Pedagogies of T’fillah Research Fellowship

Mollie has over 10 years of experience teaching in a variety of Jewish educational settings – from formal classroom teaching to nature education, from theatre education to collaborative philanthropy education. She enjoys being in the field as well as building programs and trainings to support others. Mollie holds a double Master’s in Midrash and Jewish Experiential Education from the Jewish Theological Seminary, a BA in Religion from Bard College and is a graduate of M²’s Senior Educators Cohort. She lives in Brooklyn, NY with her husband and children.

Rabbi Lisa Goldstein is a teacher, consultant, and certified practitioner of NARM, a modality of healing complex trauma. She teaches a wide variety of online courses with an emphasis on spiritual wisdom, prayer and meditation, and the teachings of R. Nahman of Breslov. She also works one-on-one to support people in their journeys of healing and spiritual growth.

Educated at Brown University and Hebrew Union College, Rabbi Goldstein has almost 25 years of executive experience, having served as the director of Hillel of San Diego, and the executive director of the Institute for Jewish Spirituality. She is a mentor for M2’s Senior Educator Cohort and a Teaching Assistant for NARM’s Online Basic Training.

She lives in New York City with her husband, Igal Harmelin, and their foster son, Seydou.

Rabbi Miriam-Simma Walfish is faculty at Hadar and a Senior Coach for Pedagogy of Partnership. She holds a PhD in Rabbinics from Harvard University. She sees Torah study as a rich conversation between us and the voices of our tradition and is especially interested in having those conversations in the area of gender and embodiment. Her other interests include rabbinic approaches parenting and education. She has published several articles, including, “Upending the Curse of Eve: Reframing Maternal Breastfeeding in BT Ketubot” (2017). Rabbi Walfish has taught Tanakh, Talmud, and Jewish Law in numerous settings including the Conservative Yeshiva, Hadar, Harvard University, Hebrew College, and the National Havurah Committee’s summer institute. She revels in the process of learning Torah with and from her students.