Curriculum Vitae

Executive Leadership & Creative Direction

Ramah Day Camp Greater DC
Founding Director (2015-2019)

Ramah Israel Bike Ride & Hiking Trip
Founding Coordinator (2010-2013, 2022)

the Den Collective
Founding Director & Community Rabbi (2016-2020)

Tehom Fellowship
Creator & Lead Facilitator (2023)

Consulting, Residencies & Guest Appearances

Selected Professional Appointments

  • Team Lead, NECHAMA - Jewish Response to Disaster (North Carolina, 2024-2026)

  • Rabbi/Educator, Honeymoon Israel (Israel, 2016-2025)

  • Interim Summer Co-Director, Camp Ramah New England (Palmer, MA, 2024)

  • Rabbi, Congregation Shalom Cypress (Cypress, TX, 2014–2016)

  • Rabbinic Intern-in-Residence, Temple Israel Center (White Plains, NY, 2014–2016)

  • Rabbinic Intern, Kehilat Eshel Avraham (Beersheva, IL, 2013)

  • Special Projects Coordinator, National Ramah Commission (New York, NY, 2010-2013)

  • Youth Director, Pelham Jewish Center (Pelham, NY, 2009–2010)

  • Teacher, Tribeca Hebrew (New York, NY, 2006-2008)

Strategic Consulting & Programming

  • Jewish Federation of Greater Washington (North Bethesda, MD, 2022-2023)

  • National Ramah Commission (New York, NY, 2021-2022)

  • Honeymoon Israel (2020-2021)

  • Tribeca Hebrew (New York, NY, 2008–2009)

High Holy Day Leadership

  • Congregation Beth El of Montgomery County (Bethesda, MD, 2022-2026)

  • Temple Emanu-El (Providence, RI, 2021)

  • B’nai Israel Congregation (Rockville, MD, 2018, 2019)

  • University of Maryland Hillel (College Park, MD, 2017)

  • Congregation Shalom Cypress (Cypress, TX, 2014-2016)

  • Women’s League Seminary Synagogue, Jewish Theological Seminary (New York, NY, 2012, 2013)

  • Beth El Synagogue Center (New Rochelle, NY, 2011)

  • Beth El Temple (West Hartford, CT, 2010)

Public Scholarship & Invited Engagements

  • The Jewish Studio (Montgomery County, MD, 2026)

  • Warren Wilson College, Department of Psychology (Swannanoa, NC, 2026)

  • Ramah in the Rockies (Deckers, CO, 2024)

  • Hillel International (Virtual, 2023)

  • Manna Festival (New Cuyama, CA, 2023)

  • The Kitchen (San Francisco, CA, 2022)

  • DAWN - Reboot (Virtual, 2020)

  • Congregation Shaarey Zedek (Southfield, MI, 2020)

  • Chizuk Amuno Congregation (Baltimore, MD, 2020)

  • George Mason University Hillel (Fairfax, VA, 2020)

  • Moishe House (Arlington, VA, 2019-2020)

  • The Conservative Synagogue (Westport, CT, 2019)

  • Dayspring Church (Germantown, MD, 2019)

  • Agudas Achim of Northern Virginia (Alexandria, VA, 2018)

  • Congregation Adat Reyim (Springfield, VA, 2018)

  • Congregation Etz Hayim (Arlington, VA, 2018)

  • St. John's Episcopal Church, Norwood Parish (Bethesda, MD, 2017)

  • Kehilat Sinai (Tel Aviv, IL, 2016)

  • Beth Sholom Congregation (Frederick, MD, 2015)

  • Bellville Methodist Church (Bellville, TX, 2015)

  • Lone Star College (Cypress, TX, 2015)

  • Yom Limmud (Jewish Federation of Greater Houston, 2015)

  • Park Avenue Synagogue (New York, NY, 2012)

  • Synagogue Emanu-El (Charleston, SC, 2012)

  • Temple Beth Ohr (Old Bridge, NJ, 2011)

  • Kehilat Moresehet Israel (Jerusalem, IL, 2009)

  • Beth El-Keser Israel (New Haven, CT, 2007)

  • Beth El Temple (West Hartford, CT, 2005-2017)

Pastoral Care & Community Resilience

Community Volunteer Work

Coastal Carolina Disaster Resiliency Agency (New Bern, NC, 2026)

Catalyst Sports Adaptive Climbing (Asheville, NC, 2026)

