Yedida Kanfer is a rabbinical student at the Academy for Jewish Religion – California.
Emet is a writer, Torah reader and rabbinical student, and believes that every human being contains a spark of the Divine.
Emily Bell is a first-year student at Yeshivat Maharat based in Washington Heights, New York.
Maetal is a first year rabbinical student at the Jewish Theological Seminary. She is an Avodah Service Corps Chicago alum and is currently working as a Climate Organizing Fellow at Dayenu.
Bella Orden (she/her) is a passionate and proactive member of T’ruah’s programs team. She comes to T’ruah with a background in trauma-informed healthcare whose rich experiences allow her to support the big picture and day-to-day needs of T’ruah’s programs department with care and compassion. Bella received her B.A. in Animal Behavior and Cognition from Hampshire…
Rabbi Marisa James served as T’ruah’s inaugural Israel Fellow from 2011-2013, creating the Year-in-Israel program from the ground up. After her return to the U.S., the program shifted format to engage multiple fellows representing the different seminaries. A graduate of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, Marisa currently serves as Director of Social Justice Programming at CBST…
Hadar Harris is an award winning human rights attorney and institution builder whose work focuses on civic enfranchisement, gender equality, freedom of expression and association, protecting closing civil society space and domestic implementation of international norms. She spent fifteen years in academia, building centers and organizations impacting a range of issues. She has worked as…
Originally from Massachusetts, Rachel moved to the Chapel Hill, NC area in 1995. Having just completed a master’s degree in International Service and finding herself in North Carolina, she decided to pursue other passions as a professional and volunteer in non-profit leadership, specializing in strategic planning, community organizing, advocacy, and development. After working in the nonprofit…
Rabbi Nancy Kasten is a Reform rabbi, a community educator, volunteer, and activist, as well as a certified Jewish Mindfulness Meditation Teacher. Since moving to Dallas in 1990, Nancy has led, taught, consulted, and organized in Jewish, interfaith, and secular settings locally, nationally, and internationally. She chose her title of Chief Relationship Officer when she…
Hadar Ahuvia (she/her) is a Rabbinical Student at Hebrew College (class of 2026) and a cross-disciplinary artist, ritual leader and Jewish educator. Hadar’s work centers the body in explorations of Jewish political and cultural lineages. Her essay “Joy Vey” on choreographing a diasporic identity beyond Zionism is featured in the Oxford Handbook of Jewishness and…