2023 Retreat Speakers
Arline Duker , LCSW has been a licensed clinical social worker for over 30 years . She has supervised social work students as an Adjunct Associate Professor at the NYU School of Social Work , where she earned an MSW degree . Arline has taught pastoral counseling classes at the Academy for Jewish Religion and is a member of the Pastoral Advisory Board at The Jewish Theological Seminary .
Dr . Yakir Englander is the Senior National Director of Leadership programs at the Israeli-American Council . As a result of his IDF service , he joined as a director at Kids4Peace , an interfaith youth movement in Jerusalem and cities in North America .
Rabbi Jeff Hoffman , DHL spent 23 years serving as a congregational rabbi in Vancouver , British Columbia and Nyack , New York . On faculty of the Academy for Jewish Religion , Jeff has taught liturgy for almost 40 years , and has also taught at The Jewish Theological Seminary , Hebrew Union College- NY , and the Aleph Ordination Program .
Rabbi David Evan Markus , JD As the country ’ s only active pulpit rabbi serving full-time in the Judiciary , David presides as judicial referee in New York Supreme Court , 9th Judicial District . He is the co-founder and training director for the nonprofit Lawyers Depression Project , a national platform for legal professional wellness , support and advocacy . He teaches widely on practice management ethics , and systemic dynamics of attorney wellness for both bar and bench .
Rabbi Ziona Zelazo served in the IDF as an Intelligence Sargeant . She was ordained at AJR in 2010 , and served on its board of directors for 10 years . As an interfaith rabbi and hospital chaplain , Ziona officiates at life cycle events , teaches adults , and leads monthly Meditative Shabbat services at
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Temple Beth Rishon in New Jersey .
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