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Rebbetzin Hindi Posy, MD, JD is a board-certified obstetrician/gynecologist with a subspecialty in high-risk obstetrics. Dr. Posy is the Director of Maternal Fetal Medicine at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, where she also serves as the Associate Program Director for the Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency Program. At Harbor-UCLA, Dr. Posy chairs the Medical-legal Committee and is a […]

Prior to founding RAISE, Rachel was partner at ALTRUICITY, where she developed a pioneering approach to fundraising consulting, combining data analysis and project management to set strategy and accomplish goals. Before she began her consulting career, Rachel spent a decade in leadership positions at Yeshiva University and UJA-Federation of New York. She established the funding […]

Rabbanit Etta Bendavid is the rebbetzin of Shivtei Yisrael, a large anglo synagogue in Raanana, Israel. She is a certified clinical chaplain with a private practice specializing in end-of-life, grief and spiritual support in all life transitions. Etta is also a Morah L’Halacha (Certified yoetzet halacha from Matan) and serves as a resource to the women in her community […]

Chana Deutsch is a relationship expert and coach. She specializes in helping women in relationships (and not-yet-in relationships) foster the connection, intimacy and love they desire in their marriage and in their home.Chana teaches down-to-earth strategies designed for women to get in touch with, and bring forth, their authentic and vulnerable feminine self.By shifting the […]

Mrs. Leah Feinberg is a master educator, who taught at Stella K. Abraham High School for Girls in Hewlett for 21 years, also serving as Tanach Department Chairperson and New Teacher Mentor. She was a popular maggedet shiur in the Woodmere community, where she taught a weekly Navi shiur for women. Since making aliyah in […]

Dini Coopersmith grew up in Israel, received her BA in Education from Michlala College and her MA in Jewish Studies from Touro college in Jerusalem. She has taught in various seminaries in Jerusalem, has worked in education and outreach for over 30 years. She currently teaches at Baer Miriam and Shiviti, is the editor for the Hebrew website Aish.co.il, writes […]

Prior to making aliyah Leora (Feigenblum) Bednarsh (ES ’84, HS ’88) was a teacher of Talmud and Halacha at YOF. She currently works as a Yoetzet Halacha on the Nishmat hotline, and teaches Talmud and Halacha, at Sha’alvim for Women, and Yeshiva University’s Midrashiyah women’s leadership program.Leora has been a kallah teacher for over 25 […]

Karen Goldscheider received her BA in Biopsychology from Barnard College and her MA in Tanach from Yeshiva University. She taught for many years at SAR High School in New York before making aliyah. Since moving to Israel she has taught in a number of seminaries, worked in curriculum development, as an educational evaluator and an online […]

Sara Frieberg received her BA in Judaic Studies from Stern College for Women and her MA in Bible from the Bernard Revel Graduate School of Yeshiva University. She served as the Co-Director of the OU Jewish Learning Initiative on Campus (JLIC) with her husband, Rabbi Adam Frieberg at Rutgers University for 3 years. They then […]

Chaya Sima Koenigsberg is an assistant professor of Judaic studies at Lander College for Women, the Anna Ruth and Mark Hasten School. She received her MA and PhD in Jewish philosophy from Yeshiva University’s Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies. Prior to joining LCW, Dr. Koenigsberg was a resident scholar at the Straus Center […]