Joseph S. Ingber Rabbinic Fellowship Program

Andrea is a Rabbinic and Cantorial Student at the pluralistic seminary The Academy for Jewish Religion in Yonkers, New York. She is the Cantorial Soloist at Congregation Beth Israel in Bellingham, WA. She has taught all ages in synagogues for over twenty years, and provided spiritual inspiration through her music and prayer leadership for ten. Andrea feels drawn to aspects of many Jewish denominations, and has worked for Conservative, Reform, and Renewal synagogues. She is a singer/songwriter and Maggidah, a Jewish storyteller, and is currently working on her first album. This musical modern midrash lifts up the voices of women in the Torah. This past year Andrea studied at Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem, where she was selected as an Arts Fellow. She will be traveling to Romemu each month to participate in person, and will be teaching remotely in the weeks in between. She lives in the Pacific Northwest with her husband Josh and their two sons.

Jackson is an Ordination Candidate at the Rabbinical School of Hebrew College in Newton, MA. He grew up at Congregation Rodef Sholom in San Rafael, CA where he cultivated a love of Judaism, embolden with music, spirituality and justice. He served as Rosh Shira/Rosh Tefillah at URJ Camp Newman in Santa Rosa, CA for several years as well as the Musical Director at Asiyah Jewish Community in Boston and the “Head Shadchan” at Unorthodox Celebrations. When not recording his own music, like his most recent album – “Notnim B’ahavah Reshut”, Jackson sings with the Chaverai Nevarech Band featured on R’ Josh Warshawsky’s albums.

Jackson and his partner Rachel run the Moishe House Boston Arts Pod, Moishe House’s first community focused on Jewish creativity and art which acts as the home of Hiddur Mitzvah, a Judaica design collective creating innovative, tangible aspects of ritual.

Benjamin Perlstein is a rabbinical student at the Jewish Theological Seminary, where he is also pursuing an MA in Jewish Thought. Born and raised in Massachusetts, Benjamin studied political philosophy at Tufts University and is a grateful alumnus of the inaugural cohort of Romemu Yeshiva, as well as the Wexner Graduate Fellowship, Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics, the Hadar Institute, and Kivunim. Benjamin is passionate about creative, multidisciplinary and multifaith applications of spiritual wisdom and practice to issues of public concern and pastoral need.

Maya Zinkow is a rabbinical student at JTS, where she studies as a Wexner Graduate Fellow. She is pursuing a master’s degree in Jewish Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, and is passionate about studying and teaching our sacred texts and traditions with the guidance of feminist thought and criticism. In addition to her work with Romemu, Maya serves the Conservative community at the Columbia/Barnard Hillel as a rabbinic intern. A midwest native, she is a lover of lakes and camp. Find Maya singing niggunim, improving her Yiddish, or reading her Book of the Month. She is eager to get to know you and offer spiritual support to this special community!