Rabba Amalia Haas is an educator, chaplain, beekeeper, and mother of six. She is a member of the spiritual care teams of the Cleveland Clinic and SVIVAH. During the 2023-24 academic year she served as rabbi-in-residence at Oberlin Hillel.
Rabba Sara Hurwitz is the first woman to be publicly ordained as an Orthodox rabbi. She is the co-founder and president of Yeshivat Maharat and served on the rabbinic staff at the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale—the Bayit from 2003 through 2026.
Dr. Laura Shaw Frank is the Vice President for Education and Director of the Center for Education Advocacy at American Jewish Committee (AJC), where she oversees AJC’s work in education policy spaces, including working with Jewish students and parents, administrators in universities and grade K through 12 schools, and government policy-makers. She earned a Ph.D.
Rabbanit Gloria Nusbacher has semikha from Yeshivat Maharat and currently serves as a community educator and editor of the Jofa Journal. Previously, she was a partner at one of the 100 largest U.S. law firms.
Celia Weintrob is a member of the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale – the Bayit, and contributor to the Jewish Star newspaper.
Shira Billet is Assistant Professor of Jewish Thought and Ethics at the Jewish Theological Seminary. She holds a Ph.D. in philosophy of religion from Princeton University, and lectures widely on topics related to Jewish thought.
Orit Avishai is a professor of Sociology and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Fordham University, where she is affiliated with the Center for Jewish Studies. She studies gender, sexuality, and Jewish Orthodoxy. Her book, Queer Judaism: LGBT Activism and the Remaking of Jewish Orthodoxy in Israel was published in 2023 by New York University
Wendy Singer, MS is the Executive Director of No Shame On U, a nonprofit organization dedicated to reshaping attitudes about mental health, elevating conversations, and disarming stigma. After navigating her own family’s mental health crisis without adequate resources, she is passionate about ensuring other families have the guidance they need.
Rabbi Marianne Novak is on the Judaic Studies faculty at Akiba-Schechter Jewish Day School in Chicago. She is poseket for the Skokie Women’s Tefillah Group, an educator for the Jewish Learning Collaborative, and serves on the boards of Jofa and the Hadassah Foundation. Rabbi Novak serves as a rabbinic advisor to A Mitzvah to Eat
Leora Ashman, together with her husband Eitan, is the Founder and Director of Koach Eitan. She lives in Efrat, Israel and has been an educator in formal and informal education, teaching in elementary schools and serving as a coordinator of youth groups in Efrat. To learn more about Koach Eitan, or to support them or
