Congregation Emanu-El of Spokane, Washington

Miram Farber will be our new Student Rabbi for 2011-2012. She will be in Spokane this August to meet the Emanu-El community.

Student rabbi Miriam Farber, originally from the suburbs of New York, has been living in Jerusalem for the past two years. In her first year in Jerusalem, Miriam studied classical Jewish texts at the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies. In her second, she began her rabbinic studies at HUC-JIR as a Wexner Graduate Fellow. Over the course of her time in Jerusalem, Miriam has been involved in conflict-transformation work through Encounter, volunteered in the Ethiopian immigrant community, and has regularly attended the prayer group Women of the Wall. Prior to living in Israel, Miriam participated in the Boston-based Jewish Organizing Initiative, a fellowship to train Jewish community organizers. Through JOI, Miriam worked on synagogue social justice initiatives and lay leadership development at Temple Shir Tikva in Wayland, MA, in conjunction with the Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Boston. Miriam graduated from Brandeis University with a double major in Sociology and Women’s and Gender Studies. She is a longtime camper and staff member at the URJ Eisner Camp in the Berkshires of Massachusetts. Miriam is excited to meet the Congregation Emanu-El community!
Miriam Farber