Mikey Hess Webber hails from Baltimore MD. She is so excited to be working toward her ordination from the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College in 2021.
In her years leading up to rabbinical school, Mikey’s career centered primarily around the mentorship of Jewish teens. She spent five years working with BBYO and another three as the Youth Director at Oseh Shalom Congregation in Laurel MD. She was also a member of JUFJ’s inaugural Baltimore cohort of Jeremiah Fellows – an opportunity for her to explore how Jewish values, culture and community can support the goals of economic and social justice.
Mikey has worked for Baltimore Hebrew Congregation and the Jewish Learning Venture – an organization that engages people with special needs and their families, supporting their ability to access a range of Jewish educational experiences.
From 2011-2013, Mikey lived on Kibbutz Ma’agan Michael. There, she worked in the fish ponds and then as a traveling pizza maker. She had the opportunity to connect with people across Israel as she fed them and participated in their simchas. It is during this time in Israel that she developed a deeply complex and nuanced relationship with the place and the people. Since her time in Israel, as the political climate grows more polarized, she has become passionate about raising up the humanity and diverse narratives that too often get forgotten in conversations about the conflict. This passion has led to her completion, in May 2018, of a Master’s Concentration in Israel Education through the ICenter in Chicago.
In her free time, Mikey is an avid gardener and spends a lot of time in the dirt. She also spends a lot of time with her cat, Reuben and her husband, Scott.
