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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Aron Wander

Aron Wander (he/him/his) is a rabbinical student at Hebrew College and expects to graduate in 2024. Before beginning rabbinical school, he worked in Boston as the Northeast Campus Organizer for J Street U, where he helped students plan campaigns and run programming related to Israel/Palestine. While in Boston, he served on the Coordinating Committee of...
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Briah Cahana

Briah Cahana (she/her) is a rabbinical student at Yeshivat Maharat in Riverdale, NY, in the 2023 class. Her upbringing in Sweden, Toronto, and Montreal enabled her to become a quick adapter to and great enthusiast for new environments, languages, and cultures. Her parents — a rabbi and social worker duo — modeled for her the...
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Rebecca Galin

Rebecca Galin (she/her) is a rabbinical student at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America (class of 2025). Prior to beginning her studies at JTS, Rebecca learned at Yeshivat Maharat, Yeshivat Chovevei Torah, and Yeshivat Hadar. Rebecca worked for two years at UJA Federation of New York, co-running a program for diverse Israeli social changemakers, managing...
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Eliana Willis

Eliana Willis (she/her) is a rabbinical student at Hebrew College and expects to graduate in 2024. Eliana grew up in Los Angeles and earned a B.A. in Environmental Studies from UC Santa Cruz. While in Santa Cruz she organized with Fossil Free UC, a successful campaign to divest the University of California from fossil fuels....
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Kelly Whitehead

Kelly Whitehead (she/they) is a rabbinical student at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (’24), where she received her MA in Hebrew Literature and her M.A. in Jewish Nonprofit Management. Kelly is the Rabbinic Intern on the URJ Youth Organizing Team, where they created and organized the Teen Jew of Color Fellowship. She participated in the...
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David Elitzer

David Elitzer (he/him) is a rabbinical student at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion expecting to graduate in 2026. After graduating with a BA in Archaeology from Brown University, David was awarded a Marshall Scholarship to study wartime cultural heritage destruction. During this time, he received an MSc in International Public Policy from University College...
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Lilli Shvartsmann

Lilli Shvartsmann (she/her), a Los Angeles native, has always found outlets to further her passion for Jewish education. A rabbinical student at the Jewish Theological Seminary expecting to graduate in 2024, Lilli works as a rabbinic intern at Hillel at Binghamton University, where she provides learning opportunities and pastoral care for students. In 2020, Lilli...
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Sara LeMesh

Originally from the San Francisco Bay Area, Sara LeMesh (she/her) is a cantorial student at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (‘26). Sara earned a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance from Rice University and a Master of Music in Vocal Performance from the Bard College-Conservatory of Music. After graduate school, Sara relocated to San...
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