Rabba Anat Sharbat was ordained by Yeshivat Maharat in 2015 and holds a PhD in Talmud from Bar-Ilan University. During her summer at T’ruah, she interned at the Women’s Prison Association.
Sandra Lawson is a second year rabbinical student at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College. Prior to moving to Philadelphia she worked as a personal trainer, an Adjunct Professor, and served as the Investigative Researcher for the Anti-Defamation League’s Southeast Region, becoming the go-to person when Law Enforcement in the South needed information on hate groups. As…
Rabbi Daniel Kirzane was ordained by Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in New York City in 2014. During his summer at T’ruah he interned at Safe Horizon’s Anti-Trafficking Program.
Jason Fenster is a second year rabbinical student at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. Before coming to rabbinical school, Jason served as an Eisendrath Legislative Assistant at the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism where he focused on issues of gun control, LGBT equality, criminal justice, disability rights, and voting rights. After his fellowship,…
Rabbi Alex Weissman graduated from the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College in 2017. As a T’ruah fellow, he worked at Safe Horizon’s Anti-Trafficking Program.
Rabbi Beni Wajnberg graduated in 2015 from Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion in Los Angeles, where he also earned a Masters in Hebrew Letters. Beni was born and raised in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. As a T’ruah Fellow, Beni interned at Community Voices Heard’s Westchester office.
Meggie O’Dell is a second-year rabbinical student at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, where she is also pursuing a master’s degree in Jewish sacred music through the H.L. Miller Cantorial School. Before coming to New York, Meggie lived in Chicago, where she completed one year at Northwestern University School of Law and later worked…
Rabbi Sarah Mulhern was ordained by the Rabbinical School of Hebrew College in 2017, where she was a member of the Wexner Graduate Fellowship. As a T’ruah Fellow, she interned with Damayan Migrant Workers Association.
Rachel Braun is a first year rabbinical student at the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies at American Jewish University. Rachel grew up in the suburbs of Chicago and attended Chicagoland Jewish High School. She then got her BA at Washington University in St. Louis in International Studies with a focus on the Middle East and…
Rabbi Bryan Wexler was ordained at the Jewish Theological Seminary, where he also received a Masters Degree in Jewish Education at the Davidson School of Education, in 2017. Bryan is also a Wexner Fellow. As a T’ruah Fellow, he interned at the Bronx Defenders.