Morris Panitz grew up in Norfolk, Virginia and attended the University of Maryland, College Park where he earned a double degree in Philosophy and Jewish Studies. He worked within the field of Jewish, environmental education from 2009-2014, participating in the Adamah Fellowship, serving as a farm apprentice at Ocean Air Farms, and leading the educational team at the Pearlstone Center. There, he managed the Jewish Community Gardening Collective and served as the Program Director at the Pearlstone Center, overseeing a wide array of innovative educational programs, including farm-based field trips, conferences and retreats, immersive programs, and service learning. In August, 2014, Morris and his wife, Elana, relocated to Los Angeles, where he has now completed two years of rabbinical school at the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies at American Jewish University. He is a graduate of Yeshiva University’s Certificate in Jewish, experiential education program and a member of the Wexner Graduate Fellowship.
