Talia is a rabbinical student at Hebrew College Rabbinical School, where she is also pursuing a Masters of Jewish Education and anticipates graduating in 2020. Talia grew up in the great city of Philadelphia before moving to Maryland to study economics and public policy at University of Maryland. After school, she moved to Chicago to participate in AVODAH: The Jewish Service Corps. In AVODAH, Talia worked to organize clergy around workers’ rights, and in particular, an increase to the Illinois state minimum wage. Before rabbinical school, Talia was living in Seattle enjoying all of the natural beauty the Pacific Northwest has to offer and working at the Hillel at University of Washington. There, she ran Hillel’s social justice and undergrad programming. When she is not working or in school, you can find her watching or playing football (Go Eagles), hiking, cooking, and exploring new cities.
