Rabbi Elana Friedman graduated from the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College. Before entering rabbinical school in 2010, Elana spent seven years working for the Fund for the Public Interest, a nonprofit organization that runs campaigns for environmental and progressive causes. She graduated from Washington University in St. Louis with a BA in Environmental Studies. As a rabbinical student, Elana worked as the rabbinic intern of Hillel at Temple University, served as chaplaincy intern for a community of elders at the Abramson Center for Jewish Life, and as a mentor for an interfaith teen program, Walking the Walk. Elana also had the privilege of serving as the Reconstructionist Student Association President, the RRC Purim Spielmeister and is the bass guitar player for an RRC inspired house band, titled “The Ritual Committee.”
