Bryan Mann, a Temple University graduate, is a queer rabbinical student entering his fourth year at Hebrew College. A member of the Moishe Kavod House and Keshet Boston, he is actively engaged in social justice work to combat police brutality, fight for a living wage, and promote the full inclusion of LGBTQ people. In addition…

Jennifer Mager is a first year rabbinical student at Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion. She is originally from Cos Cob, Connecticut and studied engineering at Brown University. She received a B.S. in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines in Golden, Colorado. In addition to her career in engineering,…

Sarah Berman is a first year rabbinical student at Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion. An art historian and archaeologist, she worked for more than 10 years in the curatorial department at the Seattle Art Museum. There, she researched the museum’s permanent collections with a focus on provenance (history of ownership)–especially WWII era–and…

Ariel Root Wolpe is a third year rabbinical student at the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies at American Jewish University in Los Angeles. She originally hails from Philadelphia, PA, and received her B.A. in religion and music at Emory University, where she was active on the Inter-Faith Council and religious life. Ariel has produced three…

Ari Witkin, a Minneapolis native and Goucher College graduate, is a third year rabbinical student at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College. Prior to joining the RRC community, he spent 5 years loving living in Baltimore where he worked as a community organizer engaging religious communities in violence prevention and youth advocacy campaigns and as an experiential…

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…

Deborah Goldberg is a first year rabbinical student at Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion. Prior to enrolling at HUC-JIR, Deborah served as the Teen Programs Coordinator at the Jewish Council on Urban Affairs in Chicago, IL. In this role, she managed all aspects of JCUA’s teen social justice program, Or Tzedek. Before…

Jessica Fisher is a second year rabbinical student at the Jewish Theological Seminary. Before beginning rabbinical school she ran the Chicago Diller Teen Fellows, a leadership development program for Jewish teens, and worked at the Greater Chicago Food Depository. Born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio, she first moved to New York to attend the joint…

Nora Feinstein is a first year student at the Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion. Before starting rabbinical school, Nora served as a Program Associate at the Schusterman Family Foundation in DC. She holds bachelor’s degrees from Barnard College and the Jewish Theological Seminary, where she pursued a course of study in literature, history, and people watching. Nora…