Sarah Weil Rabbi Aaron Leibowitz Sarah is passionate about Israel and Orthodox Rabbi Aaron Leibowitz is a Jerusalem transforming conflict through dialogue and social City Council Member who believes in an inclusive activism. She serves as Development Director of and pluralistic Jerusalem. He is the founder of the Yerushalmit Movement as well as heads the 'Hashgacha Pratit', an alternative community- "Meeting Place" project. She speaks in Israel and based Kosher food supervision challenging the abroad and writes on conflict transformation and monopoly of the Israeli Chief Rabbinate. He is the intersection of LGBT and religion. Sarah was head of the Beit Midrash “Sulam Yaakov” in recently chosen by Yediot Aharonot as one of Nachlaot and former chair of the Nachlaot the top 50 social change-agents of Israel for Community Council. Before turning to politics 2016. She was selected by A Wider Bridge as one after the 2011 housing protests, Rabbi Aaron of the top 10 Israeli LGBT activists to watch in began as a Jewish educator, serving as Program 2017. On her free time she runs the Woman's Director for Gesher and then as an Educational Gathering, a volunteer-based organization Officer in the IDF. He received his rabbinic building Jerusalem-based LBTQ women's ordination from Rabbi Shlomo Riskin and Rabbi community. She holds a BA in Philosophy from Chaim Brovender. Raised in Berkeley California, Hebrew University. Sarah lives in the Nachlaot he has lived in Israel since the age of sixteen. neighborhood of Jerusalem with her partner and Rabbi Aaron is Married to Miriam, and they live two children. in Nachlaot with their five children. Sarah Weil Rabbi Aaron Leibowitz +972-52-3970013, [email protected] +972-54-4690330, [email protected] www.yerushalmit.org.il, facebook@meetingplaceproject http://www.kashrut.org.il, facebook@ravaaron .