Tiana Mirapae

Tiana Mirapae is the Founder, Director & High Priestess of The Wisdom School & Temple of S.O.P.H.I.A. (an acronym for Shaman, Oracle, Priest-ess, Healer, Intuitive & Alchemist) on Goddess Mt Temple Sanctuary in Montague, MA. She is an Integrative Psychotherapist, Holistic Health Practitioner & Shamanic Healer. Tiana has specialized in Women’s Health Issues, Trauma healing,  sacred intimacy, communication and sex therapy for couples & individuals for over 30 years in a Gynecology practice in Longmeadow, MA.

Stacey-Sephirah Oshkello

she/her

sephirahwellness.com

livingtreealliance.com

Kohenet Sephirah Oshkello is a co-founder of Living Tree Alliance, a Jewish co-housing community in Central Vermont woven together with a working homestead, and farm educational program. Sephirah organizes community events & wellness programs that integrate seasonal homesteading practices with the Hebrew calendar, the ancient Jewish wisdom tradition & optimal wellness. As the Executive Director of Living Tree Alliance, she is committed to building Living Tree Alliance as a place that is redefining community, regenerating land, and revitalizing culture. As a nutritionist and health coach she supports motivated people to heal from chronic inflammation, emotional eating, and blood sugar imbalance through earth based integrative nutrition. Sephirah is nourished by being connected to healthy food, cooking, growing food, living amongst community, celebrating the cycles of the Jewish calendar, walking in the woods, teaching, and soaking in hot baths.

Shoshana Bricklin

she/her

Kohenet Shoshana Bricklin is a political priestess whose kohenet training grounds her work as a lawyer, local public policy expert and electoral activist. She creates new chanted prophetic texts, haftarot, that combine the ancient calls for justice with the words (and sometimes music) of the change-agents of today. She crafts haftarot to empower those working for transformative change and justice by weaving words of the Prophets with more modern voices including Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Audre Lorde and many others, and has re-framed a Jewish liturgical mainstay to address critical geo-political issues such as rape, sex trafficking, economic justice, climate change the call for justice for the Palestinian people and reparations for slavery. Her Priestess name “Oreget ba’chochim” (knitter in the thorns) serves as a descriptor of her haftarah creations which connect and knit together many voices across time and space to speak truth to power, even and especially, at the most uncomfortable (i.e. “thorny”) moments. Kohenet Shoshana is also an avid knitter and crocheter and has incorporated these passions into her spiritual practice. To mark each day of the Omer (the 49-day counting period between Passover and Shavuot,) she knitted a yoni for each day of the Omer (see "Yoni Omer, Shechinah's Journey through the Wilderness") as an exploration of craft, color, texture and the explicit infusion of the divine feminine on the Omer path to revelation.

Sarah Chandler

she/her

shamircollective.org

Sarah Chandler is a Brooklyn-based Jewish educator, artist, activist, healer, and poet. She teaches, writes and consults on issues related to Judaism, earth-based spiritual practice, respectful workplaces, mindfulness, and farming. An ordained Kohenet with the Hebrew Priestess Institute and Taamod trainer since 2018, she is also is an advanced student of Kabbalistic dream work at The School of Images. Previously, Sarah served as the Director of Romemu Yeshiva, Chief Compassion Officer of Jewish Initiative for Animals, and Director of Earth Based Spiritual Practices at Hazon's Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center. Currently she is the CEO of Shamir Collective, as a coach and consultant to high profile artists and authors to launch new music and books.

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Rebecca Lemus

Rebecca Ruth Lemus is the daughter of Sheila Lemus, grandaughter of Helen Wilson, and great grandaughter of Leena Levine. 

She is currently is excited about the collective vision of the rising of the G-dss Conciousness in Sisterhoods at this time and is currently a Shamanic healing student at G-dss Mountain with Kohenet/Sophia High Priestess Tianna Mirape. She is currently living in the beautiful Greenbelt Maryland where she is in service as an Artist to the community. She can be found playing Klezmer Clarinet, working with Jewish Youth Groups, and supporting the public school system with long term subbing assignments in visual art, general and instrumental music education, and english as a second language.

