I am currently enrolled in rabbinical studies with anticipated completion later this decade.
Previously, I was a Fellow of the Drisha Institute for Jewish Education, as well as of the Kollel of the Nahara Beit Midrash for Environmental Renewal.
At present, I do not provide services that have halachic conditions or that are traditionally associated with rabbinic exclusivity in the liberal movements. Instead, I offer tutoring and study guidance, as well as name change consultations for adults. Additionally, while my availability is limited, I am happy to serve as a Scholar in Residence, speaker, or educator for your community. If you wish to inquire about these services, please use the contact form.
My primary interests within rabbinics are moral formation and reformation (mussar), moral injury and repair, continuity of spiritual access throughout practical changes and psychographic shifts, ethical resource use with an emphasis on land relationship, and multilingualism as cultural practice and ethical commitment.
My Jewish identity is, in order of significance: (1) Torah-engaged, (2) Jewess, (3) Charedi-Humanist.
I consider the literary-interpretive tradition central to my experience of Jewish meaning-making and consider myself a compatriot of all who engage with and contribute to the conversation of millennia in good faith, with respect for the texts, and with responsibility for one’s own words.
Being a Jewish woman is a cultural position I do not take lightly, and the creative force of collective (sisterhood) and individual (binah yeterah) femininity serves as both resource and posture in my explorations of and contributions to the creation of the Judaisms of eternity.
I hold that any sort of theological belief is not the nucleus of our peoplehood, but rather one flavor in which one might experience the ethical duties of the Jewish people; striving for lucidity around the formation of the ethical core, ownership of one’s actions, and dignified stewardship of creation guides one to a well-lived life, with or without Divine intervention.
With regard to halacha, I support both sincere, scrutinized religious and cultural acceptance respecting personal choice and holistic accountability. I choose to keep my engagements largely private, but my position orients to a style of practice I regard as b’ikkar.