Nathan Roller

Nathan Roller is a third year rabbinical student at the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies at The American Jewish University in Los Angeles. He is originally from Marin County, CA. He recieved his B.A. in Religion from Whitman College where he also served as co-president of the campus Hillel. Before going to rabbinical school, he...
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Sarah Fort Sholklapper

Sarah Fort Sholklapper is a rabbinical student at the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies at the American Jewish University. A native of the DC area, she graduated from George Mason University with a degree in Government and International Politics, concentrating in the Middle East and North Africa, with the intention of going into foreign service....
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Rabbi Philip Gibbs

Rabbi Philip Gibbs was ordained by the Jewish Theological Seminary in 2017. He is originally from Marietta, Georgia. At Washington University in St. Louis, he participated in the Interdisciplinary Project in the Humanities–an intense academic program that gives students the analytical tools to understand a topic in a fuller historical and philosophical context. Through this...
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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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Ayelet Hines

Ayelet has three decades of experience working on campaigns for public health, workers rights, the environment, human rights, public safety, gay rights, environmental justice, animal rights and political candidates in more than 20 states and internationally. Ayelet’s career has involved organizing, strategic communications, non-violent direct action, lobbying, training, Get-Out-the-Vote, fundraising, and publishing for Environmental Defense Fund,...
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Sienna Lotenberg

Sienna Lotenberg is a rabbinical student at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, expecting to graduate in 2023. Born and raised outside Washington, DC, she fell in love with Judaism at Temple Rodef Shalom in Falls Church, VA. Prior to rabbinical school, Sienna lived in Providence, RI, while earning her bachelor’s degree in History and...
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Danny Stein

Danny Stein (he/him) is a rabbinical student at Hebrew College (Class of 2023). He grew up in the Chicagoland Reform movement, spending many summers at Camp OSRUI in Wisconsin. Graduating American University with a degree in public communication and marketing, he moved on to Hebrew University in Jerusalem, which together with Svara in Chicago ignited...
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