Join us for a catered Shabbat dinner with music as we welcome our new rabbinic intern, Becca Heisler.
Becca (she/her) is a rabbinical student, ritualist, educator, folk herbalist, and wilderness guide. Her work has long centered around nature connection, outdoor education, and building joyful, connected, and transformative Jewish communities.
She is originally from the homelands of the Ojibwe, Odawa, and Potawatomi nations (the Chicago area). Before starting at Hebrew College, she spent 6 years making home in Lisjan Ohlone territory (Berkeley/Oakland, CA).
In the Bay area, she facilitated Jewish outdoor education programs and guided earth-based rites of passage for youth and adults of all ages with Wilderness Torah, Urban Adamah, Eden Village West, and more. In Boston, she co-founded the Shul Lunch Coop at Hebrew College, taught Jewish farm education to youth pre-k-5 at Ramah Boston, been a mikveh guide and educator at Mayyim Hayyim, and led davening at Hebrew College, Kavod Boston, and Base. She loved spending this summer in conversation with the ancestors through soulful prayer, cold nights in the mountains, and singing alongside alpine lakes.
“I am so excited to get to know such a special and beautiful community, to be mentored by Rabbi Broitman, to sing and pray together, to learn with folks of all ages, and hopefully to get to spend some time outside together with the changing seasons,” shares Becca.