is Rabbi Emerita of Congregation Kol HaNeshama in Sarasota Florida, where she served from 2008 to 2022. She blogs as SRQJew and is Dean of the Sarasota Liberal Yeshiva. She previously worked as a major gifts fundraiser for the Jewish Federations of Norfolk and Sarasota, and the Technion in Haifa, Israel. She was ordained as Rabbi and Spiritual Director by ALEPH in January 2017, and earned an MA in Jewish Education from the Jewish Theological Seminary in 2006. She has two adult daughters and shares her home with two rescued dogs. Her favorite things are chocolate, Judaism, dogs, antique furniture, and her kids. Not necessarily in that order.