Never has it been more important to make our communities feel radically inclusive, to swing our doors wide open, to remind people that Judaism provides a pathway for being part of something greater than ourselves. As a rabbi, I want my congregants to hear the call, “Ayeka! Where are you?” and to enable them to answer,
We are together. We are growing. We are home.
Originally from Los Angeles, Andrew is currently in his fifth year of rabbinical school at Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion in New York City. After graduating with a BFA in Musical Theater from Emerson College, Andrew traveled around the country as a professional actor/singer before eventually finding his home in the world of Jewish social justice and young adult engagement. Aside from his husband Nick, with whom he lives on the Upper West Side, his greatest loves are film, cheese, dogs, Joni Mitchell, and his 2-year-old nephew, Nate. He is dedicated to a life of pursuing justice and radical inclusion in Jewish spaces across America.