Maryland State Governor’s Youth Camp Safety Advisory Council (Annapolis, MD, 2018-2020)

Council Co-Chair; Chair, Mental Health Subcommittee

MJHS Hospice and Palliative Care (New York, NY, 2013-2014)

Disaster Response & Emergency Management

Winter Storm Fern (2026) — (Davidson County, TN, 2026)

Hurricane Helene (2024) — (Western North Carolina, 2024-2025)

Hurricane Florence (2018) — (Craven County, NC, 2026)

Somerset–London Tornado (2025) — (London, KY, 2025)

Israel-Hamas War (2023) — (Gaza Envelope, 2024-2025)

International Fieldwork

Gladstein/Masorti Olami Rabbinic Delegation (Buenos Aires; Santiago de Chile, 2026)

Jorvan Community Outreach (Cape Town, South Africa, 2022)

Gladstein/Masorti Olami Rabbinic Delegation (Budapest; Paris; London, 2015)

Kibbutz Merchavya (Israel, 2008)

March of the Living (Poland; Israel, 2007)

Organic Farming & Sustainable Building

Teva Hakesher Therapeutic Rescue Farm (Ramat Gan, Israel, 2024)

Multi-species husbandry; biosecurity and enclosure sanitation; emergency rescue support; high-volume animal care operations (200+)

Villa Averoff (Kirinthos, Evia, Greece, 2021)

Landscaping; animal husbandry; interior renovation

Madre Tierra Goat Farm (Be’erotayim, Israel, 2020, 2021)

Open-range caprine herding (60-70 goats); livestock parturition (delivery); veterinary medical administration; raw milk processing; artisanal cheesemaking; facilities management; canine herd management; small-scale poultry management; closed-loop agricultural systems; forage production; pasture rotation for regenerative grazing

Homestead Residency (Days Creek, OR, 2020)

Cob formulation; adobe brick fabrication; sustainable timber harvesting

Yellow Bear Star Garden (St. Ignatius, MT, 2020)

Permeable aggregate installation

Performances

Not Letting It In (2023) • US Debut Cast

An improvised, participatory theatrical event created by Jason Morris Danino Holt that explores the art of confession, in which performers from around the world sit at a table and confess, facilitating honest conversations and meaningful catharsis

Presented at: Dixon Place (NYC), Habait Theatre (Tel Aviv), and various congregational venues across the Mid-Atlantic

Sequestration (2021) • Lead Actor

A film by Eli Katzoff about a marooned astronaut in a hopeless and desperate situation who must venture across a harsh planet in the hopes of escape, while grappling with his restless past

Filmed on location in the Ramon Crater, Israel

Wilderness Expedition Leadership

Kodachrome State Park (UT)

Appalachian Trail (PA)

Israel National Trail (Shvil Yisrael)

Mt. Monadnock (NH)

Tully Lake (MA)

Publications

Life Cycles and Brain Cycles

Agler, Richard, and Rifat Soncino, editors. A God We Can Believe In. Wipf & Stock, 2022

Placing Autism in Early Rabbinic Law

Jewish Theological Seminary of America, 2010

Fellowships

Open Dor Project, 2018-2020

Gladstein Fellowship in Entrepreneurial Rabbinic Leadership, 2012-2019

Kenissa: Communities of Meaning Network, 2017

Myers Foundation Rabbinic Leadership Initiative, 2014

Jewish Organizing Institute & Network (JOIN), Rabbinic Leadership for Public Life Fellowship, 2014

Education

Jewish Theological Seminary of America (New York, NY)

Rabbinic Ordination, 2016
M.A. Midrash & Scriptural Interpretation, 2016
B.A. Talmud & Rabbinic Literature, 2011

Columbia University (New York, NY)

B.A. Philosophy, 2011

Schechter Institute of Rabbinic Studies (Jerusalem)

Studies in rabbinic literature and Israeli/Palestinian history, 2013

The Conservative Yeshiva at the Fuchsberg Center (Jerusalem)

Studies in philosophy, religion, Hebrew, Bible and Talmud, 2009

Hadassah Academic College (Jerusalem)

Studies in semiotics of film & photography, 2009

Field Certifications

  • Wilderness First Responder (WFR) & CPR

  • FEMA IS-100/200/700/800

  • AMHSA Chainsaw Safety Certification

  • NCTSN Psychological First Aid

  • Foundations of Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy (Beckley Academy, London)