Instructors
Meet the instructors for the current Lehrhaus Judaica session
Rabbi Ayelet S. Cohen is in her tenth year at CBST and her eight year as Director of CBST’s LGBT Lehrhaus Judaica Program.
Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum is the spiritual leader of CBST and is regarded as one of the most influential rabbis in America.
Annie Levy is resident director of Storahtelling. She is a director, collaborative performer and educator. She is the recipient of a Steven Spielberg Fellowship in Theatre Arts Education and an Oregon Shakespeare Festival directing assistantship. She is currently an adjunct professor of theatre at SUNY-WCC and a teaching artist with the Manhattan New Music Project and Jamaica Center for Art and Learning.
Chana Rothman is a guitarist, vocalist and actor for Storahtelling. Tinges of reggae, worldbeat, folk, and hip-hop infuse her Hebrew-English tunes. After trekking the Himalayas with a guitar strapped to her back, Chana settled in Brooklyn and began writing songs that reflected her mountain-turned-urban polyethnic lifestyle. Her debut album, "We Can Rise," was voted "Best Album of 2007" by jewschool.com. Chana has performed with Israeli sensations HaBanot Nechama & HaDag Nachash.
Melissa Simon is a Cooperberg-Rittmaster Rabbinical Intern and CBST’s Children’s Educator.
