Resume

Education

Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion Rabbinic Ordination May 2021

• Masters in Hebrew Letters, May 2020

• Senior thesis: a theology of chronic illness

• Senior sermon: “Listen to Her Voice: Amplifying Biblical Women’s Voices”—published by CCAR Task Force on the Experience of Women in the Rabbinate

List College at Columbia University and the Jewish Theological Seminary, May 2015

• BA in Ethnicity and Race Studies, Columbia University, Cum Laude

• BA in Jewish Thought, JTS, Summa Cum Laude with Honors

• Joint Senior Thesis with Honors: “Kinship, Conversion, and Patrilineal Descent: Reform Jewish Conceptions of Identity and Belonging”

Jewish Professional Experience

DOROT: Pastoral Rabbinic Intern, New York, NY 2020-2021

• Provide ongoing remote pastoral care to 10 seniors and additional clients as needed

• Coordinate care for seniors with team of social workers and other DOROT staff

• Lead monthly Shabbat call and Jewish theology classes through University Without Walls

• Support DOROT staff after death of clients, teach staff lunch and learn sessions, and attend staff meetings

Wondrously Does/n’t: A Space for the Jewish Body: Co Founder, New York, NY 2019-2021

• Co-founded innovative Jewish project about Jewish ritual and invisible illness with grant from Be Wise Fellowship in Jewish Entrepreneurship

• Co-lead online monthly gatherings for millennial Jews with invisible illness to study text, sing, build community, and reimagine Jewish rituals to better reflect the experience of living with invisible illness

• Co-lead ritual creation workshops about the body for synagogues, religious schools, and Hillels

• Meet with religious leaders about entrepreneurship and creative Jewish liturgy and ritual

Temple Emanu-El Beth Sholom: Tisch Summer Intern, Montreal, Summer 2020

• Shadowed Rabbi Lisa Gruschow virtually at staff and board meetings, educational programs, services, and life cycle events at the height of the pandemic

• Taught Torah study and gave Friday night d’var Torah

Association of Reform Zionists of America (ARZA): Rabbinic Intern, New York, NY, 2019-2020

• Coordinated ARZA-HUC student clergy fellowship

• Created Israel and Zionism curriculum for millennials, taught curriculum to Columbia/Barnard Hillel Reform student group

• Assisted ARZA staff with preparation for URJ Biennial and World Zionist Congress Elections

Clinical Pastoral Education: New York Presbyterian—Weill Cornell, New York, NY, Summer 2019

• Provided pastoral care to patients in neurological ICU, geriatrics, and medical step-down units

• Served as evening and on-call chaplain in rotation of chaplains

• Participated in interfaith learning cohort

Congregation Shir Shalom of Westchester and Fairfield Counties: Rabbinic Intern Ridgefield, CT, 2018-2019

• Co-led weekly Friday night Shabbat services and monthly Tot Shabbat services

• Prepared Religious School classes for participation in Shabbat services

• Taught HIAS Welcoming the Stranger lessons to 4th-7th grade and prepared students for HIAS Shabbat

• Taught monthly adult education classes on Jewish moral leadership, visiting the sick, and tzedakah

• Shadowed rabbi at life-cycle meetings and events

• Led youth High Holy Day services in 2019, delivered Erev Rosh Hashanah sermon in main service, and co-led afternoon services on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur

University of Rochester Hillel: High Holy Day Reform Rabbinic Leader, Rochester, NY, 2017, 2018

• Planned and led services, delivered sermons for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur

• Collaborated with Executive Director and program staff to engage students in prayers and rituals

• Coordinated music for cantorial soloist in 2018

Fellowships and Awards

Teaching Experience

Intro to Judaism and Bat Mitzvah Tutor and Leader: Online, 2018-2020

• Taught introduction to Judaism to 6th grade student from interfaith background, covering the Jewish calendar, Torah, life cycles, Hebrew, and Jewish identity formation

• Sponsored student’s affirmation of Jewish identity ceremony at the mikveh, crafted mikveh ritual, and served as mikveh guide

• Prepared student for reading Torah and giving d’var Torah for Bat Mitzvah

• Worked with family to create custom siddur and meaningful Bat Mitzvah service that included all family members

