Ali Sagadencky is a third year rabbinical student at the Academy for Jewish Religion, California. Ali was born and raised in Los Angeles, CA. She completed her undergraduate and graduate work at Pepperdine University, receiving her Bachelor’s Degree in Liberal Arts as well as a Master’s Degree in Education with an emphasis on Early Childhood…

Max Reynolds is a student at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College in Philadelphia. Originally from the Pacific Northwest, he moved to New York in 2003 for an MA in Philosophy of Religion at Union Theological Seminary. Max has over 10 years experience in direct services, primarily within LGBTQ and HIV-affected communities, including Callen-Lorde Community Health Center…

Mimi Micner is currently a rabbinical student at Hebrew College in Newton, Massachusetts. Before attending Hebrew College, she was the Senior New England Campus Organizer with J Street U, where she organized college students for a two state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Before working at J Street U, Mimi was a union organizer with…

Daniel Ross Goodman is a writer and a rabbinical student at Yeshivat Chovevei Torah (YCT) in New York, where he is editor-in-chief of the YCT Jewish Studies Journal. He is a regular contributor to Public Discourse (a publication of The Witherspoon Institute) and The Weekly Standard. Several of his articles have been Editors’ Picks in…

Rabbi Mónica Gomery was ordained by the Rabbinical School of Hebrew College in 2017. Her interests include poetry, niggunim, Talmud study, social justice, and pastoral care. As a T’ruah Fellow, she interned at the Women’s Prison Association.

Ariana Siegel is a first year rabbinical student at the Jewish Theological Seminary. At JTS, Ariana enjoys leading prayer services, including a new experimental minyan she co-founded. Ariana graduated from Tufts University in 2012 with a BA in Peace and Justice Studies and English literature and spent a semester studying Arabic in Alexandria, Egypt. After…

Katie Greenberg is a fourth year rabbinical student at the Jewish Theological Seminary, where she is pursuing her Masters in Education and a certificate in Clinical Pastoral Education. A native New Yorker, she graduated from Oberlin College with a degree in Jewish History and Environmental Studies. She spent three years living in Israel, where she…

Sarah Grabiner grew up in London and has been keenly involved in Jewish life since starting North Western Reform Synagogue preschool at age 2! After high school, she spent a gap year in Israel studying in Jerusalem and volunteering with Eritrean refugees in Tel Aviv, and then studied Hebrew at Oxford University. Sarah has been…

Eric L. Abbott is a fourth-year rabbinical student and educator studying at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (HUC-JIR). Originally from Warwick, RI, he graduated summa cum laude from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, with a B.A. in Judaic Studies. Since arriving in New York, Eric has taught 6th and 7th graders, led services at…