The Rabbi is Busy

Episode 4 - Rabbi Miriam Lichtenberg

Rabbi Miriam Lichtenberg is a graduate of Yeshivat Hadar’s Advanced Kollel, and works as the School Rabbi at Rochelle Zell Jewish High School. Get to know Miriam as she explains what it means to be a “Hadar Rabbi,” weighs the pros and cons of denominational identity, and offers tips for supporting young mourners.

Episode 3 - Chris Penello

Chris Penello is a rising third-year student at the Jewish Theological Seminary. Get to know Chris as he shares his theory of community-building, offers tips on how to speak productively across difference, and explains how exactly a kid from Borough Park ended up at a Conservative rabbinical school.

Episode 2 - Raffi Levi

Soon-to-be-rabbi Raffi Levi is in his final year at Yeshivat Chovevei Torah. Get to know Raffi as he makes the case for rationalism AND mysticism, models "embodied Jewish practice," and shares observations from his life as a neurodivergent Jewish leader.

Introducing "The Rabbi is Busy"

Introducing "The Rabbi is Busy"

Episode 1 - Sofia Freudenstein

Soon-to-be-rabbi Sofia Freudenstein is a fourth-year student at Yeshivat Maharat. Get to know Sofia as she recounts her journey from Canada to passing as an “in-towner,” endorses gradualism as a theory of change, and reflects on spending October 7 in Berlin.