Central Synagogue: B’nei Mitzvah Tutor, New York, NY, Spring 2018

• Taught 6th-7th graders Torah and Haftarah trope to prepare them for B’nei Mitzvah

Young Judea Sprout Brooklyn Day Camp: Brooklyn, NY, Summers of 2017 and 2018

• Unit Head, summer 2018

  • Oversaw four groups of 4-6 year old children and their 12 counselors

  • Communicated regularly with parents of campers

  • Assisted with camp office, counselor hiring, and counselor training

• Counselor, summer 2017

  • Instilled Jewish values, love of Hebrew, and love of Israel in incoming first grade campers through music, sports, cooking, Hebrew immersion, creative play, etc.

Town and Village Synagogue: Jewish Educator, Prayer Leader, New York, NY

• 2017-2018

  • Taught Shalom Learning values-based curriculum and Hebrew to fourth and fifth graders

  • Led morning tefilah for 1st-3rd graders

  • Led Junior Congregation on Shabbat mornings for 1st-6th graders

•  2015-2016

  • Taught third grade class on Tanakh, Jewish holidays, prayer, and Hebrew

  • Led Junior Congregation for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur

Sutton Place Synagogue: Religious School Teacher, New York, NY 2015-2016

• Taught fifth grade class about life cycles, American Jewish history, Jewish holidays, prayer and Hebrew

• Tutored one student privately in American Jewish History and Hebrew

The Society for the Advancement of Judaism: Religious School Teacher, New York, NY 2015-2016

• Taught fourth grade class about Jewish identity and identity formation

The Abraham Joshua Heschel School: Substitute Teacher, New York, NY, 2015-2016

• Substitute taught Judaic Studies and General Studies in the Early Childhood Center and Lower School

• Taught second grade General Studies for one month as a long-term substitute teacher

B’nai Jeshurun: Religious School Teacher, New York, NY 2014-2015

• Taught third grade Hebrew, Torah, and Positive Exposure Ambassadors’ Real Life Stories (PEARLS) Project

Community Involvement

Worship Working Group: HUC New York, NY, 2018-present

• Participate in group that examines the culture of prayer on the HUC New York Campus

• Co-lead creative services for New York campus’ annual opening kallah

• Help plan holiday celebrations on campus

HUC Soup Kitchen: Volunteer, New York, NY, Fall 2020

• Volunteered at HUC soup kitchen upon reopening during COVID

Student Health Insurance Committee: HUC New York, NY, 2019-2020

• Advocated for students’ needs as New York and Cincinnati campuses researched health insurance options

World Zionist Congress Slate Member and Alternate Delegate, 2019-2020

• Served as slate member and alternate delegate for Vote Reform slate

• Assisted with ‘get out the vote’ efforts

Yom Iyyun Planning Committee: HUC New York, NY, Spring 2020

• Participated in student-faculty team to plan campus-wide day of learning entitled “A Second Torah of the Second Sex? Feminist Perspectives on Sacred Text”

• Coordinated presentation of Yael Kanarek, creator of The Re-Gendered Torah

First-Year Student Advocacy Committee: HUC Jerusalem, 2016-2017

• Elected as one of four first-year students to serve on committee to communicate student needs and feedback to administration

Kesher at Columbia/Barnard Hillel: Board Member, New York, NY 2012-2015

• Selected to board of Kesher: Reform Jews on Campus at CU/BC Hillel for three years, serving as president for 1.5 years

• Coordinated services and social programs for Reform Jewish group and represented Reform group on inter-denominational council

• Assisted in planning of first two years of NYC-Area Reform College Student Shabbaton, held at HUC

Special Classes

Disability and Theology: Union Theological Seminary, Fall 2020

Mysticism and the Moral Life: Jewish Theological Seminary, Fall 2020

Guitar Instruction: HUC, Summer 2020

Topics in Israel Studies: Social Cleavages in Israel: New York University, Spring 2020

Leadership Through Innovation: Clal—The National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership, in partnership with Glean, Spring 2020

Organizational Dynamics and Change: HUC, Spring 2018

Spiritual Direction: HUC, Fall 2017-Spring 2018