Professional Achievements
Rabbi
Katy Z. Allen( 2005) published poems with The Abstractaphy Initiative, Art on the Trails, Art / s and Theology Australia, The Bluebird Word, boats against the current, Cosmic Daffodil Journal, Esther Poetry Journal( formerly The Jewish Poets Collective), Larina ' s Lit Lounge, Little Old Lady, Origami Poems, Skyfreight, The Soliloquist Journal, The Prose Poem( where her poem " Marsh " received Honorable Mention in their 2025 Prose Poetry Competition), Thomasonian, and tiny wren lit.
Rabbi Tsurah August( 2003) offered a session following Shavuot called“ Tree of Life: A Mind‐Body‐Spirit Practice” on June 9, a unique exploration of ritual, awareness, movement, and light
Rabbi Cantor Danielle Bensimhon( 2024) member of the inaugural cohort of the Amen Center ' s Deborah Fellowship, a first-of-itskind collaborative training for women rabbis to develop lay leaders, build dynamic teams that deliver, and cultivate those teams as sites of spiritual formation
Rabbi Menachem Creditor, Faculty Member published two books: Antizionism is Not Normal: Jewish Sovereignty, Moral Responsibility, and the Boundaries of Communal Discourse( Exploring Zionism) The Covenant of“ And”: Zionism, Diaspora, and Moral Agency( Exploring Zionism) wrote an article for The Times of Israel blog entitled“ Stories That Shape Us( Passover)” and“ Decolonizing the Jew: An Old Erasure in New Language” co-editor of You Shall Love, an AJR Tu B’ Av Supplement
Rabbi Dr. Jo David( 1992) co-authored an article with James W. Gaynor for The Good Men Project offering a radical idea for a Valentine ' s Day gift
Tehilah Eisenstadt, Rabbinical Student accepted into Clal’ s inaugural cohort of The Wisdom Daily Writers Circle fellowship; writing an article per month for the calendar year accepted into Apprenticeship Program, Center for Small Town Jewish Life for May 2026 – June 2027
Rabbi Katy Z. Allen
Rabbi Tsurah August
Rabbi Cantor Danielle Bensimhon
Rabbi Menachem Creditor
Rabbi Dr. Jo David
Tehilah Eisenstadt
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