Meet Becca Heisler

We are overjoyed to be welcoming our new rabbinic intern, Becca Heisler! Becca (she/her) is a rabbinical student, ritualist, educator, folk herbalist, and wilderness guide. She holds a B.A. in Environmental Studies and a B.S. in Mathematics from Tufts University, and anticipates Rabbinic Ordination from Hebrew College in 2027. Becca is an alum of Urban Adamah, the JOFEE Fellowship, and the center for Jewish Nonviolence.

Becca shared, “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.”

Becca is originally from the homelands of the Ojibwe, Odawa, and Potawatomi nations (the Chicago area). Before starting at Hebrew College, she spent 6 years 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. 

Her work has long centered around nature connection, outdoor education, and building joyful, connected, and transformative Jewish communities. She is also committed to storytelling and song. 

She will be co-leading Shabbat services, working with our Hebrew School, and touching our community in countless other ways. We can’t wait for you to meet her. To learn a little about her rabbinical style, read this Purim teaching she wrote for Wilderness Torah.