Joshua Mikutis

Josh Mikutis is a 4th Year Rabbinical Student at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute in New York City and a 2nd Year Masters Student of Jewish Nonprofit Management at the Zelikow School of Jewish Nonprofit Management. Originally from Dayton, Ohio, he attended Haverford College where he graduated with Honors in Religion and History. After graduating, he...
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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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Becca Richman

Becca is a rabbinical student at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, expected to graduate in 2019, and a resident of sunny, West Philadelphia. Born in Metropolitan Washington, D.C., Becca was raised by avid bicyclist parents and the activism-oriented Adat Shalom community. Becca is a graduate of Brandeis University, where she studied Child Development and Environmental Studies....
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Ariel Zitny

Ariel Zitny is a rabbinical student at the Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion, where he will be ordained in 2022. While living in Jerusalem, he was the first male intern to work with Women of the Wall, an activist group fighting for women’s right to pray at the Western Wall. Before coming...
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Phoebe Ana Rabinowitsch

Phoebe Ana Rabinowitsch is a student at Yeshivat Maharat expected to graduate in 2022. She grew up in South Florida and earned a B.A. in Religion and Anthropology from American University (Washington, DC). Phoebe Ana has completed various internships including at Hillel International and a national voter registration campaign. Phoebe Ana studied at Hebrew University of Jerusalem and at Middlebury College Language Schools....
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Sara Blumenthal

Sara Blumenthal is a rabbinical student at Hebrew College expecting to graduate in 2022. Before moving to Boston, Sara volunteered in peacebuilding organizations in Jerusalem and advised a synagogue middle school youth group in her native Chicago. She has been fortunate to have been active in various Jewish communities that sparked her desire to work...
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Neta Hamami Tabib Dror

Neta (she/her) comes to T’ruah with a long history as an activist, educator, and group facilitator of youth and adult groups dealing with issues of identity and social justice. As a Mizrachi woman, Neta teaches and lectures about traditional and social Judaism and has been a teacher of Torah and social justice at Bina since...
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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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Allen Lipson

Allen Lipson (he/him/his) completed his first year of rabbinical school at the Jewish Theological Seminary, where he was the inaugural rabbinic intern at JTS’ Hendel Center for Justice and Ethics. After his T’ruah summer, he transferred to Hebrew College, where expects to be ordained in 2024. Previously a labor organizer at UNITE HERE, the hotel...
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Preston “Pesach” D. Neimeiser

Preston “Pesach” D. Neimeiser (he/him/his) is a rabbinical student at HUC in New York, expecting to graduate in 2021. He was born in Tallahassee, Florida the second son of two activists dedicated to the American labor movement, and grew up steeped in the Reform movement through synagogue, camp, youth group, and Israel experiences. He holds...
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