Rachel Leah Bello

Rachel Leah Bello supports healing for body and spirit as a board certified holistic registered nurse at the Mount Sinai Health System, as an integrative health consultant in private practice and as a mystic crafting healing rituals, sacred songs, and blessings. She offers the Jewish mystical traditions of her Yemenite and Turkish ancestors and an extensive education and training in Nursing, Holistic Medicine and Torah.

Naomi Azriel Izen

Naomi is an event stylist, floral artist and curator of eclectic and sacred objects. As the owner and visionary of her own lifestyle design business, she is inspired by all things textural, wild patterns, heirloom flowers and creating spaces that allow for connection. She is known for her bohemian, sustainable and low-waste weddings that she designs. She also spends much of her time mentoring young adults to create the Jewish communities of their dreams through Moishe House. A graduate of Drexel University with a BS in Fashion Design and Merchandising, Naomi Azriel has worked for Interior and Lifestyle design magazines such as Lonny Magazine and Country Living Magazine, was the events editor for a global interior design publication, The Editor-at-Large.

Nancy Handwerger

Nancy is a mother of four, a vocal activist and artist.  Her spiritual practice began as a teacher of Yoga 50 years ago as an LCSW and graduate of the Barbara Brennan School of Healing Therapy,  By special request, she offers integrated therapy and energy healing sessions along with workshops on Jewish Meditation, Kabbalah and Hebrew Letters. Her inspiration through music, then art, comes through paintings of the Letters in her book: The Hebrew Letters Speak. She leads monthly and holiday services for a local senior residential center, and is active in Jewish communities in both San Diego and in the suburbs of Philadelphia.   Her new inspiration is to integrate biblical and/or contemporary Jewish women in paintings with a Hebrew Letter. Now at the age of 80 years, she looks back upon a lifetime and continuation of varied learnings and offerings.

Margie Malka Necha Klein Ronkin

Rabbi Margie serves as the Director of Clergy & Leadership Development at the Essex County Community Organization (an affiliate of the Massachusetts Community Action Network and Faith in Action), and as the Rabbi of Sha’arei Shalom in Ashland, MA. A graduate of Yale University and Hebrew College, Rabbi Margie is the creator of Moishe/Kavod House in Brookline, MA, a community of 600 Jews in their 20s and 30s dedicated to Tikkun Olam, the repair of the world. Rabbi Margie is a member of the Synagogue 3000 Emergent Communities Leadership Network, and was invited to the White House with other religious leaders to speak about her work. She is the co-editor of Righteous Indignation: A Jewish Call for Justice (Jewish Lights), and her Jewish social justice efforts have been featured in the New York Times, Boston Globe, Newsweek, and CNN.

Ma’ayana Gail Tishman

Ma’ayana Tishman, Morat Shechinah b’Yisrael, (Teacher of the Divine Feminine in Israel); is a spiritual teacher, ritual celebrant, and fiber artist. As co-founder of RAPHA, The Center for Healing and Spirituality, in Cherry Hill, NJ, she works at the edges of traditional Judaism to welcome spiritual seekers and to open minds and hearts to new paths of spiritual possibility. She has been known to raise both interest and eyebrows in the greater local Jewish community through her non-traditional offerings.  Ma’ayana is passionate about guiding people to deeper understanding of Jewish traditions and rituals, and uses creative programs for healing, and learning, and specialized rituals for life-changing moments to provide opportunities to connect with the Divine Feminine Presence.  An ardent student of all things mystical and magical, Ma’ayana enjoys delving into Kabbalah and other arcane teachings which inform all aspects of her life and work.  As a fiber artist and quilter and inspired by an inner creative voice, Ma’ayana cuts yards of many fabrics into small pieces, reassembles them, and uses hand quilting to create beautiful items for everyday and ritual use.  She also spends time with her large brood of unexpectedly orthodox grandchildren.

