Rabbi's Sabbatical

Sabbatical
Rabbi Strassfeld is currently on Sabbatical through July, 2010. Rabbi Joanna Samuels will be co-leading Shabbat services with Cantor Lisa Arbisser during this time.

Rabbi Samuels serves as the Director of Strategic Initiatives at Advancing Women Professionals and the Jewish Community. She is a magna cum laude graduate of Barnard College, and was ordained by the Jewish Theological Seminary, where she was a Wexner Graduate Fellow. From 2002-2008 she served as the spiritual leader of Congregation Habonim. Rabbi Samuels has lectured and taught at Drisha, the JCC of Manhattan, Congregation B'nai Jeshurun, the Jewish Women's Foundation of New York, the Skirball Institute, the Jewish Theological Seminary, the Natan Fund, and the Samuel Bronfman Foundation. She serves on the boards of the Columbia-Barnard Hillel, Storahtelling, and Face to Face/Faith to Faith.

Shabbat Experiment Conclusion
Please click here for the handouts we used during the seven week Shabbat experiment.