CONTRIBUTORS
David Arnow, Ph. D. is a psychologist and author most recently of Choosing Hope: The Heritage of Judaism, davidarnowauthor. com.
Matthew Austerklein is a congregational cantor and PhD Candidate in Jewish Studies. The editor of three books and author of over one hundred essays on Jewish music, he writes weekly at mattausterklein. substack. com.
Rabbi Menachem Creditor serves as Scholar-in-Residence at UJA- Federation New York and is the founder of Rabbis Against Gun Violence. A prolific writer, Rabbi Creditor has authored and edited over thirty books, including A Rabbi’ s Heart, and After October 7: Essays. With millions of views of his daily Torah videos and essays, his leadership has helped shape national conversations on gun violence prevention, LGBTQ inclusion, Zionism, Interfaith organizing, and Jewish diversity. Rabbi Creditor’ s music, including the well-known song Olam Chesed Yibaneh, is sung in communities around the world. He is an adjunct Senior Lecturer at the Academy for Jewish Religion and speaks widely about the role of faith in building a more compassionate world. He and his wife, Neshama Carlebach, live in New York, where they are raising their five children.
Leah F. Cassorla, a Kol-Bo student at AJR, holds a Ph. D. in Rhetoric and Composition and a Master of Fine Arts in Fiction, both from Florida State University. She has always marveled at the possibilities for word play, especially in Hebrew-- her first language. Grappling with the world since Oct. 7, as well as with personal health issues and loss, has caused her to seek hope in the darkest of hours. She hopes she is not yet lost.
Susan R. Breitzer is an independent historian and lay leader of the Beth El Chavurah Minyan. She was part of the inaugural cohort of the Hadar Sha " tz Davening Fellows, and is currently teaching the traditional Shabbat liturgy with a Hadar Community Groups Grant.
Alice Frank( Atzmos) is a poet, mystic, and spiritual teacher devoted to revealing the Oneness at the heart of all things. Her work weaves Jewish mysticism, embodiment, and radical empathy into pathways of personal and collective awakening.
Dr. Ed Greenstein is Professor Emeritus of Biblical Studies at Bar- Ilan University in Israel. He is writing the Jewish Publication Society commentary on the book of Lamentations.
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