Brian Rohr is a poet , performaQve storyteller , and founder of the internaQonal poetry project The Stafford Challenge . His debut book , Shaken to My Bones : A Poe5c Midrash on the Torah , was published by Ben Yehuda Press as part of their Jewish Poetry Project series .
Judith Rose writes , teaches , creates , choreographs , dances , listens , and learns . She is the director of Vital Movement , and collaborates regularly with arQsts in various media to create new works addressing crucial themes in contemporary life . www . judithroseVM . com
Hazzan Ruth Ross has served ConservaQve and Reform congregaQons both full and part Qme for over thirty years . She also writes novels under the pen name Rose Grey . Ruth ’ s many composiQons for solo voice and choir can be found on SheetMusicPlus . com .
Rabbi Robert Scheinberg is the Rabbi of the United Synagogue of Hoboken , the rabbi-in-residence of the Academy for Jewish Religion , and a scholar of Jewish liturgy .
Mindy Schwartz-Brown , a reQred , but not reQring social worker is an acQve member of CongregaQon Beth El in South Orange .
Tehillah in Riverdale , NY , President of the AssociaQon of Rabbis and Cantors , Chair of the Interfaith Clergy Conference of Riverdale , Kingsbridge , and Spuyten Duyvil , serves on the Board of the Manha < an University Holocaust Genocide Interfaith Center , and speaks and writes about Torah as a guide to living with resilience . She was ordained by the Academy for Jewish Religion .
Aviv Siegel is a Rabbinical student at the Academy for Jewish Religion . He is passionate about exploring Jewish idenQQes , delving into Jewish texts , tradiQons , and spiritual leadership while building meaningful connecQons within the Jewish community .
Alden Solovy is a modern day paytan , a traveling poet-teacher who uses Torah and verse to engage and inspire . He is the author of seven volumes of Torah and t ’ fillah inspired poetry , including the recently released Enter These Gates : Medita5ons for the Days of Awe and These Words : Poe5c Midrash on the Language of Torah . A Jerusalem resident , Alden is the Liturgist in Residence at the Pardes InsQtute of Jewish Studies and a Rabbinical School student at Hebrew Union College . Find his latest works at www . tobendlight . com .
Rabbi Linda Shriner-Cahn is the spiritual leader of CongregaQon
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