Our Staff

Rabbi Goldie Milgram -Bio Brief

Rabbi Goldie Milgram is the founder and director of Reclaiming Judaism (1998), and Editor-in-Chief of Reclaiming Judaism Press. Known for her love of Judaism, inclusive, engaging teaching methods, careful scholarship, and irrepressible humor, Rabbi Milgram is a widely published author and innovator of methods, resources and programs for meaningful Jewish living.

"Reb Goldie," as she is affectionately called by her students, travels the year-round throughout the entire spectrum of Jewish organizations and practice, offering internationally acclaimed workshops, lectures, in-service training, as well as professional Jewish storytelling. Her newest book, acclaimed by the Jewish Book Council as an "extraordinary, vibrant anthology" is Mitzvah Stories: Seeds for Inspiration and Learning. Her programs have appeared at the United Nations, the American Medical  and Psychiatric Associations, Esalen, the 92nd Street Y, The Museum for Jewish History, Smithsonian branches, Universities, JCCs, and congregations world-wide. Link to Resume

 

Rabbi Joyce Reinitz

Rabbi Joyce Reinitz, also a psychotherapist, specializes in Jewish healing using the therapeutic guidance modalities developed by her honored teacher, of blessed memory, Madame Colette Aboulker-Muscat. Also a student of Dr. Gerald Epstein, her article on using imagery as a technique for spiritual growth is available in Seeking and Soaring: Jewish Approaches to Spiritual Direction. Rabbi Reinitz is available by appointment, to help you interpret your experience.

Rabbi Shohama Harris Wiener

Rabbi Shohama Wiener serves as Rosh Hashpa'ah-- Director of Spiritual Direction and Development for ReclaimingJudaism.org and for the ALEPH Ordination Programs, a "seminary without walls," and as Founding Director of HASHPA'AH, ALEPH's training for Jewish clergy to receive ordination as Spiritual Director and Mashpia (Jewish Spiritual Guide). She is also the Rabbi of the inclusive and innovative Temple Beth-El of City Island, NY.

Sara Harwin

Over a career spanning more than forty years of continuous productivity, Sara Harwin has earned widespread recognition for work from fine art to ritual and ceremonial art, including torah mantels, tallitot, parochot and chupot. These works utilize diverse techniques, including acrylic painting, papercutting, mixed media, limited edition prints, stained and etched glass, and fiber art.