Oren Henry has been connected to the Jewish community his entire life. His grandfather a rabbi, his Israeli grandmother a Hebrew school principal, and his mother a Hebrew teacher, Oren’s synagogue in suburban Chicago was his second home while growing up, particularly once he became a Hebrew tutor and religious…
Read moreRon lives in Washington DC with his husband, Yoni. His involvement in the Jewish community began in youth groups while growing up in Charleston, SC, followed by 11th grade in Israel, and then joining the student board of Tufts Hillel. He has been a board member of the Jewish Federation…
Read moreKiyomi is an Afro-Latin, queer, Jewish, Marine Corps veteran and mother who works to ensure that all of the intersecting identities of her and her children feel at home in any space. If there is one word to sum up her life’s work it would be “inclusion.” Kiyomi’s social justice…
Read moreLiana Krupp is the President and Trustee of the Krupp Family Foundation, which focuses its work on capacity building and community partnerships across the Jewish, food and arts sectors. She is deeply involved in the Foundation’s strategic work and is a patron of the arts nationally and internationally. In her…
Read moreMIMI LEMAY is an author and advocate for transgender rights. She has written for and appeared in media nationally and abroad since 2015, including a groundbreaking NBC Nightly News series: Jacob’s Journey: Life as a Transgender 5-Year-Old. Since then, Mimi and the entire Lemay family have fought for passage of equal…
Read moreRabbi Adina Lewittes (Dini) is the founding rabbi of Sha’ar, a northern NJ/NYC-based, values-driven Jewish community oriented around the call to societal, environmental and spiritual sustainability. Sha’ar provides multiple gateways into Jewish life exemplified by a commitment to inclusiveness, diversity, innovation, scholarship, excellence and collaboration. Dini recently served as the Scholar…
Read moreDr. Davia Loren is board-certified in Pediatrics and has been practicing medicine for 25 years. She is a passionate advocate, activist, and ally for LGBTQ+ inclusion. Davia loves to hike, cook, and travel with her wife, Jane.
Read moreA passionate champion of human centered design, Xiomara Lorenzo combines her backgrounds in business strategy, data analytics, and product leadership to lead user experience, product, and operations teams at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts. As Senior Director, Enterprise Digital, Omni, and AI, she leverages her intrapreneurial background to support…
Read moreMarc Maxwell has degrees in both planning and architecture. Having earned his Bachelor of Urban Planning from the University of Cincinnati, and then his Master of Architecture from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, his career has consistently focused on integrating thoughtful planning and architectural design into a single practice. Maxwell’s…
Read moreDana Raucher is the Executive Director of The Samuel Bronfman Foundation. She serves on the boards of various non-profits, including the Bronfman Fellowship, 70 Faces Media, the Shefa School, the American Jewish Historical Society, and the Jewish Book Council. Prior to joining the Foundation, Dana worked at the Tel Aviv…
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For decades Adath Israel has striven to be a community where LGBTQ+ folks feel not only welcomed, but valued. Joining the Shivyon Equality Project was an extension of that longstanding commitment to equity and belonging and helped us see areas where we could improve…We reviewed our by-laws, forms, and communications to eliminate non-inclusive language, worked with our library to indicate books with LGBTQ+ content, increased the size and scope of our Pride Committee, developed an employee policy handbook, and converted single gender bathrooms into all-gender bathrooms…Every organization, even ones doing good work (perhaps, especially ones doing good work), can benefit from fresh eyes!
Joanna Schnurman (she/her), Office Administrator, Adath Israel, Connecticut