Rabbi Joyce Galaski has been the rabbi of Congregation Ahavas Achim in Westfield, Massachusetts since September 2000. She also serves as the Jewish chaplain at the Ferst Interfaith Center at Westfield State University. She is a 1998 graduate of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College. Rabbi Galaski was the founding director of Jews Against Genocide in Bosnia from 1993 to 1996, and was one of the leaders of the American Committee to Save Bosnia. An avid hiker and snowshoer, she lives in Amherst, MA with her husband Philippe and is the mother of three grown daughters.
