Eliezer Weinbach (he/him) is a rabbinical student at Yeshivat Chovevei Torah in New York City, with expected ordination in 2024. He graduated from Yeshiva University with a BA in Psychology, and slowly made his way from that field to the Jewish professional world. As a retreat coordinator at The Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center, Eli…
Victoria Cano (she/her) joins T’ruah as a creative administrator with a diverse background working across the arts and nonprofit sectors. Originally hailing from Brooklyn, she recently returned Stateside after spending a decade living in London working as professional playwright, producer, and fundraiser. Her international artistic and administrative experiences have enabled her to craft a bespoke…
Audrey (she/her) is a rabbinical student at Hebrew Union College (’27). She grew up in Chicago, and her passion for Jewish life was sparked during her summers as a camper and staff member at URJ Camp OSRUI. As a student at Kalamazoo College, Audrey deepened her love of community-building through Hillel, interfaith dialogue, and with…
Allen Lipson is a learner of Torah and a faith-based community organizer, most recently at the Faith in Action national network and the hotel workers’ union UNITE HERE. He has studied at Hebrew College (for ordination), the Yashrut Institute, the Yeshivat Hadar year fellowship, and the Jewish Theological Seminary. His writings on rabbinic literature and…
Gabby Tropp (she/her) is a rabbinical and Jewish education student at Hebrew Union College, expecting to graduate in 2028. She grew up in Trumbull, CT, and graduated from Lafayette College with a BA in history and Spanish and a minor in Jewish studies. At Lafayette, Gabby took pride in leading the Friday minyan and was…
Matthew Schultz is a rabbinical student and a writer. He is the author of the essay collection “What Came Before” (Tupelo, 2020) and a writer for the Jewish Journal of Los Angeles. In edition to his work as a writer, Matthew has worked as a Jewish educator. He is passionate about the intersection of literature…
Matthew Berman (he/him) is an incoming rabbinical student at Hebrew Union College, expecting to graduate in 2027. Born and raised in Cincinnati, OH, Matthew attended The Ohio State University with a major in Political Science and double minors in Music and Jewish Studies. After graduating during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021, he took a gap…
Rabbi Laura J. Abrasley joined the Temple Shalom clergy team in July 2015. She grew up in Houston and graduated from Texas A&M University with a degree in psychology. Her path to becoming a rabbi began with many summers spent as a camper and then counselor at the URJ Greene Family Camp in Texas. After…
Sarah (she/her) became a community organizer because she loves building collective power to improve people’s lives and make societal structures and systems more just and fair. She is honored to be T’ruah’s Chief Programs Officer after having served as the organization’s Director of Organizing. Before T’ruah, Sarah led Jews United for Justice and the JUFJ…
Rabbi Aliza Schwartz (she/her) graduated from the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College in 2024. She is an incoming Cooperberg-Rittmaster Rabbinical Intern at Congregation Beit Simchat Torah (CBST) in New York City. Before rabbinical school, Aliza was based in Boston. Her spiritual and political home in Boston is Kavod, a multi-ethnic, multi-racial community led by young Jews that…