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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Eliezer Weinbach

Eliezer Weinbach (he/him) is a rabbinical student at Yeshivat Chovevei Torah in New York City, with expected ordination in 2024. He graduated from Yeshiva University with a BA in Psychology, and slowly made his way from that field to the Jewish professional world. As a retreat coordinator at The Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center, Eli...
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Michaela Brown

Michaela Brown (she/her/hers) is a proud native Virginian, spending the first 23 years of her life in Northern Virginia and Charlottesville. She developed a deep passion for Jewish community and feminism during high school through her involvement with B’nai B’rith Girls (BBG) and BBYO, serving as the International N’siah (President) of BBG for 2013-2014, traveling...
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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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Danny Drachsler

Danny (he/him) is committed to supporting organizations that strengthen the Jewish community and advance tikkun olam. He earned a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from the University of Virginia in 2005 and a Masters degree in Experiential Jewish Education from the Davidson School at the Jewish Theological Seminary in 2014. He is proud to have been...
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Join the Network of Rabbis and Cantors

Join more than 2,300 of your colleagues in bringing a Jewish moral voice to human rights in North America, Israel, and the occupied Palestinian territories. T’ruah chaverim are rabbis and cantors who stand up to be counted as human rights leaders, nationally and in their own communities. Being part of our chaverim network gives you...
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Plant Justice Not Settlements

In 2016, T’ruah won an important victory for transparency when we persuaded the Jewish National Fund-USA to publish a list of its projects on its publicly-available tax forms for the first time. That’s the good news. But the bad news is that we now know that JNF-USA doesn’t just plant trees in Israel, but also...
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Jennifer Mager

Jennifer Mager is a first year rabbinical student at Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion. She is originally from Cos Cob, Connecticut and studied engineering at Brown University. She received a B.S. in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines in Golden, Colorado. In addition to her career in engineering,...
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Abi Weber

Abi Weber, a rabbinical student at the Jewish Theological Seminary (expected graduation: 2021), was born in Philadelphia but soon became an enthusiastic Chicagoan. After graduating from Pomona College in 2011, she was a fellow in AVODAH: The Jewish Service Corps. during which she worked at a non-profit organization that provides employment training and supportive services for people...
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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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