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Experiential Educator

With over 10 years’ experience of teaching and community organizing in diverse settings, I am passionate about guiding others through questions, conversation, and reflection upon sacred texts and with each other. 

I teach a wide range of spiritual and Jewish themes such as:

Mindfulness & Meditation Practice

Queer Interfaith Texts

Spirituality and Mysticism

Hebrew Language

Jewish Life Cycle events & Calendar 

Zionism and Israel

Palestinian-Israeli Conflict

Hebrew Bible and Theology

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My experience:

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  • Teaching young professionals for over five years in different settings

  • Adult Hebrew Bible study and K-12 Sunday School 

  • Developed curriculum and community building events for rabbinical students at JDC Entwine

  • Spiritual and Educational Director of over five young adult retreats, Moishe House

  • For more of my experience please visit my LinkedIn

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TESTIMONIALS:

"Yonatan has an unwavering dedication to the success of his students. He goes above and beyond to ensure that my Hebrew learning experience is wonderful, especially in developing an appreciation for the language and culture. Yonatan has also spent quality time exploring Queer Jewish identity with me in the beginning of our sessions. I'm truly impressed with how much I progressed in the past few weeks! He is exceptional in every aspect, embodying the qualities that make an inspiring and effective educator".

 

Santy Barrera, Philanthropy Fellow, Jews of Color Initiative

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“Yonatan is everything I want in a rabbi: a human being who is not afraid of being a human being. A friend and a teacher. A person who lives his heart and leads with his heart and is willing and able to hold space with his heart. To spend time with him is to be able to access that energy in yourself, which is the most local form of tikkun olam.”

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Elisa Albert, Author and Professor

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"Yonatan provides such a beautiful space to be vulnerable in his education, and his approach to sharing knowledge of torah is rooted in meeting you where you are at in your learning. 
To learn about Queerness in text from another Queer person is powerful,

and helped me feel much more connected to myself and my relationship to spirituality. 
I believe that all who work with Yonatan will leave feeling more connected to themselves and the divine."
Jordan Daniels, Program Officer at Jews of Color Initiative
 

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