in the class of 2023. Jenna grew up in Chicago and fell in love with political activism and the ways that social justice interacts with their Jewish identity when they stumbled into a local mayoral campaign office. Their deep call to activism...
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Julie Fishbach

Julie Fishbach (she/her) is a rabbinical student at Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion, expecting to graduate in 2026. She grew up in the Bay Area, where she was active in Temple Isaiah’s youth groups, and worked as a counselor and Program Director at Camp Tawonga. She studied Sociocultural Anthropology and Theater at...
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Adam Gillman

Adam Gillman (he/him) is a rabbinical student at The Jewish Theology Seminary (class of 2023). A native of Seattle, he is passionate about creating intentional spaces in which spiritual practice, environmental and racial justice, and egalitarian leadership can play grounding roles in letting learners discover how they can contribute to their communities, especially among those...
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Sarah Novick

Sarah (she/her) became a community organizer because she loves building collective power to improve people’s lives and make societal structures and systems more just and fair. Before T’ruah, Sarah led Jews United for Justice and the JUFJ Campaign Fund’s Washington, DC organizing work. While there, she worked with grassroots leaders and partners as part of...
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