Portfolio of Practice
Founding & Executive Leadership
the Den Collective
Founding Director & Community Rabbi (2016-2020)
Ramah Day Camp Greater DC
Founding Director (2015-2019)
Ramah Israel Bike Ride & Hiking Trip
Founding Coordinator (2010-2013, 2022)
Tehom Fellowship
Creator & Lead Facilitator (2023)
Pastoral Practice &
Community Resilience
Community Resilience
Chaplain Intern, MJHS Hospice & Palliative Care (New York, NY, 2013-2014)
Catalyst Sports Adaptive Climbing Volunteer (Asheville, NC, 2026)
Maryland State Governor’s Youth Camp Safety Advisory Council (Annapolis, MD, 2018-2020)
Council Co-Chair; Chair, Mental Health Subcommittee
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 - Ethiopian Immigrant Absorption Center (Israel, 2008)
March of the Living (Poland; Israel, 2007)
Experiential Education
Institutional Appointments
Honeymoon Israel (National)
Rabbi / Educator (2016-2025)
Educational Consultant (2021-2022)
National Ramah Commission (New York, NY)
Special Projects Coordinator (2010-2013)
Camp Ramah New England (Palmer, MA)
Interim Summer Co-Director (2024)
Program Director (2012-2014)
Tribeca Hebrew (New York, NY)
Teacher (2006-2008)
Educational Consultant (2008)
Disaster Relief &
Emergency Management
Organizational Affiliations
NECHAMA - Jewish Response to Disaster
Team Lead
Team Rubicon
Disaster Response Volunteer
Assistant Sawyer
Coastal Carolina Disaster Resiliency Agency (New Bern, NC)
Disaster Recovery Volunteer
All Hands and Hearts
Disaster Recovery Volunteer
Disaster Deployments
Salina Severe Windstorm (2026) — (Saline County, KS, 2026)
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)
Creative Practice
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
Land, Wilderness
& Embodied Practice
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
Wilderness Expedition Group Leadership
Kodachrome State Park (UT)
Appalachian Trail (PA)
Israel National Trail
Mt. Monadnock (NH)
Tully Lake (MA)
Teaching, Scholarship
& Public Engagement
Guest Speaking / Teaching
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)
Jewish Federation of Greater Washington
(North Bethesda, MD, 2022-2023)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)
Synagogue Residencies:
Year-Round
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)
Youth Director, Pelham Jewish Center (Pelham, NY, 2009–2010)
Days of Awe
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)
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
Education & Formation
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