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 worked at Santa Barbara Hillel and as a fundraiser for environmental and progressive non-profits. Nathan has always had a strong passion for interfaith and cross-cultural dialogue, organizing a Jewish Diversity Film Festival at Whitman, and an Israeli-Palestinian Film Festival in Santa Barbara. Since starting rabbinical school, he has continued to be active in interfaith dialogue, attending and planning various conferences with Jewish, Christian and Muslim seminarians. Jewish Lights recently published the study guide he wrote, with Rabbi Bradley Shavit Arton, to Rabbi Artson’s latest book God of Becoming and Relationship: The Dynamic Nature of Process Theology.
