Rabbi Menachem Creditor serves as the Pearl and Ira Meyer Scholar in Residence at UJA-Federation New York and was the founder of Rabbis Against Gun Violence . An acclaimed author , scholar , and speaker with over 4 million views of his online videos and essays , he was named by Newsweek as one of the fifty most influential rabbis in America . His numerous books and 6 albums of original music include the global anthem " Olam Chesed Yibaneh " and the COVID-era 2-volume anthology " When We Turned Within ." He and his wife Neshama Carlebach ( a current AJR Rabbinical student ) live in New York , where they are raising their five children .
Sharon Dolin is the author of seven poetry books , most recently Imperfect Present . She teaches poetry workshops at Poets House , the Hudson Valley Writers Center , and privately in New York City .
Beth Dwoskin is a retired librarian and a student of Yiddish and Hebrew music and literature .
Rabbi David Ehrenkranz is an Upper School Judaic Studies Teacher at Maimonides School in Massachusetts .
Rabbi Pamela Ehrenkranz , recently ordained by the Academy for Jewish Religion , is the long-serving CEO of UJA-JCC Greenwich , where she has the privilege to raise money for Israel , the local Jewish community , and Jews in need worldwide . Pam enjoys teaching Jewish text and leading off the beaten path trips to Israel .
James Feder is a writer and rabbinical student who will be ordained by HUC-JIR in May 2025 . For his thesis , he is exploring select psalms through the lens of October 7th .
Rabbi Matthew Goldstone , PhD is Assistant Academic Dean and Assistant Professor of Talmud and Rabbinics at the Academy for Jewish Religion .
KB Goodkin is the Director of Community Engagement and Director of the LAB Center for Learning and Belonging at the Jewish Federation of Northeastern NY .
Maralee Gordon is the rabbi of McHenry County Jewish Congregation , McHenry , Illinois .
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