Rabbi Sharon Mars became the senior rabbi at Temple Israel in Columbus, Ohio in 2017, and for 4 years prior to that served as TI’s Associate Rabbi and Director of Community Engagement. She received her rabbinic ordination from Hebrew Union College, New York in 1998. Previously, Sharon served as a rabbi in Jewish Community Centers,…
Claire Davidson Bruder is a rabbinical student at the Jewish Theological Seminary. She has been a Youth Advisor and Shabbat Model Educator at B’nai Jeshurun (New York.) She graduated Magna Cum Laude from Brown University with a B.A. in Judaic Studies and Middle East Studies. She was the Strategic Communications and Development Associate at APN…
Rabbi Hannah Ellenson (she/her) is a graduate from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. She was raised as an active member of the Jewish communities in Los Angeles and New York. After graduating from Wellesley College in 2008 with a B.A. in History and Jewish Studies, she earned her M.P.P. from Tel Aviv University with…
Rabbi Lauren Henderson originally hails from Spartanburg, SC, and serves as the rabbi of Congregation Or Hadash in Sandy Springs, GA. She earned her BA from Rice University in 2009 in Religious Studies and History, and studied at the Pardes Institute in Jerusalem and the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies in Los Angeles before transferring…
David Behrman is President & Publisher of Behrman House Publishers. Prior to joining Behrman House, he was a consultant in the New York office of McKinsey & Co., serving clients in the financial services, professional services, food, and transportation industries, as well as several prominent museums in New York and Washington DC. Prior to that…
As a kid, Aaron (he/they) liked to take things apart to figure out how they worked. Today, rather than dissecting radios from the town dump, Aaron prefers to take apart spreadsheets, operating procedures, and organizational systems. He would like to think he has gotten a bit better at putting things back together, hopefully making them…
Alex Druzbanski (he/him) is excited to be on the T’ruah team as the development coordinator. With a background in the arts and fitness, he is thrilled to bring his creative side to the analytic work of the job. Alex hails from Atlanta, Georgia, but has called many parts of America home such as Pittsburgh, Dallas,…
Savannah Lipner is a first-year rabbinical student at JTS who is currently serving as an Organizing and Leadership Development Intern at Dayenu and rabbinic intern at Hillel at Binghamton University.
Yael Marans is a rabbinical student at Hebrew College who lives in Somerville, Massachusetts.
Claire Davidson Miller (she/her) is a second-year rabbinical student at the Jewish Theological Seminary with twin passions for education and social justice.