Alanna “Lonnie” Kleinman is originally from Tucson, Arizona and attended undergrad at Lewis and Clark College in Portland, OR, where she majored in Religious Studies and Art History. After college, she spent a year studying in Jerusalem at the Pardes Institute of Jewish studies. She subsequently moved to Jackson, Mississippi and learned from and with Southern Jewish communities. She has lived throughout the Southern United States, and spent time working with Moishe Houses through the region to create meaningful Jewish rituals and communities for young adults. Lonnie is a student at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College in Philadelphia, expecting to graduate in 2022. She has co-led mindfulness retreats in Northern Arizona and Austin and strives to create spaces that are accessible and honor each participant’s story. Lonnie views spiritual care as a beautiful, necessary act of accessing our inner struggles and grounding justice work in a powerful foundation of love. In her free time, she rock climbs, propagates succulents, and hangs with her cat Ruth Ginsberg.