www.raphacenter.org; kmaayana@raphacenter.org

Ketzirah Lesser

Kohenet Ketzirah Lesser (HaMa’agelet) is a sacred artist creating modern amulets, altars, shrines, and ceremony inspired by the rich depth of Jewish history and traditions. She was a member of the first cohort of women to receive ordination as a Kohenet, through the Kohenet Hebrew Priestess Institute. She also received ordination as a Celebrant of Becoming, a spiritual community she co-led in Washington DC from 2002-2012. Currently, she is the spiritual director of OneShul, an online synagogue, where she leads live-stream interactive Shabbat, Rosh Chodesh, High Holiday, and other Jewish holiday services for a global progressive Jewish community.

Her website is www.devotaj.com, and you can find her on Instagram (@devotaj_arts), Facebook.com/devotaj.arts, and devotaj.Tumblr.com.

Keshira haLev Fife

she/they

Pennsylvania

Kohenet Keshira haLev Fife (she/they) sprinkles sparkles, disrupts expectations, and offers blessings wherever she goes. She serves as Founding Kohenet of Kesher Pittsburgh, Program Director for Beloved, inaugural Faculty Fellow with the Institute for Jewish Spirituality and also enjoys working with the Jewish Learning Collaborative. Additionally, she delights in serving as a shlichat tzibbur, life spiral ceremony/ritual creatrix, teacher, facilitator, liturgist and songstress. Her work in these realms is informed by her lived experience as a queer, bi-racial, Jewish person, her belief that Book, Body and Earth are equal sources of wisdom, the quandaries she has encountered as a scholar of the Orphan Wisdom School, and her deep commitment to a thriving, liberatory Jewish future. Keshira received Kohenet smicha in 2017 and earned her BS 2000 and MS 2001 at Carnegie Mellon University. After many years of traveling and living in Australia, in 2018, she and her beloved returned home to Osage and Haudenosaunee land, also called Pittsburgh, PA.

www.keshirahalev.com

Socials: @LovingFife

Jessica Rubin / Yepeth Perla

Jessica Rubin / Yepeth Perla of cohort Hei lives in Vermont called by its Original People the Abenaki: Ndakinna. Here she teaches high school science, mentors girls in nature awareness & earthcrafts, & volunteers in decolonizing and permaculture networks. She responsively tends an earth based Jewish & Interfaith education & mentoring service called Roots & Trails which serves youth, adults, & communities through workshops, rituals, retreats, & wilderness trips. She also facilitates an ecological resilience service called Mycoevolve which offers habitat enhancing earthwork, regenerative agriculture, educational workshops, and conducts research in mycoremediation for watershed protection. Mycovelve hosts VT Myconode who currently grows mycellium to heal polluted areas on earth. As Ozeret Shorashim, she joins with others in lovingly tearing down the empire while growing the garden.

Ilana Joy Streit

http://vitaminsee.blogspot.com/

Geela Rayzel Raphael

she/her

www.shechinah.com

Geela Rayzel is your basic wild woman Shechinah Priestess, an Unorthodox visionary rabbi An artistic soul, called to adventure and the transformation of Judaism, she is your basic wild woman Shechinah Priestess. Rabbi Rayzel currently has a private practice for lifecycle, ceremonies, prayer gatherings, oracle reading/spiritual counseling She serves as Director of Spiritual Arts at Aleph Jewish Renewal, curating special programs to enhance community and shine a light on Jewish creativity. Previously she has served four congregations and has held many positions in the Jewish community. Reb Rayzel, as she is affectionately called, is also a singer/songwriter/liturgist (with 6CDS to her name); and author of two children’s books: (Angels for Dreamtime and New Moon). Rabbi Rayzel offers musical Shabbat services, concerts, and leads Jewish spiritual travel adventures to exotic places. She is the founder of the Nechama Minyon which meets nightly at 9 pm eastern. For more information on all her many projects, including the forthcoming Shechinah Oracle deck, see her website www.Shechinah.com.